{"product_id":"positive-psychology-and-change-isbn-9781118788844","title":"Positive Psychology and Change","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePositive Psychology and Change\u003c\/i\u003e explores how areas of positive psychology such as strengths, flow, and psychological capital can be applied to the everyday challenges of leading a dynamic and adaptive work community, and how collaborative group approaches to transformational change can be combined with a positive mindset to maintain optimism and motivation in an unpredictable working environment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eArticulates a unique vision for organizational leadership in the 21st century that combines positive psychology, Appreciative Inquiry (AI), and collaborative group technologies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFocuses on four specific co-creative approaches (Appreciative Inquiry, Open Space, World Café and SimuReal) and the ways in which they surpass traditional methods for organizational change\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplains the latest theory, research, and practice, and translates it into concrete, actionable ideas for meeting the day-to-day challenges of effective and adaptive leadership and management\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes learning features such as boxed text, short case studies, stories, and cartoons\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xxiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 The Legacy of Twentieth‐Century Ideas about Organizational Change 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Changing World 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Roots of Many Change Models 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLegacy Thinking about Organizational Change 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Legacy Beliefs of Lewin and Taylor in Our Understanding of Organizational Change 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 The Challenge of Leadership 21\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShould Decisiveness Be the Priority in Leaders? 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Need to Make a Difference 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Does Shifting the Organizational Metaphor Mean for Leaders? 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew Definition of Leadership 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDoing Leadership Differently 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCharacteristics of a New Leadership Style 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Helping People Engage Positively with Imposed Change 51\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTypical Experience of Imposed Change 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnintended Consequences of Imposed Change 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnderstanding the Psychological Impact of Imposed Change on People 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAccessing Psychological Resources to Increase Efficacy and Resilience 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 A Different Approach to Organizations and Change 77\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey Factors that Create Living Human System Learning and Change 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDistinctive Features of Co‐creative Approaches to Change 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrinciples of Practice for Achieving Change in Living Human Systems 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Using Positive Psychology to Achieve Change at the Team and Individual Level 97\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrinciples 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePositive and Appreciative Practices 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Appreciative Inquiry 119\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProcess 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePurpose 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecommended Use 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey Ideas 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCritical Success Factors 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey Skills 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrigins of the Methodology 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen to Use and Counter‐indications 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 World Café 141\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Process 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePurpose 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecommended Use 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey Ideas 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCritical Success Factors 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey Skills 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrigins of the Methodology 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Open Space 161\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePurpose 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Process 164                                                                   \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecommended Use 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey Ideas 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCritical Success Factors 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey Skills 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrigins of the Methodology 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Simu‐Real 185\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePurpose 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Process 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecommended Use 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey Ideas 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCritical Success Factors 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey Skills 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrigins of the Methodology 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLong‐Term Effects 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen to Use and When Not to 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Pulling It All Together 205\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRise of Planned Change Approaches 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCo‐creative Approaches to Change 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeatures of Co‐created Change 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLinking Theory, Research, and Practice 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTime for Something Different 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBringing Emergent Change Insights to Planned Change Projects 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePositive: The Whole Strengths Spectrum Approach to Change 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book is a doorway into generative, strengths-inspired and solutions-focused change. It gives leaders the gift of new eyes and teaches how humility might just be a leader's greatest strength. It brings the joy of high quality connections back into the field of organization development. And it reminds us that we can create conditions - the evidence base is there — to confirm our deepest conviction: that human beings are good. Read this wonderful book carefully.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eDavid Cooperrider, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"We need to develop work organizations in which people thrive and find positive meaning in life rather than being impoverished and exhausted by organizational change. This book offers a profoundly important guide to how we can create such organizations, providing the theoretical rationale, evidence and practical steps necessary to achieve transformational change. Every manager and leader of every organization should not only read it but immediately put it into practice.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eMichael West, Lancaster University Management School\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Sarah Lewis is one of those rare management writers able to combine academic research with practical relevance. In \u003ci\u003ePositive Psychology and Change\u003c\/i\u003e she offers a fresh, evidence-based rethinking of how large group organizational change methods work and many practical suggestions for how to use them successfully.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eGervase R. Bushe, Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSARAH LEWIS, \u003c\/b\u003ean acknowledged expert on positive psychology and Appreciative Inquiry, is Managing Director and Principal Psychologist at Appreciating Change (www.acukltd.com). She is an Associated Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a Principal Member of the Association of Business Psychologists. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eAppreciative Inquiry for Change Management\u003c\/i\u003e (2nd edition, 2016) and \u003ci\u003ePositive Psychology at Work\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011). Her work is informed by a positive and appreciative view of organizations, and she also has particular expertise in systemic consultation, Open Space, World Café and Simu-Real. She is a frequent presenter at national and international conferences, facilitates large group events and regularly runs workshops on “The Psychology of Change” through the CIPD.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePositive Psychology and Change \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a new perspective on the everyday challenges of organizational change and the role of leadership in a dynamic, adaptive work community. Grounded in psychological research, it explores how the insights, methodologies, and techniques of positive psychology and the related business development method Appreciative Inquiry (AI) can together be applied to the challenge of providing effective leadership in conditions of uncertainty. It also shows how collaborative group approaches to transformational change including Open Space, World Café and Simu-Real can be combined with a positive mindset to maintain optimism and motivation in an unpredictable environment. As leaders seek new ways to introduce change without provoking resistance, this book explains in accessible style, with practical lessons and real-world case examples, how areas of positive psychology such as strengths, flow, psychological capital, and positivity are all relevant and can help.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989820653797,"sku":"NP9781118788844","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118788844.jpg?v=1761785572","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/positive-psychology-and-change-isbn-9781118788844","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}