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The positive leader

The positive leader 1
Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
The relationship between authentic leadership, leader-member exchange and employee’s
psychological capital..................................................................................................................2
How to build psychological capital of some different types of employees...............................3
Why do emotions significantly impact employee’s performance..............................................4
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................5
References..................................................................................................................................6

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Introduction
A positive leader makes use of the theoretical grounded principles to promote positive
outcomes like moral behaviors, optimistic emotions revitalizing networks. The positive
leadership has 3 areas of prominence. Firstly, the positive leadership empowers completely
unexpected performance. It means that the focus is on the consequences that radically exceed
common or the anticipated performance. Secondly, the positive leader has a favorable bias.
The orientation is towards assisting, prospering, burgeoning, addressing problems and
disablements. The third one emphasis on simplifying the best of the human condition. It is
centered on the eudemonic assumption which is a feeling exists in all the human systems
towards attaining the best of the human condition. The attention is mainly given on exposing
this prospective in the organizations. The positive leadership aims to bring people together
around the shared purpose and empower them to lead in such a way that creates value for all
the stakeholders. The persons who embrace positive leadership are authentic and passionate
in nature and their work on a strong basis. This report includes the relationship between
authentic leadership, leader-member exchange (LMX) and employee’s psychological capital
(psycap). The literature is critically reviewed to build the psycap of some of the different
types of employees. At last, it is also explained that why emotions expressively impact the
performance of the employees.
The relationship between authentic leadership, leader-member exchange, and
employee’s psychological capital
The authentic leaders are self-actualized persons who are attentive to their strengths,
boundaries, and sentiments. They disclose their real side to the followers. They never hide
their errors or weaknesses out of the fear to look weak. They carry business activities in the
pursuit of the outcomes, not for the power, money or ego. The authentic leader's emphasis on
the long-term shareholder value. The authentic leaders will always be focused and interested
in empowering employees. They are devoted to constant personal growth and dedicated to
building lasting associations and strong organizations. These leaders develop their own
leadership style and do not work to overcome shortcomings (Wang, et. al. 2014)s. The
authentic leaders are known to have a positive consequence on the performance of the
followers and influence them. The authentic leader’s behavior contains high moral standards
which are taken as guidance by the followers. The values are shared through transparency,