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January 12, 2018
In his Forbes blog, Rob Dube explains how imageOne’s core values of honesty, vulnerability, and caring factor into the support of what their team members need and want in their lives. Dube is president and co-founder of imageOne, a member of the Center’s Positive Organizations Consortium and an Example of Excellence in the 2017 Positive […]
January 10, 2018
Sara Soderstrom, a faculty associate at the Center for Positive Organizations, was interviewed for a Poll Everywhere blog post about how she builds a psychologically safe space in her classroom where students and teachers can have conversations, especially about contentious issues, grounded in a culture of mutual respect. Soderstrom is an assistant professor of organizational […]
January 10, 2018
Justin Berg, Jane Dutton and Amy Wrzesniewski’s research on job crafting was cited in the Harvard Business Review article, “To find meaning in your work, change how you think about it.” Job crafting is that idea that employees can redesign their own jobs in ways that can foster job satisfaction, engagement, resilience, and thriving at […]
January 9, 2018
“Embracing the unknown: Using improvisation for connection” is the title of Chris Murchison’s latest blog post for Whil. In it, Murchison shares some basic concepts of improvisation and how it can be used as a relational practice and at work. He teaches a well-received session on improv during the Center for Positive Organization’s Magnify Immersion […]
January 9, 2018
You know positive deviants when you see them. You may even be one. If so: we want to celebrate you. Positive deviants shake up the status quo. Amid the atrophy of a traditional organization, you inject new dynamics and force the system to respond to your initiatives. You are highly engaged, going above and beyond […]
January 8, 2018
Gretchen Spreitzer was quoted in The Cut, part of New York Magazine, about the difficulty of giving and receiving feedback to people who work remotely. In “The worst part of working remotely is trying to guess what your boss is thinking,” Spreitzer explains the need for feedback that is both written and face-to-face. “[In person,] […]
January 5, 2018
Is your organization dedicated to creating positive change? Then we want to hear from you! The Positive Business Project is an annual student-led initiative presented by the Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations aimed at identifying, studying, celebrating, and spreading positive business in organizations of all types. Each year, submissions to the Project are reviewed by a panel […]
December 20, 2017
Kim Cameron recently appeared on The Business of Giving, a weekly podcast focused on solutions to today’s complex social problems. During the interview, Cameron spoke about one of the foundational questions of his research: “what we’ve done over the last fifteen years is to ask the question, do [positivity and virtuousness] affect performance in areas […]
December 18, 2017
In his latest blog for Forbes, Rob Dube relates how community service became an integral component of his company, growing from the shared yet informal support of a particular cause into an organization-wide initiative (complete with a budget). “Today, Community Days are part of our benefits package for all team members,” Dube writes. “Everyone is […]
December 18, 2017
Awakening Compassion at Work: The Quiet Power That Elevates People and Organizations, by Jane Dutton and Monica Worline, was chosen by Greater Good‘s editorial staff as a favorite book of 2017. “While employers might consider compassion unnecessary ‘fluff,’” they write, “Worline and Dutton provide proof that it’s anything but—and instead show how compassion is a win-win […]
December 15, 2017
What should you give your manager, employee, or colleague this holiday season? A recent article from Quartz offers Adam Grant‘s advice: “what if we each picked ten people and told them what we appreciate about them?” Grant’s idea comes by way of the Reflected Best Self Exercise, which he first encountered in graduate school at […]
December 13, 2017
Rob Dube, from Positive Organizations Consortium member company imageOne, penned an op-ed for Forbes about how he uses mindful meditation to both run his organization and strengthen his 26-year relationship with his business partner. In the decade since starting my meditation practice, I’ve noticed a huge shift in our partnership.