Positive Psychology at Work: How Positive Leadership and Appreciative Inquiry Create Inspiring Organizations
- 4h 29m
- Sarah Lewis
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2011
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 USA
About the Author
Sarah Lewis is a fully qualified chartered psychologist, an Associated Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a founder and principal member of the Association of Business Psychologists. She holds a master’s degree in occupational and organizational psychology, attained with distinction, and a certificate in systemic consultation. She is a specialist Appreciative Inquiry practitioner and an expert at facilitating large group events.
She is the managing director of Appreciating Change and is an experienced organizational consultant and facilitator. She has been actively involved in helping people and organizations change their behaviour for 25 years. Her clients include local government, central government, not-for-profit organizations and private sector clients, particularly in the manufacturing, financial and educational sectors.
When positive psychology burst onto the scene, Sarah quickly realized that work in this area both chimed with her practice and offered robust theoretical support to Appreciative Inquiry as an approach to organizational change. She integrates these two approaches in her work and is delighted to be able to extend, explore and share this connection in this book.
Sarah has lectured at postgraduate level and continues to be a regular conference presenter in the UK. She writes regularly for publication and is the lead author of Appreciative Inquiry for Change Management: Using AI to Facilitate Organizational Development, published by Kogan Page in 2007.
In this Book
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Positive Psychology at Work—How Positive Leadership and Appreciative Inquiry Create Inspiring Organizations
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Preface
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The Short Version of This Book
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Introduction to Positive Psychology
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Positive Workplaces
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Positive Engagement and Performance
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Positive Communication and Decision-Making
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Positive Leadership and Change
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Positive Sustainable Growth
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Positive Relationships at Work
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Positive Transformation
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Other Things You Need to Know
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References
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