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Positive Psychology at Work

Positive Psychology at Work How Positive Leadership and Appreciative Inquiry Create Inspiring Organizations

Author: Sarah Lewis
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 9780470683200
Published In: April 2011
Format: Hardback , 270 pages
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Positive Psychology at Work brings the fields of positive psychology and appreciative inquiry together for the first time to provide leaders and change agents with a powerful new approach to achieving organizational excellence.

Draws together positive psychology and appreciative inquiry in the context of leadership organizational challenges for the first time
Presents academically rigorous and referenced material in a jargon-free, accessible manner
Arranged with chapters focused on specific organizational challenges to allow readers to quickly find ideas relevant to their unique situation
Features short contributions from experienced practitioners of positive psychology and Appreciative Inquiry, and includes case studies from the UK, Europe, Australia and the USAÂ

Reviews:

"Overall, I would recommend this book to postgraduate researchers, consultants and senior managers who are serious about wanting to invest the time to learn more about the use of positive psychology and appreciate inquiry to improve organisations." (The Psychologist, 1 October 2011)

"I believe this book will quickly become a classic reference text. In just over 200 pages Lewis has produced a content rich, accessible work that readers will want to revisit regularly. And I’ve no doubt they will be pleasantly surprised at how much fresh information they glean each time they do." People Management, April 11

This book offers an inspiring and exciting way forward for work organizations. It shows how we can enhance organizational effectiveness through promoting the well-being and efficacy of the people who make up business organizations: the staff. Grounded in psychology and management research, the book offers leaders, practitioners and employees a clear agenda for creating positive and appreciative cultures that promote performance.
—Mike West, Executive Dean and Professor of Psychology, Aston University, UK.

Positive Psychology at Work is a much needed book that lifts the lid on how a more appreciative, strengths-focused approach can transform organisations for the better. When organisations and their leaders focus on enhancing the best of what their people have to offer, they enable them to achieve the goals for which they strive, at the same time building the resilience they will need to cope with the changes and challenges of the modern world. I strongly recommend this book for organisational leaders and those who strive to support them.
—Alex Linley, Founding Director, Capp, UK

About the Author.

Book Contributors.

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

The Short Version of This Book.

1. Introduction to Positive Psychology.

Positive Psychology is Not Positive Thinking.

How Positive Psychology Differs from Positive Thinking.

The Ethical Bias of this Book.

Key Themes of the Book.

2. Positive Workplaces.

Introduction.

What is a Positive Workplace?.

How Does Positive Organizational Behaviour Turn into Positive Organizational Performance?.

Organizational Culture.

The Organization as a Complex Adaptive System.

Why is Culture so Hard to Change?.

How to Create Positive Workplaces.

Summary.

Further Reading.

3. Positive Engagement and Performance.

Introduction.

Active Engagement at Work.

Strengths and Talents.

Flow.

Mindfulness.

Management Influence on Engagement and Productivity at Work.

Goal Seeking.

Goal Setting.

Goal Setting and Environment Contingencies.

The Meaningfulness of Work.

Strategies for Increasing the Meaningfulness of Work.

Summary.

Further Reading.

5. Positive Leadership and Change.

Introduction.

Leadership.

Psychopathic Leaders.

Organizational Change.

Approaches to Change.

Leadership Change Behaviour.

Effective Leadership Behaviour.

Developing Strategy.

Summary.

Further Reading.

6. Positive Sustainable Growth.

Introduction.

Psychological Capital.

Appreciative Inquiry.

Positive Profusion Theory of Growth of the Positive Organization.

The Three-Circle Strengths Revolution.

Summary.

Further Reading.

7. Positive Relationships at Work.

Introduction.

Positive Team Working.

High Quality Working Relationships.

Summary.

Further Reading.

8. Positive Transformation.

Introduction.

Key Processes of Flourishing and Inspiring Workplaces.

Why Organizations Ignore the Transformative Collaboration Approach to Change.

Transformative Collaboration.

Patterns of Organizational Life.

Transformative Collaboration Approaches.

Summary.

Further Reading.

Other Things You Need to Know.

How to Live a Happy and Meaningful Life.

How to Have a Better Quality Old Age.

References.

Index.

Sarah Lewis is an Associated Fellow of the British Psychological Society, a Principal member of the Association of Business Psychologists, and the owner of Appreciating Change, where she works as a facilitator and consultant. She is the lead author of Appreciative Inquiry for Change Management (2007).