Effective feedback processes are like oxygen for the vitality of organizations. Agile organizations, in particular, need collaborative leadership and sustainable team structures. Yet many teams and leaders shy away from feedback, especially when they think they have to convey or receive “difficult messages.” Deficit-oriented evaluation criteria often contribute to feedback discussions and 360° feedback processes being misdirected, avoided, or even feared in the day-to-day operations of many institutions and companies. The Positive Leadership approach provides evidence-based strategies for using the appreciative principles of PERMA Lead to increase team satisfaction, motivation, and, consequently, productivity. In doing so, we examine the foundations of long-held beliefs about good leadership:

• Why is leadership based on “facts, force, and fear” a thing of the past, even though it’s still a sad reality in many organizations?
• Isn’t it the role of leadership to sometimes clearly address problems and point out what isn’t going well?
• Doesn’t positive leadership run the risk of fostering an atmosphere of “harmony at all costs,” where nothing critical can be addressed and every failure is glossed over as a success?
• And how can 360° feedback, in particular, help make it harder for narcissists to rise through the ranks in organizations?

I’d be happy to discuss the potential applications of this approach in a one-on-one conversation.

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