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April 10, 2017
Barbara Fredrickson’s research on positivity and its connection to brain and body health is featured in “Turning Negative Thinkers Into Positive Ones,” for the New York Times. The article discusses the importance of positive moments and emotions to create a healthy life, that “micro-moments of positivity” increase happiness and protects individuals from stress and anxiety. The […]
April 10, 2017
We are looking for someone who can help film and edit a series of brief (60 sec.) interviews with researchers who will be on campus (Ann Arbor) for the Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS) Research Conference on Wednesday, May 10, 2017. This person would need to be available from 11:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 10 […]
April 7, 2017
Pick up a self-help or career-building book and it’ll mostly focus on you — your confidence, skills, and flexibility. But Michigan Ross Professor David Mayer, core faculty at the Center for Positive Organizations, says success and happiness also depend on how you view other people. Writing in Fast Company, “Want To Be Happier and More Successful? Learn to Like Other […]
March 30, 2017
Monica Worline, faculty affiliate at the Center for Positive Organizations, blogs for Thrive Global in “An Empty Gesture or True Compassion: Meaningful acts of compassion strengthen us, but empty gestures to the opposite.” Highlighting the importance of meaningful, customized gestures in times of pain, Worline uses a scene from This Is Us as an example […]
March 27, 2017
Julia Lee was interviewed by Michigan Radio’s Cynthia Canty for a Stateside segment titled, “Crying at work can be mortifying. Here’s how to spin it.” Lee, a Center for Positive Organizations Postdoctoral Fellow, explains how to reframe emotional moments to manage the effects of crying in the workplace. Lee told Canty that she “values authenticity […]
March 27, 2017
Amazon, Whole Foods, and Microsoft Executives Executives Join Michigan Ross Faculty to Empower a Community of Positive Business Leaders University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business announced details of its fourth annual Positive Business Conference which will take place May 11-12, 2017, at Michigan Ross in Ann Arbor, Mich. The school’s signature conference will bring together nearly 400 thought […]
March 23, 2017
Monica Worline, faculty affiliate at the Center for Positive Organizations, was interviewed by Josh Morgan for a Plural of You podcast. The interview explores compassion and Worline’s new book, co-authored with Jane Dutton, Awakening Compassion at Work: The Quiet Power That Elevates People and Organizations. In a question and answer conversation, Worline discusses the evidence […]
March 23, 2017
The Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley, reviewed Jane Dutton and Monica Worline‘s new book, Awakening Compassion at Work: The Quiet Power That Elevates People and Organizations. In the book, based on 20 years of research, the authors show that alleviating suffering confers measurable competitive advantage in areas like innovation, collaboration, service quality, and talent. Dutton […]
March 21, 2017
Dave Mayer, core faculty for the Center for Positive Organizations, was interviewed by the Washington Post for an article about Ivanka Trump’s White House role. In the article, “What to expect from Ivanka Trump as she moves into her White Hours office,” Mayer addressed the ethics of family business ties and Ms. Trump’s position. “You […]
March 21, 2017
Scott Sonenshein, member of our Research and Advisory Board and a professor at Rice University, was interviewed on local NPR station WEMU’s “The Art of Better Living.” Host Lisa Barry asked questions about Sonenshein’s new book, Stretch and what it means to “stretch.” Sonenshein explained that stretching is actively using the resources one already possesses to achieve […]
March 20, 2017
David Mayer was named a 2017 fellow in the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), a status reserved for “distinguished industrial and organizational psychologists who have made an unusual and outstanding contribution to the field.” Mayer is Associate Professor of Management and Organizations and a core faculty member of the Center for Positive Organizations. […]
February 28, 2017
New book by Professors Jane Dutton and Monica Worline shows why companies should care about caring. Suffering and compassion aren’t words or concepts common in business lexicon. But a new book by two Michigan Ross professors shows that suffering and a lack of compassion holds people and companies back from being their best. In Awakening […]