Reviewed by Rama Gaind.
By Michelle Bihary, Self-published, $29.95.
Leading Above the Line outlines a game-changing approach to address many of the complex workplace issues impacting the contemporary workforce.
An expert in people leadership and workplace resilience, Bihary applies insights from neuroscience, and psychological and mental health research, to create positive workplace ecosystems that genuinely cultivate human potential, productivity, engagement and thriving employees.
You can’t lead others if you can’t lead yourself. Without above-the-line leadership, innovation, wellbeing and learning cannot flourish. You can lead your employees to shine, fulfil their potential, build on their strengths and feel valued and trusted while navigating an evolving, uncertain and complex world.
Michelle says never before has the importance of human relationships and the interpersonal climate we collectively create been more critical to our professional lives and to an organisation’s success.
The interpersonal climate of your workplace is critical for human functioning. Workplace relationships are pivotal in supporting employees’ performance, engagement and wellbeing. Workplaces need thriving ecosystems, not toxic ego-systems.
“You should create a thriving high-performing team in which team members are buoyed by an optimistic and appreciative climate where it’s safe to contribute and learn.”
This book is about creating psychologically aware, responsible and safe workplaces that enable people to achieve peak performance as they thrive. It looks at workplace challenges resulting from the psychological environment slipping below that supports human to function at their best. Then, of course, we must lead ourselves before we can genuinely lead others ‘above the line’.
It also explore how leaders can build relationships with each of their employees and addresses the steps they can take to lead and manage interrelationships within their team and workplaces so they can rise ‘above the line’.
