The hidden secret of leadership. Positivity is a strategy to success and a powerful tool in creating and enabling exceptional leadership performance. This is an invitation to realise the value of positivity in building enduring individual and collective resources. You will experience the importance of fostering a positive climate that generates the upward spiral towards optimised functioning and enhanced performance.
Become exceptional in the practice of positivity and you will derive natural value from your leadership system by cultivating it across culture, communities and communication. Take responsibility for creating an environment where experiment and failure is to be celebrated. Come to consider personal positivity as a natural home to brilliant leadership and see what is unleashed when a positive focus is placed on others and potential is realised.
About this programme
The Positive Leader is a one-day leadership development programme designed to equip leaders to use positivity as a deliberate leadership strategy — not as optimism or “being nice”, but as a proven way to improve performance, wellbeing, and results.
Based on Kim Cameron’s Positive Leadership and Positive Organisational Scholarship, the programme translates robust research into practical, everyday leadership behaviours. Leaders learn how positive practices such as positive climate, relationships, communication, and meaning can be intentionally applied to create extraordinary performance — particularly in times of pressure, change, or challenge.
This programme focuses on practice, not theory alone. Leaders leave with tools, language, and habits they can immediately apply in how they lead, communicate, and make decisions.
Who should attend
The programme is suitable for leaders at all stages who want to lead with impact, energy, and humanity and who want to mobilise positivity as part of their leadership strategy for exceptional performance.
Content
1: The Case for Positive Leadership
What positive leadership really is (and what it is not)
The evidence behind positivity and performance (Kim Cameron)
Why positivity is a leadership choice, not a personality trait
2: Creating a Positive Climate
Understanding emotional climate and its impact
Leading energy, hope, and resilience
Practical ways leaders shape climate every day
3: Building Positive Relationships
The role of trust, compassion, and support in performance
High-quality connections at work
Leading with empathy without losing accountability
4: Positive Communication in Action
Using affirmative and strengths-based language
The power of positive feedback and recognition
How leaders communicate during challenge and failure
5: Meaning, Purpose, and Strengths
Helping people see meaning in their work
Leveraging strengths for engagement and results
Aligning individual contribution to organisational purpose
6: Embedding Positive Leadership
Applying positive leadership in real leadership scenarios
Personal leadership commitments and habit-building
Sustaining positivity during pressure and uncertainty
The natural leadership shift
From problem-focused leadership to strengths- and possibility-focused leadership
From managing performance through pressure to enabling performance through positivity
From transactional relationships to high-quality, trust-based relationships
From correction-heavy feedback to balanced, affirmative communication
From leading through control to leading through purpose and meaning
From short-term results focus to sustainable performance and wellbeing
The benefits and outcomes
For the individual leader
- Greater leadership confidence and emotional resilience
- Practical skills to lead with energy, clarity, and optimism
- Stronger relationships and communication impact
For their team
- Higher engagement, motivation, and morale
- Increased trust, collaboration, and discretionary effort
- Improved resilience and performance during challenge
For the organisation
- Stronger leadership capability and consistency
- Improved performance, innovation, and retention
- A healthier, more positive organisational culture