Positive Leadership, Behavioral Fitness and the Next Best You- Lee Newman

Leadership, from Dr. Newman’s perspective, is about establishing the conditions under which people can perform at their best.  The field of positive psychology provides a rich source of ideas about how positivity and negativity in the workplace can affect the quality of our thinking and our behavior daily – and offers ideas for how as leaders we can engage in designing employee experience to boost positivity and reduce negativity.  

Even with positive leadership practices, difficult situations happen in every workplace.  When people with different interests and diverse backgrounds work together under pressure, it’s inevitable that there is “turbulence” and friction.  But how might these turbulent moments be turned into learning moments – moments that catalyze self-transformation and growth?  How might each of us pursue our “Next Best You”?   Behavior change not only requires effort, but it also requires the right conditions.   When game-changing moments happen in conditions of trust, people grow.   

Behavioral fitness is about how as leaders and colleagues we might create these conditions and achieve a deep and lasting behavioral competitive advantage.