From the Book - Regular Print
1 From Negative to Positive 1 --
3 Positive Leaders Drive Positive Cultures 13 --
Your Most Important Job 16 --
Culture Beats Strategy 17 --
Know What You Stand For 19 --
Positively Contagious 22 --
Create a Culture that People Feel 23 --
Invest in the Root if You Want the Fruit 24 --
You Must Keep Building Your Culture 26 --
4 Positive Leaders Create and Share --
A Telescope and Microscope 34 --
Dabo Swinney's Vision 34 --
Keep the Vision Alive 38 --
Make the Vision Come Alive 38 --
5 Positive Leaders Lead with Optimism, Positivity, and Belief 45 --
Believe It and You'll See It 50 --
If You Don't Have it, You Can't Share it 51 --
Feed the Positive Dog 51 --
It's All How You See It 53 --
Tell Yourself a Positive Story 54 --
Challenge or Opportunity 56 --
Think Like a Rookie 57 --
Leadership Is a Transfer of Belief 61 --
Lead with Faith Instead of Fear 63 --
Be an Over-Believer 64 --
Don't Stop Believing 66 --
Your Leadership Journey 67 --
6 Positive Leaders Confront, Transform, and Remove Negativity 69 --
Your Positivity Must Be Greater than All the Negativity 72 --
No Energy Vampires Allowed 73 --
First Step Is to Transform 75 --
Start at-the Culture Level 75 --
Remove the Negativity 77 --
Lead from Where You Are 79 --
Implement the No Complaining Rule 79 --
Michael Phelps's Positive Leadership 82 --
Don't Be Negative about Negativity 83 --
7 Positive Leaders Create United and Connected Teams 85 --
Connection Is the Difference 88 --
Team Beats Talent When Talent Isn't a Team 91 --
Dabo Swinney's Seat 93 --
Collaborate and Facilitate 94 --
Don't Let Your Reptile Eat Your Positive Dog 95 --
8 Positive Leaders Build Great Relationships and Teams 99 --
Love Is the Greatest Leadership Principle on the Planet 103 --
Rules without Relationship Lead to Rebellion 104 --
Communication Builds Trust 104 --
Where There Is a Void in Communication, Negativity Fills It 106 --
Leading by Walking Around 108 --
Listening is Communicating 110 --
Enhance Your Positive Communication 110 --
Believe in Others More than They Believe in Themselves 114 --
Help Your Team Become Unstoppable 115 --
Connect One on One 117 --
It's Not About You 123 --
Commitment Requires Sacrifice 125 --
When You Help Others Improve, You Improve 126 --
Elite of the Elite 127 --
Positive Leaders Care 128 --
Develop Your Caring Trademark 129 --
9 Positive Leaders Pursue Excellence 135 --
There Is No Finish Line 139 --
Demanding without being Demeaning 139 --
Love and Accountability 140 --
Craftsmen and Craftswomen 144 --
Clarity and Action 146 --
10 Positive Leaders Lead with Purpose 149 --
Find and Live Your Purpose 153 --
Inspire Others to Live Their Purpose 155 --
Purpose Driven Goals 156 --
Give People Great Stories to Tell 162 --
11 Positive Leaders Have Grit 167 --
Know What You Want 171 --
Keep Doing Things the Right Way: Trust the Process 174 --
Ignore the Critics; Do the Work 175 --
12 Lead the Way Forward 177.