Graduate Education

Educating the leaders who will teach, research, and live Positive Organizational Scholarship

Ross graduate students interested in exploring the Center and its research have a number of opportunities to deepen their knowledge through coursework, fellowships, speaker events, and faculty engagement that will enhance their understanding of Positive Organizational Scholarship and its role in creating positive business environments.

Class listing

The following courses at the University of Michigan are infused with Positive Organizational Scholarship or taught by CPO affiliated faculty:

Thriving Catalyst Endorsement

University of Michigan students enrolled in any academic program are invited to earn a Thriving Catalyst Endorsement to gain an interdisciplinary grounding in Positive Organizational Scholarship, a field dedicated to unlocking and nurturing the highest level of human potential in organizations and communities.

Thriving Catalyst students will acquire a full toolbox that is evidence-based, rigorous, and solution-oriented. You will emerge equipped with the capacity to unlock greater passion, energy, connection, and purpose in yourself and to take others with you on the journey to thriving. Given our rapidly-changing ways of working, this endorsement launches you into a whole new sphere of capability, helping you realize possibilities in yourself and in others.

The Thriving Catalyst Endorsement can be entered at any time and completed at the student’s personal pace.

Learn more about the Thriving Catalyst Endorsement.

Questions can be directed to cpo-learning-programs@umich.edu.

We support students’ well-being; please visit the Well-being Collective to learn more.

Testimonials

The transformational leadership reading has implications in my everyday personal life and work life. The paradigm shift required to be a transformational leader is very powerful. It stands out for me because I am passionate about transformational leadership and altering the way organizations get the most out of their people.

Elana Weil

MBA 2015

The Lunch & Learns have been the best part of my experience thus far. The energy in the room is awesome – there are great people – and always great takeaways.

Elana Weil

MBA 2015

The Lunch & Learns are by far the best part of the program. It is like having professors give you two hours of their best stuff, focusing on what they are most passionate about and what inspires students.

Kevin Phillips

MBA 2013

I love learning about people’s unique strengths and thinking about all of the ways teams can be formed based on strengths. I’ve gained a huge increase in confidence at work and in the rest of my life. Before, I knew what my strengths were on some level and used them, but now I really trust and rely on them.

Kira Lesser

MBA 2016