Developing Leaders for Positive Organizing

Rob Koonce, Creighton University, USAPaula Robinson, Sydney Business School and Positive Psychology Institute, University of Wollongong, AustraliaBernd Vogel, Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK

Developing leaders for positive organizing in the 21st century is a daunting task given the transient times in which we live. Modernity is exciting, transformation challenging, and the human factor compoundingly more complex. Whether mere mortals are leading nations, corporates, government departments, church congregations, or small businesses, they must be cognizant of discerning consumers, ever-changing technology, and market and societal conditions which will test conventions. Adaptation is required to flourish and survive.The compendium of chapters and assembled articles in this remarkable publication address these issues and subjects comprehensively, and even with an element of entertainment. Serious research is interspersed with compelling case material, and emotional experiential subjectivity is evidence of fresh author reflexivity. The organizing context presented here is one calling for exceptional attributes and skills. The ability to recognize and integrate the constituent ingredients for organizational flow are interwoven through most of the chapters as organizational order, symbiosis, behavioural harmony, and inter-connectivity. As Louis A. Allen initiated decades ago, the challenge remains one of making it happen with economy and harmony. The question begs whether it is trainable, or merely shaped, provided the fundamental substance naturally exists? Many useful perspectives are proffered throughout.

• SECTION I: EMERGENT MINDSET1. The Emergent Nature of Positive (and Negative) Organizing: Why Mindset Matters;Rob Koonce2. Brunello Cucinelli: An Inspired Leader Who Helps Employees To Have It All;Marcello Russo;3. Fostering an Emergent Mindset in Leaders: The Role of Caring in A Leadership Development Case;Jessica Nicholson and Elizabeth C. Kurucz4. Building Positive Collective Mindsets with the "what-we-are-best-at" Group Intervention;Marsha M. Huber, Shirine L. Mafi and Wei WangSECTION II: COURAGE5. Courage; Arthur Schwartz6. It Takes Courage: Lessons Learned from Starbucks #RaceTogether Campaign Case Study;Courtney L. McCluney, Laura Morgan Roberts and Lynn Perry Wooten7. Personal Risk for Social Good: Yahya's Courageous Career and Leadership Decisions;Farah Yasmine Shakir, Petra Kipfelsberger, Anneloes M.L. Raes and Yih-Teen LeeSECTION III: FORGIVENESS8. Forgiveness;Steven L. Smith;9. Leadership in Multicultural Environments: A Courageous Case of Forgiveness for South Africa;Adri Drotskie and Rica Viljoen;10. Forgiveness: On The Journey to Reconciliation;Linda Pallone11. Fostering Forgiveness in a Conflict-Affected Country; Susan RyanSECTION IV: MENTAL FITNESS12. Leading with Mental Fitness;Paula Robinson13. Mental Health in the Workplace: A Case Study for Collective Responsibility;Jacqueline H. Stephenson14. Developing Restful Awareness: Lessons in Energizing Individuals and Teams from the Micro-practices of a Yoga Class;Anne Messervy15. Mental Fitness at Knox Grammar School;Steve Zolezzi;16. The Introduction of Well-Being into the Curriculum of an Executive MBA Program: The Sydney Business School a Reflective Case Study;Dr. Lee E. J. Styger and Lauren RichardsonSECTION V: POSITIVE ENERGY17. Experiencing Human Energy as a Catalyst for Developing Leadership Capacity;Bernd Vogel18. Ella's Kitchen: Strategic Positive Leadership with Purpose and Value-Driven Collective Energy;Amal Ahmadi and Bernd Vogel;19. Transforming Negative Energy Into Positive Energy Through Intercultural Communication Exercises;Daniel Velasco20. Igniting Leadership: Ritual and Interaction within the AI Summit;Janis Bragan Balda, Mary Saunders Bulan, and William DesJenniferisSECTION VI: HUMAN VALUES21. Navigating the Terrain of Positive Organizing: An Engagement with Values;Ken Otter22. Putting Values to Work at KKT: Nourishment for a Positive Leadership Culture;Ken Otter, Tone S. Ringstad and Sigbjørn Smeland23. Words for Worlds: Developing Leaders through Values and Narrative Processes at the University of Alberta;Victor Shewchuk, Christine Cavanaugh Simmons and Marcy Strong24. "This Above All: To Thine Own Self Be True";Emma Watton and Scott Lichtenstein