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May 20, 2026
The Center for Positive Organizations’ Thriving Accelerators are standalone events that challenge students to consider a powerful question: What does it take for people, teams, and organizations to truly thrive? Through interactive workshops, small-group discussions, and practical exercises, the accelerators introduce students to research-backed tools for building more positive, resilient, and meaningful organizations. In this Q&A, […]
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March 25, 2026
When I first enrolled in Leading Yourself and Managing Your Personal Relationships (MO 324) taught by Monica Worline, lecturer of management and organizations, I expected to learn traditional leadership skills: how to manage teams, communicate effectively, and apply new frameworks in group settings. What I didn’t expect was that the course would fundamentally change how I think about […]
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October 16, 2025
Monica Worline, an organizational psychologist and faculty director of the University of Michigan’s Center for Positive Organizations, has joined UM-Flint for the 2025-26 academic year as a Jack W. Thompson, M.D. Distinguished Visiting Professor. Worline’s work focuses on cultivating more courageous thinking, compassionate leadership, and forms of organizing that bring people’s best work to life. […]
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July 29, 2025
If employees are feeling overworked and stressed and anxious, what is the solution? Many discussions about burnout inevitably turn to ideas like mindfulness and self-compassion: skills that can be taught to workers to improve their mental health and—particularly in health care—enhance patient care. But that puts the burden on the employee. What about the responsibility […]
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April 14, 2025
The University of Michigan’s Center for Positive Organizations is delighted to welcome Emmy Award-winning journalist and author Allison Gilbert to campus for two insightful events, focusing on her latest book, “The Joy of Connections,” co-authored with the renowned Dr. Ruth. Gilbert’s visit, slated for May 14-15, 2025, promises to offer impactful insights into building meaningful […]
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December 12, 2024
By: Batule Hamka
My first encounter with the Center for Positive Organizations was spurred by an email. It was my first year, and I was (and still am) enthusiastically exploring all the opportunities around me. From Tozzi workshops about quant trading—I had no interest in finance—to speaker events across various colleges on campus, I wanted to branch out […]
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November 25, 2024
Faculty Director of the Center for Positive Organizations and and faculty member in the Organizations and Management group at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, Monica Worline created an online course, Generative Leadership: Inspiring Adaptability in an AI World, with Michigan Online. The world’s best leaders inspire adaptability in the face of uncertainty. In […]
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November 15, 2024
Kim Cameron has dedicated over 45 years of work to research, teaching, and practice that energizes organizations to achieve extraordinarily positive performance. Kim is renowned for research that demonstrates the power of virtuous actions – including forgiveness, gratitude, kindness, and compassion – and their profound impact on an organization’s success. As the William Russell Kelly […]
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September 3, 2024
Friend of the Center for Positive Organizations and faculty from the University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Ram Mahalingam created an online course, Mindfulness, Dignity, and the Art of Human Connection, with Michigan Online. ‘Mindfulness, Dignity, and the Art of Human Connection’ is a course that explores current research on mindfulness […]
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July 24, 2024
By: Bob Needham
The Ross School of Business has long led the way in advancing the principles of positive business. In the 1990s, Professors Kim Cameron, Jane Dutton, and Robert Quinn pioneered the field of positive organizational scholarship — “the science and practice of designing and sustaining thriving organizations.” In 2002, these leading scholars founded the Center for Positive […]
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July 15, 2024
By: Laura Morgan Roberts
Workplaces today are facing many challenges, and among the largest are how to support the engagement and well-being of their employees and how to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in an environment where momentum for DEI work is waning. Based on my two decades of research in organizational psychology, one pathway forward that addresses […]
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June 20, 2024
By: Geoffrey Cohen
Before a big, make-or-break presentation to shareholders, a rising employee in Silicon Valley was feeling nervous. Although her career was going well, it was still difficult to make it in a male-dominated industry, and she often felt like she didn’t belong. But before the talk, her CEO came up to her, looked her in the […]
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