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The Positive Organization: Breaking Free from Conventional Cultures, Constraints, and Beliefs Paperback – Jan. 8 2016

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Beholden to accepted assumptions about people and organizations, too many enterprises waste human potential. Robert Quinn shows how to defy convention and create organizations where people feel fully engaged and continually rewarded, where both individually and collectively they flourish and exceed expectations. The problem is that leaders are following a negative and constraining ''mental map'' that insists organizations must be rigid top - down hierarchies and that the people in them are driven mainly by self - interest and fear. Quinn offers a more positive mental map and, using dozens of memorable stories, shows how leaders can facilitate the emergence of a more positive organizational culture by helping people gain a sense of purpose, engage in authentic conversations, see new possibilities, and sacrifice for the common good. The book includes the Positive Organization Generator, a tool that enables leaders to identify and implement the positive practices their organization most needs. At its heart, Quinn's book helps leaders transform organizations by changing themselves and those around them from being comfort - centered to being results - centered, from being self - focused to being other - focused, and from being hidebound and suspicious to being eagerly welcoming of new ideas.

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Jan. 8 2016
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19.69 x 1.57 x 25.4 cm
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ ReadHowYouWant (Jan. 8 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1459696786
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1459696785
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 499 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.69 x 1.57 x 25.4 cm

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Robert E. Quinn is chair of the Department of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management at the University of Michigan School of Business. He is coauthor of Becoming a Master Manager (1990).

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Susan Amy

Love the organisational tensions

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An excellent and exciting book that makes you want to get started tackling organisational tangles straight away.

jason

I’ve been intrigued by the power of the positive since my early skateboard days listening to Bad Brains PMA

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I bought this book the very first day it was available. Quinn is one of the forefathers of the Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS) at the University Of Michigan Ross School Of Business. 5 Years ago I attended a Positive Leadership executive education course at Michigan. I was introduced to the positive organization concept and the underlying academic discipline of Positive Psychology. I’ve been intrigued by the power of the positive since my early skateboard days listening to Bad Brains PMA.

Quinn hypothesizes that by using the Positive Organization Generator (provided in the appendix and online here) and doing some work we can lead our organizations to a more positive place. The trick is that most leaders, over the years, have developed negative and constraining mental maps. They see all organizations as top-down hierarchies where people are primarily self-interested and driven by fear. Quinn wants to show us how to change our mental map to one where we see organizations as networks of relationships full of people motivated by their desires to grow, learn and serve a larger goal.

I believe Quinn. I have seen the results first hand in my organization.

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Michael MacDonald

Excellent food for thought

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Anyone interested in leadership, change management, and positive organizational thought should give this book some serious attention.

It’s practical and clear in its approach. I look forward to implementing some of these strategies.

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