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Positive Leadership

Using Positive Psychology for a Better Workplace Culture

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Authors:
  1. Merethe Drønnen

    1. School of Business & Economics, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

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  • Features examples from successful companies like Microsoft, Google and Disney, among others
  • Teaches leaders how to use positive psychology to create a positive work culture
  • Provides proven techniques that increase work engagement and wellbeing, improves relationships and develop better teams

Part of the book series: Management, Change, Strategy and Positive Leadership (MACHSTPOLE)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • Merethe Drønnen
    Pages 1-4

  3. What Is Positive Psychology, and Why Shall We Use It in the Workplace?

    • Merethe Drønnen
    Pages 5-15

  4. Research Results from the Use of Positive Psychology in Organizations

    • Merethe Drønnen
    Pages 17-28

  5. The Leader Role

    • Merethe Drønnen
    Pages 29-31

  6. Positive Leadership

    • Merethe Drønnen
    Pages 33-35

  7. Factors in the Leader

    • Merethe Drønnen
    Pages 37-51

  8. Factors in the Leadership Tasks

    • Merethe Drønnen
    Pages 53-90

  9. Results in the Employees

    • Merethe Drønnen
    Pages 91-99

  10. The Strength-Based Leader

    • Merethe Drønnen
    Pages 101-108

  11. Organizational Development with Appreciative Inquiry

    • Merethe Drønnen
    Pages 109-114

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 115-122
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About this book

This book demonstrates how leaders can use research from positive psychology to increase work engagement and wellbeing, improve relationships, and increase performance and productivity in the workplace. Specifically, it teaches leaders how to use psychology to understand their own contributions to their leadership style as well as to understand how their employees are being motivated to increase their engagement and productivity. Suitable for leaders, human resource personnel, consultants and coaches, this book gives research-based theory and insight into how leaders’ own attitudes, mind-sets and authenticity are influencing their employees level of performance, emotions and creativity. Readers learn how to motivate, bring meaning into the workplace, improve communication and relationships as well as how to use strength-based leadership. The book features examples from successful companies like Microsoft, Google and Disney and provides practical interventions and techniques in every chapter that can immediately be implemented into the workplace.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Business & Economics, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

    Merethe Drønnen

About the author

Dr. Merethe Drønnen Ph.D is Associate Professor II in the School of Business and Economics at The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø, Norway and Managing Director of Positive Change. She has worked for 20 years as a personnel manager, pedagogical-psychological advisor, consultant, team leader, and Associate Professor. She has been the keynote speaker at large international conferences in positive psychology and is a renowned speaker, and seminar leader within leadership, positive psychology, and motivation. Her work has appeared in the news media, radio interviews and in magazines.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Positive Leadership

  • Book Subtitle: Using Positive Psychology for a Better Workplace Culture

  • Authors: Merethe Drønnen

  • Series Title: Management, Change, Strategy and Positive Leadership

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10816-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-10815-0Published: 03 September 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-10818-1Published: 04 September 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-10816-7Published: 02 September 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2662-3080

  • Series E-ISSN: 2662-3099

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 122

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Business Strategy/Leadership, Positive Psychology, Human Resource Development

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