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FOREWORD BY DORIE CLARK ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER 1: The Future of the Workplace 7 CHAPTER 2: Destructive Management 28 CHAPTER 3: The Power of Contagious Emotions 44 CHAPTER 4: The Downside of Optimism: Missteps and Excess 57 CHAPTER 5: Values-Based Leadership 75 CHAPTER 6: It All Starts with Purpose 88 CHAPTER 7: The Meaning Makers 102 CHAPTER 8: We Must Change the Way We Work 118 CHAPTER 9: Human-Centered Leadership 135 CHAPTER 10: Next Comes Trust: Creating Community 151 CHAPTER 11: The Cultivation of Optimism 165 AFTERWORD 179 APPENDIX 1: The Optimism Planner 181 APPENDIX 2: One-on-One Format 197 ENDNOTES 201 INDEX 217.;The Optimistic Workplace includes a step by step breakdown of how to personalize the lessons in the book for your situation through the processes of: Planning: The first 30 days, in which you assess opportunities, identify needs, anticipate obstacles, and communicate goals and your vision for reaching them. Implementation: The next 30 days, during which you collaboratively create the desired feel of the workplace, sketch out a plan for increased optimism, and identify ways to measure your progress. Monitoring: The final 30-day period is for continuous evaluation of attitudes and progress, adjustments based on collaborative experience, and analysis of results. As a manager of people and processes, it's too easy to think of yourself as just one in a collection of moving parts. What you really are is a steward, a guide who mentors, motivates, supports, and partners with your team members. And yes, you care about them and their experience in your workplace. An environment where this care is on display every day is one in which people want to succeed--and so they will. When it comes to work these days, we're expected to do more with less--but is this nose-to-the-grindstone philosophy the best way to run a business? Alarmingly low employee engagement numbers indicate otherwise. So, if pushing everyone harder isn't the path to productivity, what is? Supported by the latest research, this eye-opening book argues that our best work is the product of a positive environment. That's good news for you as a manager. While you can't personally transform the corporate culture, you can influence the workplace climate and create meaningful and lasting change. Advocating a steward model of management, "The Optimistic Workplace "reveals how to: Explore personal and organizational purpose--and align them for astonishing results - Overcome resistance and skepticism Build camaraderie and deepen loyalty Increase intrinsic motivation Help your team find meaning in their work Identify goals collaboratively and track progress And more Examples from companies large and small demonstrate how this people-centric focus ignites employee potential, increases innovation, and catapults the organization to new levels of performance. Far from being a wish-upon-a-star discussion of workplace happiness, this book presents an array of surprisingly simple strategies as well as practical 30-, 60-, and 90-day plans designed to focus your actions and make employee optimism not just a worthy goal--but a real and measurable result While you can't personally transform the corporate culture, you can influence the workplace climate and create meaningful and lasting change. Supported by the latest research, this eye-opening book argues that our best work is the product of a positive environment. When it comes to work these days, we're expected to do more with less—but is this nose-to-the-grindstone philosophy the best way to run a business? Alarmingly low employee engagement numbers indicate otherwise. So, if pushing everyone harder isn't the path to productivity, what is? Advocating a steward model of management, The Optimistic Workplace reveals how to: Explore personal and organizational purpose—and align them for astonishing results Overcome resistance and skepticism Build camaraderie and deepen loyalty Increase intrinsic motivation Help your team find meaning in their work Identify goals collaboratively and track progress Examples from companies large and small demonstrate how this people-centric focus ignites employee potential, increases innovation, and catapults the organization to new levels of performance. The Optimistic Workplace presents an array of surprisingly simple strategies as well as practical 30-, 60-, and 90-day plans designed to focus your actions and make employee optimism not just a worthy goal—but a real and measurable result. In our ever-increasing pressure-filled and competitive workforce, most business philosophies have been about nose to the grindstone. “Get ’er done, whatever it takes!” has become our daily mantra. But is pushing everyone harder truly the best path to productivity? Does a stressful culture equal a successful company? The alarmingly low employee-engagement numbers would say no. Supported by the latest research, The Optimistic Workplace argues that our best work is the product of a positive environment. Advocating a steward model of management, this eye-opening book reveals how to:• Explore personal and organizational purpose--and align them for astonishing results• Overcome resistance and skepticism from corporate managers pressing for results• Build camaraderie and deepen loyalty among team members• Increase intrinsic motivation• Help your team find meaning in their work• And moreWith practical 30-, 60-, and 90-day plans designed to focus your actions, as well as examples from companies large and small that demonstrate how this people-centric focus has already ignited employee potential, increased innovation, and catapulted many organizations to new levels of performance, The Optimistic Workplace is your complete guide to aligning personal purpose with professional success. In our ever-increasing pressure-filled and competitive workforce, most business philosophies have been about nose to the grindstone. "Get 'er done, whatever it takes!" has become our daily mantra. But is pushing everyone harder truly the best path to productivity? Does a stressful culture equal a successful company? The alarmingly low employee-engagement numbers would say no. Supported by the latest research, The Optimistic Workplace argues that our best work is the product of a positive environment. Advocating a steward model of management, this eye-opening book reveals how to: Explore personal and organizational purpose#8212;and align them for astonishing results Overcome resistance and skepticism from corporate managers pressing for results Build camaraderie and deepen loyalty among team members Increase intrinsic motivation Help your team find meaning in their work And moreWith practical 30-, 60-, and 90-day plans designed to focus your actions, as well as examples from companies large and small that demonstrate how this people-centric focus has already ignited employee potential, increased innovation, and catapulted many organizations to new levels of performance, The Optimistic Workplace is your complete guide to aligning personal purpose with professional success