Bøger af Kim Cameron

The first edition introduced the newly emerging field called Positive Organizational Scholarship. Rather than focusing on organizational dysfunction, Positive Organizational Scholarship looks at organizations that are functioning at an unusually high level. Learning from such successful groups about what they did right forms the backbone of the strategy, because strategies that capitalize on the positive tend to produce life-giving, flourishing outcomes in organizations.The four strategies discussed in the first edition included the cultivation of positive climate, positive relationships, positive communication, and positive meaning. Each strategy is explained and illustrated. In this revised edition, the author will add the following materials:Chapter 1: Outlining three outcomes associated with positive leadership and one more example.Chapter 2: Adding some empirical findings linking attributes of climate with physiological benefits.Chapter 3: A brief discussion of temporary encounters with positive or negative outcomes.Chapter 4: Additional research on the results of the positive-to-negative-communication-ratio.Chapter 5: Elaboration on the issue of meaningfulness in work.Chapter 6: More ideas for implementation

This practical guide, the first to show how leaders can achieve extraordinary results through the positive energy generated by virtuous interactions with employees, is written by one of the giants in the study of positive leadership. This book reveals one of the most important but frequently ignored factors that lead to spectacular performance in organizations. Kim Cameron, a true pioneer in the study of positive leadership, offers validated scientific evidence that all individuals are inherently attracted to and flourish in the presence of positive energy, a principle known in biology as heliotropism. Further, he shows that the positive relational energy generated by leaders' virtuous behaviorssuch as generosity, compassion, gratitude, trustworthiness, forgiveness, and kindnessis tightly linked to extraordinary organizational outcomes like greater innovation, higher profits, and increased engagement and retention. Cameron has not written a feel-good tome about the power of positive thinking, ';happiology,' or unbridled optimism. This research-based explanation shows how to achieve performance that exceeds expectations. He provides practical suggestions, assessments, and exercises showing how leaders can improve their own positive energy and increase positive relational energy in their organizations. Positively Energizing Leadership is a major contribution to the theory and practice of leadership.

A Guide to Going beyond Success Plenty of research has been done on why companies go terribly wrong, but what makes companies go spectacularly right? That’s the question that Kim Cameron asked over a decade ago. Since then, Cameron and his colleagues have uncovered the principles and practices that set extraordinarily effective organizations apart from the merely successful. In his previous book Positive Leadership, Cameron identified four strategies that enable these organizations, and the individuals within them, to flourish: creating a positive climate, positive relationships, positive communication, and positive meaning. Here he lays out specific tactics for implementing them. These are not feel-good nostrums—study after study (some cited in this book) have proven positive leadership delivers breakthrough bottom-line results. Thanks to Cameron’s concise how-to guide, now any organization can be “positively deviant,” achieving outcomes that far surpass the norm.

A new series of children's books called Seaper Powers has begun to take over the world of imagination. Receiving 10 out of 10 stars, this is a series not to be missed. There are three adventures in the series: In Search of Bleu Jay's Treasure; The Mystery of the Blue Pearls; and The Rescue. Written in 1-2 page chapters, these stories are meant to be shared with parents at bedtime. Kids can read the book on their own, or read along with the audio version. (Available in paperback, ebook, audio CD, and MP3.)Now the series is expanded for those who love to doodle. The drawings from each book are now in black and white, ready for the coloring adventurer in all of us!

Kim's shares her journey of grief and personal healing, after the traumatic loss of her ten year old daughter Ella, who suffered a fatal brain bleed.

Seaper Powers (available in paperback) is a series of adventure books for children. This is the first book in the series. A new series of children's books called Seaper Powers has begun to take over the world of imagination. Receiving 10 out of 10 stars, this is a series not to be missed. There are three adventures in the series: In Search of Bleu Jay's Treasure; The Mystery of the Blue Pearls; and The Rescue. And, this fall, the next adventure will be introduced!Written in 1-2 page chapters, these stories are meant to be shared with parents at bedtime. Kids can read the book on their own, or read along with the audio version. (Available in paperback, ebook, audio CD, and MP3.)In this AdventureMeet Emma, a little girl who discovers she has magical powers in the Caribbean sea. She befriends a starfish, named Steve, and an octopus, named Oliver. Together, they search the seas for buried treasure! This is the second edition of In Search of Bleu Jay's Treasure and is in full color with new illustrations.

A new series of children's books called Seaper Powers has begun to take over the world of imagination. Receiving 10 out of 10 stars, this is a series not to be missed. There are three adventures in the series: In Search of Bleu Jay's Treasure; The Mystery of the Blue Pearls; and The Rescue. And, this fall, the next adventure will be introduced!Written in 1-2 page chapters, these stories are meant to be shared with parents at bedtime. Kids can read the book on their own, or read along with the audio version. (Available in paperback, ebook, audio CD, and MP3.)Now the series is expanded for those who love to doodle. The drawings from each book are now in black and white, ready for the coloring adventurer in all of us! Seaper Powers Coloring Books--one for each adventure.In this AdventureIn this new adventure, Emma has to save Steve, the starfish, from a deadly disease. Along the way, she finds herself in need of her own rescue.

A new series of children's books called Seaper Powers has begun to take over the world of imagination. Receiving 10 out of 10 stars, this is a series not to be missed. There are three adventures in the series: In Search of Bleu Jay's Treasure; The Mystery of the Blue Pearls; and The Rescue.Written in 1-2 page chapters, these stories are meant to be shared with parents at bedtime. Kids can read the book on their own, or read along with the audio version. (Available in paperback, ebook, audio CD, and MP3.)Now the series is expanded for those who love to doodle. The drawings from each book are now in black and white, ready for the coloring adventurer in all of us!

Leadership should be about much more than hitting targets and avoiding mistakes. Kim Cameron shows how to reach beyond ordinary success to achieve extraordinary effectiveness, spectacular results, and what he calls ''positively deviant performance'' - performance far above the norm. Positive leadership enables thriving and flourishing rather than simply addressing obstacles and impediments. It helps bring out the best in human nature. Cameron is one of the founders of the new field of Positive Organizational Scholarship, which studies unusually high - performing organizations. In Positive Leadership he draws on discoveries in this field and in the allied field of positive psychology - which focuses on high - functioning individuals - as well as positive organizational change methodologies. He identifies four interrelated leadership strategies: Positive Climate: fostering emotions such as optimism, compassion, and gratitude Positive Relationships: building positive energy networks and developing strength - based activities Positive Communications: fostering best - self feedback and supportive communication patterns Positive Meaning: helping people find profound purpose and a sense of callingCameron cites the empirical research that these strategies are rooted in and that supports their bottom - line effectiveness, lays out a proven process for implementing them, and includes a self - assessment instrument and a guide to assist leaders in the implementation process. Positive Leadership is a concise, thoroughly researched, and practical guide that any leader can use to generate truly amazing results.