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February 2, 2021
Photo: Dastan Khdir on Pexels Center for Positive Organizations (CPO) co-founder Robert E. Quinn and faculty associate David P. Fessell explain “How to Keep Your Cool in High-Stress Situations” in Harvard Business Review. Their article breaks down the biology behind our natural fight-or-flight response during stressful situations and lays out a framework for how leaders […]
January 24, 2021
Sue Ashford is the chair of management and organizations at Michigan Ross, and has taught, researched, and written extensively about the subject of leadership. She recently answered a few questions about leading during particularly challenging times. When facing a time of great challenge and upheaval, how can leaders stay focused on the job at hand, […]
January 24, 2021
Photo: Tim Gouw on Pexels Hearing about someone else’s exceptional success can motivate workers to learn, a new study concludes. Stories of more ordinary successes do not have the same effect, according to the researchers, who include Michigan Ross Professor Shirli Kopelman [and Center for Positive Organizations Research Advisory Board Member Christopher Myers]. The […]
January 19, 2021
Image by Blackillustrations.com Editor’s note: This article was written as a reflection on the “Race, Justice, and Equity in the Workplace and Beyond: A Call to Action” panel event held in June. Interviews were conducted with presenters in late 2020, before a predominately white mob stormed the United States Capitol during the presidential election certification […]
December 28, 2020
Photo: Tiffany Tertipes on Unsplash The electoral votes have confirmed Joe Biden won the 2020 United States presidential election. The presidential electors gave Biden 306 electoral votes to President Donald Trump’s 232 votes. Biden also recorded a solid lead of over 7 million in the popular vote. Nonetheless, results from a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist […]
December 21, 2020
Photo: Sage Friedman on Unsplash Center for Positive Organizations core faculty member Monica Worline is quoted in the Fast Company article “Why all leaders must pay attention to the wellness of their workers.” The article explores the evolution of corporate well-being programs. It notes that they began with a focus on physical health and […]
December 21, 2020
Center for Positive Organizations (CPO) Research Advisory Board member Stephanie Creary and her guests discuss “How to Be an Inclusive Leader” during a Leading Diversity@Wharton conversation. Creary hosts The Wharton School speaker series and was recently joined by Wharton Dean Erika James and Corey Anthony, senior vice president of human resources and chief diversity officer […]
December 21, 2020
Center for Positive Organizations (CPO) faculty associates Susan J. Ashford and Scott DeRue co-authored the Harvard Business Review article “Why Capable People Are Reluctant to Lead.” The article examines new research into why promising employees fail to assume leadership opportunities and suggests strategies managers can use to nurture emerging leaders. Based on their research, Ashford, […]
December 21, 2020
Center for Positive Organizations (CPO) research director and core faculty member David M. Mayer discusses “Creating Meaning At Work” on an episode of the For the Love of Work podcast. The podcast episode examines how we can find meaning and express our values at work. Host Sonia Kang, an organizational behavior and human resource professor […]
December 15, 2020
The need for belonging is at the heart of new research co-authored by Center for Positive Organizations (CPO) faculty director Wayne Baker and published in the January 2021 issue of the journal Social Networks. In “Positive Emotions, Instrumental Resources, and Organizational Network Evolution: Theorizing via Simulation Research,” Baker and co-author Ryan W. Quinn write that […]
November 30, 2020
The November 2020 issue of the Center for Positive Organization’s newsletter is now out. Read through this issue (as well as past issues) here and subscribe to future issues here.
November 23, 2020
Are you looking down the barrel of a holiday season that seems bleak? So many of us can’t spend time with family and friends in the ways we did pre-pandemic, which makes the holiday season a challenge. And for many people, this time of year is already a heavy lift, with holiday stress a leading […]