Appreciative Intelligence provides a new answer to what enables successful people to dream up their extraordinary and innovative ideas; why employees, partners, colleagues, investors, and other stakeholders join them on the path to their goals, and how they achieve these goals despite obstacles and challenges. It is not simple optimism. People with appreciative intelligence are realistic and action oriented--they have the ability not just to identify positive potential, but to devise a course of action to take advantage of it.

• Draws on the authors' original research and the latest discoveries in psychology and cognitive neuroscience to identify a previously unknown intelligence shared by successful leaders: appreciative intelligence
• Uses real-world examples to show appreciative intelligence in action
• Includes tools and exercises for developing appreciative intelligence in yourself and your organization