Developing Positive Leaders, Organizations and Teams

With the release of The Positive Dog a lot of people have asked me where the inspiration for the book came from. It …

To celebrate the release of The Positive Dog next week, I’m going to give away 10 personalized, signed copies.

For a chance to win, do one (or more) of the following:

When Jim Harbaugh, the head football coach of the San Francisco 49ers, was coaching the Stanford University football team his star player, Toby Gerhart, was …

Click Play below to listen to a replay of Jon Gordon’s STAND OUT AND GROW YOUR BUSINESS teleseminar, recorded LIVE. To download the accompaniment handout …

Every business, wherever they are located, can create a bubble of optimism that inspires them to think differently, act differently and lead differently.

A few weeks ago I was having a really tough week and honestly I was feeling and acting pretty negative. Then one morning I woke up and started writing a pledge to be more positive. After writing it I have to say I felt a lot more positive and more importantly I was more positive to everyone around me. It made a difference.

Positive emotions are just as contagious as negative emotions. One positive leader can rally a group of willing people to accomplish amazing things. One Chief Energy Officer who sits at the welcome desk can positively infect every person who walks in your business/school/workplace. One positive team member can slowly but surely improve the mood and moral of her team. And pervasive positive attitudes and emotions at work can fuel the morale and performance of your organization.

If you think there is too much complaining in the world watch this video (and please share it with others).

www.NoComplainingRule.com

My wife and I hired a landscape design company to plant shrubs and flowers and put in a stone walkway in our backyard. A month after they did the work my wife looked over the bill and realized they had charged us a lot of money for plants that were never planted. When we brought the matter up to the owners of the company the first thing they did was deny it.

When she showed them the bill they said that they weren’t responsible since…

We often think that the grass will be greener somewhere else.
We believe we’ll be happier and more successful anywhere but where we are.
And so we …