Acquiring the Positive Perspective
Positive organizing can occur in any profession. It usually occurs because of a person who has acquired a more mature and complex way of seeing and being
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Becoming a Master of Positive Influence
Change agents emerge in every profession and context. As people pay the steep price for acquiring the positive perspective, they become more and more masterful. Eventually they gain a theory of influence that allows them to inspire positive change in any situation.
Taking the Ego out of Leadership
In conventional administrative thinking average behavior is not only acceptable, it is the expectation. In the positive lens the accountability is astronomical. If the people are not performing with excellence, the administrator is not leading. The key is to take ego out of leadership.
A Leader of Real Intent
When a person of real intent speaks, people listen.
Learning to be Transformational from Principals
When interviewed by the media, I am often asked to give examples of a transformational leader. They expect me to identify the CEO of a major corporation or a visible world leader. I prefer to talk about the people in every day roles. I want to make the point that transformational leaders are everywhere. In every community we can find positive organizations nurtured into being by a person who started just like us.
Creating Positive Relationships: Surprising Lessons from a Conventional Context
The teacher’s transactional students can begin to love the teacher because teacher loves them first. As one HET said, “How are you going to change them, by resenting them?”