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Overcoming the Blind Spot of Positive Leadership: Authenticity Amidst Change

In: New Horizons in Positive Leadership and Change

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  • Petros G. Malakyan

    (Robert Morris University)

  • Wenli Wang

    (Robert Morris University)

  • Steven P. Niles

    (Piano, Los Angeles City College)

Abstract

This chapter argues that positive leadership that grows out of positive psychology and strengths-based leadership theories has its own blind spot, which must be overcome in order to understand the process of authentic change and workplace transformation. Various philosophical, religious, and cultural worldviews are used to indicate the interconnected and interdependent nature of positivity and negativity that exists in the physical, biological, and spiritual world. Such an honest, balanced, and integrative approach to what is perceived to be positive (yang) and negative (yin) may overcome the blind spot of positive leadership and pave the way for mutually inclusive yin-yang leader-follower relationships in organizations toward authentic change and workplace transformation.

Suggested Citation

  • Petros G. Malakyan & Wenli Wang & Steven P. Niles, 2020. "Overcoming the Blind Spot of Positive Leadership: Authenticity Amidst Change," Management for Professionals, in: Satinder Dhiman & Joan Marques (ed.), New Horizons in Positive Leadership and Change, chapter 5, pages 83-101, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:mgmchp:978-3-030-38129-5_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-38129-5_5
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