The Power of the Common Good

I received a letter from a consultant named Ed Valentine. He has spent his life trying to bring change in […]

Am I other-focused? The question calls our attention to our own motives. Why am I doing what I am doing? […]

Managers make conventional assumptions. One of those assumptions is that people will change if they are given a rational explanation […]

One of the key capacities of a positive leader is the ability to create a positive culture. It begins with […]

The first assumption of organizational life is that people are self-interested. Many people are fascinated by the notion of positive […]

Shawn Quinn is a consultant and teacher. He focuses on building positive organizations. He tells a story about the power […]

A few years ago I attended a formal dinner. David McCullough, the famous biographer spoke. He told two stories. The […]

Occasionally there is a story of positive organizing that is so potent it must be told. On August 12th I […]

In a blog on June 10th, I wrote the following: “When I teach executives how to move into the fundamental […]

Manager 4 describes a process familiar to many. “We are dying. In the meantime, my boss goes around reducing everything […]