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January 16, 2019
Congratulations to Root Inc. on earning a Great Place to Work certification from the Great Places to Work Institute. They were certified because of their “high-trust, high-performance workplace culture,” according to this press release. Root Inc. is member of the Center’s Positive Organizations Consortium, the preeminent peer-to-peer learning and networking cooperative designed to enhance the […]
January 14, 2019
Julia Lee was awarded a prestigious fellowship with the National Geographic Society. As a 2018 Fellow, Lee will act as a behavioral science expert, providing insights into the academic field and advising on various approaches for National Geographic campaigns and communications. Lee, a core faculty member of the Center for Positive Organizations, is assistant professor […]
January 14, 2019
Recent Positive Links Speakers Sara Soderstrom and Kathyrn Heinze were featured in the Big & Bold Research section of the Fall 2018 issue of the The Frederick A. and Barbara M. Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprises’ magazine ICYMI. In the article, Soderstrom recalls her experience presenting their research at Sustainable Brands 2018. “We did […]
January 11, 2019
Humility or hubris? The research and development of Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS) by Kim Cameron and colleagues at Michigan Ross was a topic in the Forbes article, “Effective Leaders Choose Humility Over Hubris.” The article contemplates how business leaders who express hubris over humility can often mean the demise of an organization’s performance and therefore […]
January 10, 2019
Taking off at Boeing Kelsea Ballantyne was featured in the alumni section of the Fall 2018 issue of the Erb Institute’s Magazine ICYMI. She offers insight into her current position at Boeing and discusses how she utilizes skills, techniques, and activities learned during her time at the University of Michigan, notably from the Center for […]
January 8, 2019
Kim Cameron was recently interviewed for 15Five’s blog, Talk Nerdy To Me. During his “Mastering Your 1-on-1 Meetings” interview, Cameron talks about the development of the academic field of Positive Organizational Scholarship, how it relates to organizational and individual performance, and the importance of one-on-one meetings between managers and employees. 15Five was honored with a […]
January 7, 2019
Menlo Innovation’s CEO on creating positive workplace culture Menlo Innovation’s CEO and Chief Storyteller Richard Sheridan was interviewed for the Harvard Business Review IdeaCast segment titled, “How One CEO Creates Joy at Work.” In the interview, Sheridan discusses how he discovered what truly matters in a workplace environment and how he continues efforts to bring […]
December 27, 2018
Professor David Mayer says organizations should support positive behaviors. Q: How are “nice guys” penalized at work? MAYER: We know there are stereotypes of men and women at work. When women display behaviors that are inconsistent with the feminine stereotype, they are less likely to be hired and are viewed as less competent. We’ve seen […]
December 26, 2018
Professor Sue Ashford offers advice for navigating the new world of work. Q: The gig economy expands every year, with some forecasts indicating gig jobs will represent 40 percent of all jobs by 2020. What do you think is driving this? ASHFORD: It certainly is prevalent: Over 50 percent of millennials are already working in […]
December 21, 2018
Professor Andy Hoffman argues that fundamental shifts in thinking are required. Q. How do you expect the public debate on climate change to shift in the coming year? HOFFMAN: The public debate over climate change is changing right now in some very interesting ways. Until now, the focus has mostly been on the science, and […]
December 20, 2018
Do they leave you energized or drained? A number of research studies conducted by Wayne Baker, Kim Cameron, and Jane Dutton were cited in a recent Psychology Today post titled, “Do Some People Energize You While Others Drain You?” Baker is Faculty Director of the Center for Positive Organization (CPO) and Robert P. Thome Professor […]
December 3, 2018
Redefining ‘nice’ as it relates to leadership Kim Cameron’s research was cited in a recent Forbes article, “When Being Nice Backfires.” The article deliberates the idea that leaders, often employers, struggle to draw the line between being nice to their employees and being pushovers, largely because of the many nuances there are to “being nice” […]