Editor’s Note – June 2016
Welcome to the June 2016 issue of People & Purpose – the Positive Leadership Journal, I hope you will enjoy this edition as much as we enjoyed compiling it for you. We have been publishing the magazine for 8 months now, originally seeing it as somewhat of an extended blog where we can share exciting ideas, strategies and perspectives with our community of practicing and emerging leaders. Little did we know how rewarding this experiment would be both personally and professionally…
Here you get to witness the academic equivalent of a fan asking for an autograph. I had the opportunity to interview Professor Kim Cameron of the University of Michigan and could barely contain my excitement. Prof Cameron’s research and writing has had a significant impact on my work and my thinking about organisational success and leadership behaviours, so it was a particular honour to speak with him. In the interview Prof Cameron shares the compelling story of how the discipline of Positive Organizational Scholarship came about, talks about his research into the performance enhancing effects of virtuousness and positive energy, as well as highlighting some evidence-based tools for leaders.
In fact you can see the impact of Positive Organisational Scholarship in the recording of a webinar I originally presented for the Chartered Management Institute, looking at positive approaches to managing change.
We also bring you two new contributors, Valentina Lorenzon on family businesses and Kate Atkin on the Imposter Phenomenon. In our quest to share with you a selection of the best leadership resources, we highlight some of the most interesting LinkedIn Influencers and review the FT Essential Guide to Negotiations.
Over the coming months we will feature interviews with more of our teachers, influencers and professional heroes. In the July / August edition we focus on women leaders and carry interviews with Lady Chisholm and Dr Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj, as well as the very impressive Coxless Crew, the first all female team, and the first ever team of four, to row the Pacific Ocean.
We would very much welcome suggestions for future topics and contributors, please e-mail us at support@peopleandpurosejournal.com.
