The Impact of Positive Leadership in the Workforce

Much of organisational success is attributed to the quality of its workforce, with many organisations recognising its human resources as their most important asset (Mohammed, Bhatti, Jariko, & Zehri, 2013). A healthy and productive labour force is an important element of reaching organisational success which is why energies have been directed to looking into ways to improve organisations. ). Since the inception of positive psychology, positive leadership has received increasing attention (Searle & Barbuto, 2013) providing significant influence in the corporate world. This essay will focus on the benefits of the positive leadership in a workplace setting. This essay demonstrates the benefits of positive leadership in a workplace setting through prior research and literature. This essay finds that positive leadership improves organisational performance indirectly through a number of factors. These factors include improvement of employee positive moods, employee empowerment, employee psychological capital, employee job satisfaction and employee flow.

It is highly acknowledged that much of organisational success is attributed to the quality of its workforce, with many organisations recognising its human resources as their most important asset (Mohammed, Bhatti, Jariko, & Zehri, 2013). A healthy and productive labour force is an important element of reaching organisational success which is why much of organisational investments have been directed towards recruitment selection, management, education, training, development and career planning, as well as wellness programs and vaccinations for employees (Mohammed, Bhatti, Jariko, & Zehri, 2013; Canadian Nurse, 2010). For instance, the Conference Board of Canada has found that strate...

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...e, 2010). The findings around positive leadership are particularly important as it facilitates organisations in attaining organisational success. Understanding the benefits of positive leadership can potentially assist organisations in determining where energies should be directed to in terms of improving its organisations. Generally, organisational managers’ behaviour is seen to have more impact on employee psychological well-being than other aspects such as stress, life, and work functions (Kelloway et al., 2013). This can also potentially save companies millions.

It is a pity that modern leadership is still seen as a great issue that affects organisational performance. It is therefore important that the effects of leadership or the benefits of positive psychology are further explored to foster improvement of employee behaviours and outcomes for organisations.