The Affirmation Principle: How Effective Leaders Bring out the Best in People

by Bernard M. Curtis

Take a look in any bookstore, whether on line or brick-and-mortar, and you will fi nddozens, even hundreds of books on leadership. But the focus of most of these bookswill be on the mechanics of leading. But leadership is more than the act of leading.Leadership is about the quality of relationships and infl uence.In The Affi rmation Principle, Dr. Bernard Curtis advances the proposition thatorganizations can bring out the best in people and achieve extraordinary success byunderstanding how to lead and care for the human spirit. Dr. Curtis begins by presentingthe business case for the importance of organizations to understand the benefi ts ofvaluing people. In part one he explores the unstated contract between employees andemployers, describes what organizations must do to connect with their people, andchallenges leaders to have the courage to change. In part two, he shares a new conceptand model of leadership based on human-affi rming behaviors and sound humaneprinciples. In part three, Dr. Curtis shows how leaders value to the organization can bemeasured, how they can become more accountable, and what they can do to bring outthe best in their people.The Affi rmation Principle offers some keen insights into the leader-follower relationship.This book provides some new tools to help the serious leader take their leadership thinkingand skills to the next level.

312 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 19, 2012