Profit from the Positive: Proven Leadership Strategies to Boost Productivity and Transform Your Business, with a foreword by Tom Rath

You’re constantly challenged to grow your business, increase productivity, and improve quality―all while reducing or keeping budgets flat. So what’s a manager to do?

You’ve streamlined processes. You’ve restructured. You’ve sought customer and employee feedback. You’ve tried everything. Now, try something that works. Profit from the Positive is a practical, groundbreaking guide for business leaders, managers, executive coaches, and human resource professionals. Whether you lead three employees or 3,000, this book shows you how to increase productivity, collaboration, and profitability using the simple yet powerful tools from the new field of Positive Psychology.

Featuring case studies of some of the most forward-thinking and successful companies today―Google, Zappos, and Amazon, to name a few―Profit from the Positive provides over two dozen evidence-based tools you can apply immediately. Learn how to:

Set habits, not just goals Recognize the Achoo! effect Stop asking the wrong questions Hire for what’s not on the resume Turn strengths into a team sport Preview, don’t just review, performance

The best part? These strategies don’t cost a dime to implement! Trained by Dr. Martin Seligman, who is known as the father of Positive Psychology, Margaret Greenberg and Senia Maymin translate the scientific research and make it accessible to the business world.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ McGraw Hill; 1st edition (July 30, 2013)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0071817433
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0071817431
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.15 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 1.1 x 9.1 inches