Who is more effective, a positive leader or a negative leader?

Originally answered Nov 7, 2018

Positive leaders are more effective.

Articles on Positive Leadership

1. Center for Positive Organizations, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
2. Positive Leadership: 30 Must-Have Traits and Skills
3. 5 Ways To Be A More Positive Leader
4. How Positive Leadership Shapes Positive Organizational Behaviors
5. Don’t Underestimate The Power Of Positive Leadership
6. The Impact of Positive Leadership
7. What is Positive Leadership?
8. What’s a Positive Leader?
9. Positive leadership starts with one uplifting person. Will that be you?
10. What Positive Leadership is Not
11. The Transformative Power of Positive Leadership
12. Positive Leadership: Why it’s crucial for Organizational Change

Books on Positive Leadership

1. Positive Leadership: Strategies for Extraordinary Performance by Kim S. Cameron
2. Practicing Positive Leadership: Tools and Techniques That Create Extraordinary Results by Kim S. Cameron
3. The Power of Positive Leadership: How and Why Positive Leaders Transform Teams and Organizations and Change the World by Jon Gordon
4. The Power of a Positive Team: Proven Principles and Practices that Make Great Teams Great by Jon Gordon
5. Positive Leadership: The Game Changer at Work by Steve Gladis
6. The Lasting Impact of Positive Leadership by Stan Toler
7. Power Of Positive Leadership by Scott A. Benning
8. Do Good To Lead Well: The Science And Practice Of Positive Leadership by Craig Dowden
9. The Art of Positive Leadership by John E. Michel
10. Positive Leadership Principles for Women: 8 Secrets to Inspire and Impact Everyone Around You by Karol Ladd
11. The Positive Leader: How Energy and Happiness Fuel Top-Performing Teams by Jan Mühlfeit and Melina Costi
12. How to Be a Positive Leader: Small Actions, Big Impact by Jane E. Dutton and Gretchen M. Spreitzer

Articles and Books on Positive Culture

1. Proof That Positive Work Cultures Are More Productive
2. What is your definition of a positive company culture?
3. 50 Categories for Assessing Organizational Culture
4. The Positive Organization: Breaking Free from Conventional Cultures, Constraints, and Beliefs by Robert E. Quinn
5. Developing a Positive Culture Where People and Performance Thrive by Marcella Bremer

Articles and Books about Leadership

1. How to Be a Better Leader
2. Lessons in Leadership
3. Servant Leadership
4. What is poor leadership?
5. Leadership Books