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November 16, 2020
The National Academy of Construction has elected Ron May, a retired executive from DTE Energy, headquartered in Detroit, MI, as a member of its class of 2020. His induction occurred on October 29 during the NAC annual meeting, which was held online. During the induction ceremony, NAC cited May as an “innovator, change agent, teacher, […]
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November 16, 2020
By: Wayne Baker
Photo by Christina Morillo from Pexels People are very generous—if you ask. Here’s how to make a thoughtful request. Jessica was overwhelmed and didn’t know what to do. She is a generous person by nature who had volunteered, as she often does, to help a stressed-out colleague. . . . But what started out as […]
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November 10, 2020
Tending to emotional well-being is at the core of the mentor-mentee relationship, write Center for Positive Organizations faculty associates David P. Fessell and Sanjay Saint in the Harvard Business Review article “Mentoring During a Crisis.” The article—co-authored with Vineet Chopra, an Associate Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine at Michigan […]
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November 5, 2020
Center for Positive Organizations (CPO) core faculty member Jane Dutton has been awarded an honorary doctorate degree, Erasmus University Rotterdam reports. The Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University honored Dutton for her internationally recognized contributions to research on management and leadership. “Jane’s legacy is that she has helped us look at organisations, and our own […]
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November 3, 2020
Business schools have an opportunity and responsibility to lead in advancing racial equity in business and beyond. That was one of the main takeaways from the Race and Business Education Panel recently hosted by the Ross School of Business. Seven deans from leading business schools participated in the virtual event. The panel was the first […]
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October 27, 2020
By: Jane Dutton, Arne Carlsen, Sally Maitlis
Photo by Ambreen Hasan on Unsplash Celebrations are underrated and underutilized in our virtual worlds. This blog is a celebration of celebrations on Zoom or on any of your favorite virtual platforms. It is a call to celebrate more and to use our imaginations in how we come together to mark important milestones and accomplishments, […]
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October 26, 2020
CPO inspires successful researcher and author Scott Sonenshein “The faculty at the Center have taught me how to approach research in a way that’s been helpful for my own work, encouraging me to focus on questions that really matter.” Scott Sonenshein says he has the Center for Positive Organizations (CPO) to thank for his successful […]
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October 23, 2020
Photo: Tim Goedhart from Unsplash Center for Positive Organizations (CPO) doctoral student affiliate Christina Bradley is a co-author of the Harvard Business Review article “Research: Why Breathing Is So Effective at Reducing Stress.” The article explains how practicing SKY Breath Meditation — a series of breathing and meditation exercises designed to induce calm and resilience — can help […]
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October 19, 2020
A personal interest in the gig economy’s impacts Lindsey D. Cameron “It made me curious about how changes in the modern workplace … affect workers in the gig economy. It’s what led me to study how people interact with algorithms, instead of a supervisor.” It was hard for Lindsey D. Cameron to watch her mother […]
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October 16, 2020
Got your grinning kid or smiling spouse in a frame on your desk? You’re less likely to lie to your boss or pad that expense report. That’s the key finding of a study co-authored by Dave Mayer, a business ethics professor at University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. It’s certainly among the most down-to-earth insights […]
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October 9, 2020
By: Lindred Greer
As much as we might want to abolish them, hierarchies serve a purpose at work. In my 20s, I wanted to overthrow hierarchies at work. When I would see bad leadership, I blamed the hierarchy—structures where certain people have more power or influence than others, forcing us into dominance and aggression and conflict. In the […]
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October 8, 2020
Four members of the management and organizations faculty at the Ross School of Business have earned prestigious honors from the Academy of Management, a pre-eminent professional association for business school faculty and practitioners worldwide. Sue Ashford: Organizational Behavior Division Lifetime Achievement Award Sue Ashford, the Michael and Susan Jandernoa Professor of Management and Organizations and […]
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