Testimonials
Positive leadership means taking responsibility, focusing on strengths and well-being, relying on empathy and credibility, critically reflecting on one's own point of view, and asking what may lie outside one's field of attention. In his book, Markus Ebner shows how this can be done and how successful it is.
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Erich Kirchler
Head of the Institute for Applied Psychology: Work, Education, Economy; University of ViennaUnlike many books dealing with the various adjectives associated with leadership, Markus Ebner provides empirical evidence that PERMA- Lead makes a meaningful difference in the lives of individuals and their organizations. The book is a must-read for leaders, consultants, and change agents who are interested in helping employees flourish, reach their highest potential, and achieve extraordinary success. Positive Leadership is a key, and Markus Ebner provides a treasure trove of helpful suggestions and prescriptions for attaining those ends.
Dr. Kim Cameron
Professor Emeritus of Management and Organizations, Ross School of Business University of MichiganMarkus Ebner in Positive Leadership has brought years of experience of working with and teaching about organizations into a pragmatic, accessible, evidence-based volume, which, in my view, is one of the best resources of PERMA. There are several reasons which make this one of the best evidence-based, accessible, pragmatic, and well-organized positive psychology and wellbeing guides. This book is a treasure trove of evidence-based, implementable ideas which can help a wide range of professionals (e.g., managers, supervisors, administrators).
Tayyab Rashid, Ph.D., C.Psych
University of Toronto Scarborough; Board of Director, International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA)Markus Ebner provides an engaging explanation of the PERMA model, its relationship to other attributes of well-being, and, especially, the empirical foundation for its effectiveness in accounting for positive outcomes in individuals and organizations. He developed a reliable and useful assessment instrument—PERMA-Lead—that can be administered by leaders and organizations to guide their improvement efforts and he provides empirical evidence that PERMA-Lead makes a meaningful difference in the lives of individuals and their organizations. The book is a must-read for leaders, consultants, and change agents who are interested in helping employees flourish, reach their highest potential, and achieve extraordinary success.
Dr. Kim Cameron
Professor Emeritus of Management and Organizations, Ross School of Business, University of MichiganWhile I have attempted to build these elements amidst clinical conditions with mixed results, Markus Ebner in Positive Leadership has brought years of experience of working with and teaching about organisations into a pragmatic, accessible, evidence-based volume, which, in my view, is one of the best resources of PERMA. There are several reasons which make this one of the best evidence-based, accessible, pragmatic, and well-organised positive psychology and wellbeing guides.
Tayyab Rashid, Ph.D., C.Psych
University of Toronto Scarborough; Board of Director, International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA)IKEA company founder Ingvar Kamprad once said, "Most of it is not done yet. Wonderful future." This quote spurs us on to make what is good even better, to develop it further and add to it. According to this principle, the project "Your Idea Counts" should also constantly evolve. The goal is that it grows with the needs and ideas of the employees and gives everyone the opportunity to contribute - in the spirit of positive leadership. Looking back on the course of the project, it is clear that all five PERMA lead factors were brought to life in varying degrees during the implementation of this project.
Ornella Wagner
IKEA, Project Manager "Your Idea Counts“Positive leadership describes a positive and strength-oriented management style that creates a basis for employees to contribute and develop personally. But what do strategy reviews have to do with PERMA? Admittedly, the connection is not immediately obvious or recognizable. But regular strategy reviews can also be prepared and used in such a way that they promote individual commitment, convey meaning in the work and enable positive emotions.
Susan Mothes, Anja Schunk, Carina Röllig, Christiane Körner, Berit Jungmann
T-Systems, Deutsche TelekomIs Positive Leadership something for us? The answer is a resounding "Yes“. This approach supports our company and the individual employees in a healthy cultural change: We succeed in taking a good look at what is already there and recognizing what has been achieved. This enables us to build even more consciously on the positive, to use the strengths of individuals and teams for orientation, and to grow our culture successfully with ever-small, sustainable steps. This supports organizational development in the right direction. How do we recognize this? Both qualitatively in the form of feedback from colleagues at all hierarchical levels and quantitatively by means of economic indicators.
Stefan Andexer, Sabine Hartl
Lidl Austria, Human Resources DevelopmentOur employees are happy and emotionally attached to the company. This makes us not only productive and profitable, but also customer-oriented. "PERMA is a logical principle for running a company as it addresses the deep needs of people. For ICS, the principle of Positive Leadership was first the salvation, then what kept us alive, and meanwhile what significantly accounts for our success.
Mathias Posch
Chairman of the Board and Director of International Conference Services Ltd.Positive Leadership is considered the "shooting star" among leadership models. However, the universal concept of this approach makes it a remarkable method not only in companies, but also in many other areas to make processes in which the "human factor" plays a major role more successful. These include family situations, schools, communities, clubs and associations, but also major political challenges. A leadership approach that specifically acts on those factors that are demonstrably relevant to the development of potential and the flourishing of people can also lead the European Union (EU) out of the crisis. If leaders in Europe take their responsibility and make the positive future of the EU their own concern by assuming a positive leadership role, they may well be able to positively influence political development using the five approaches of the PERMA Lead Model. Positive leadership as an understanding of leadership in Europe is therefore also capable of favorably influencing the challenge of an "EU in crisis." Its methodology and the clarity of its messages are understood in all parts of Europe.
Ludger Ramme
President of CEC European Managers in Brussels - Chief Executive of the United Leaders Association, the federation of management associations in German businessIn the long term, of course, a change in the entire organizational culture in the direction of "Positive and Participatory Leadership" is highly desirable and, in my opinion, also absolutely conducive to the sustainability of the company's success.
Katharina Randolf
SOS Children's Villages International - Team Leader of the Institutional Partnership Development (IPD) DepartmentA thematic focus of the course was the theoretical as well as practical examination of Positive Leadership, which was a common thread throughout the entire course. In the first module, participants learned about the background of positive psychology and the logic or mechanisms of action of the PERMA Lead Model. The focus was on understanding the five factors, as well as their practical implementation in everyday leadership. Today the order is represented in more than 50 states and on every continent of the earth and continues to act in the sense of the life mottos of its founder "to do good and to do it well". This motto from the 15th century could not be more current and, in the spirit of PERMA-Lead, provides more than ever personal, professional, as well as social orientation.
Elisabeth Dudak
Consultant Group Neuwaldegg, Industrial and Organizational PsychologistScientifically sound and yet usable for very practical impulses; thoroughly researched data material that is very easily digestible: I have been using the PERMA Lead Profiler extremely happily, frequently and effectively in my work with leaders and teams since 2016. A great tool for promoting positive leadership, organizational and work culture, for which I am very grateful and can only recommend!