Epilogue and Looking Forward

Gretchen M. Spreitzer and Jane E. Dutton

This book brings together respected thought leaders in positive organizational scholarship (POS) to share their best bets on how to become a positive leader. Each bet, or what we term a seed, is backed by scientific evidence and brought to life through stories of real organizations or leaders using these seeds. This collection of seeds reveals the different ways POS opens up new lines of sight for leaders to engage in practices fostering expanding possibilities for excellence.1 These new lines of sight are critical, yet often dismissed, as “soft” and “inconsequential.” Nothing could be further from the truth, as new lines of sight are critical. They help generate new possibilities ...

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