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Here’s the Proof That Positive Work Cultures Are More Productive

Lead from Within

There is growing evidence to suggest that positive work cultures are more productive than negative ones. In fact, research shows that employees who feel positive about their work environment are more likely to be engaged, motivated, and productive. Therefore, it is important to include happiness in any business culture.

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Improve Your Positive Influence: Eliminate Common Obstacles

Leading Blog

The equation also applies to our individual capacity for positive influence (+influence). A lot of self-talk is intended to keep us safe and to be considerate of others’ feelings, but it doesn’t prioritize what will raise productivity, satisfaction, and growth for ourselves, others, and the project or company. Low awareness.

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15 Attributes of Positively Energizing Leaders

Leading Blog

W HEN YOU HEAR the term positive leadership , it is easy to get cynical and think it is all happy-talk and disconnected from reality. In fact, it is about those attributes that energize us and help us to deal with reality in a productive way. It is real, and we naturally respond positively to them—the heliotropic effect.

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Positively Energizing Leaders Are Heliotropic

Lead Change Blog

The heliotropic effect describes the inherent tendency in all living things toward positive energy and away from negative energy. In nature, the sun is the source of positive, life-giving energy, so the heliotropic effect explains why plants and other organisms lean toward the light over time. It is renewing.

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How to Host Better, More Focused and Productive Executive Visits

Let's Grow Leaders

How can I make these visits more productive?” ” This is a great time to recognize employees by giving them some positive executive exposure. The post How to Host Better, More Focused and Productive Executive Visits appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. So be ready with your “ask.” Your turn.

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How Our Current Office Shock Can Lead to a Climate-Positive “Officeverse”

Leading Blog

Offices and officing could be an important catalyst for positive climate choices. During COVID-19 shutdowns a lot of productive office work got done without offices. And that can be an opportunity for climate-positive officing. A sustainable future requires making choices today to make a climate-positive impact.

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Why Leaders Must Stay Positive Even When the Future Looks Bleak

Lead from Within

” A positive attitude is a superpower that leaders can harness to react to any situation in a positive and productive way. Positivity builds resilience: A positive attitude helps leaders build resilience, which is the ability to bounce back from adversity.