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January 27, 2017
Ted London’s Positive Links talk, “Impact at scale: Fulfilling the base of the pyramid promise,” was summarized in a Michigan Daily article, “Business faculty member examines private enterprises’ role in fighting poverty.” It included quotes and key topics touched upon by London during the talk, namely that “we can solve vexing social problems, including impoverishment faced by the world’s […]
January 26, 2017
Research by Professor Achyuta Adhvaryu shows workers trained in skills like time management and communication have better workplace outcomes Workers with well-honed soft skills — time and stress management, problem-solving, communication, and good teamwork, for example — tend to work at better firms and fetch higher wages. Employer surveys suggest that this set of […]
January 25, 2017
The Washington Post published an article, including a quote from David Mayer, addressing ethics in leadership. The article discusses a Tweet from then President-elect Donald Trump in which he promoted L. L. Bean. Mayer told the Washington Post, “it’s natural for people to want to reward those who demonstrate loyalty. But reciprocity from the president-elect,” he said, “is problematic […]
January 20, 2017
We are proud to announce the re-launch of a Center for Positive Organizations (CPO) exclusive resource called Leading in Trying Times. This resource is a renewed and updated version of a set of essays from Positive Organizational Scholarship scholars first published after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Leading in Trying Times was designed […]
January 19, 2017
Executive in Residence Blog Series “Adversity introduces a man to himself” – Anonymous How does your journey shape the person you are, or better yet, expose the person you are? Monthly, my colleagues at the Center for Positive Organizations get together for Executive in Residence Salons. The salons are an opportunity for one of […]
January 18, 2017
Adam Grant’s Positive Links talk was the focus of a Michigan Daily article, “Wharton prof. emphasizes original thinking in Positive Links Lecture Series.” Grant, a University of Michigan alum and member of the Center for Positive Organizations Research Advisory Board, presented a talk titled, “Originals: How non-conformists move the world.” Those with University of Michigan login credentials […]
January 13, 2017
“Why write a letter when you could more efficiently communicate the same sentiment via technology?” Chris Murchison asks and explores the question in a new blog posted for Whil, an organization that aims to create happier, healthier, and high-performing workforces. Combining research from the Templeton Foundation on workplace gratitude and his own personal experience, Murchison shows […]
January 13, 2017
A TED article by Emily Esfahani Smith drew upon research by Jane Dutton and Adam Grant to clarify how people find meaning in the stories they tell about themselves. Dutton and Grant’s study, titled Beneficiary or Benefactor: Are People More Prosocial When They Reflect on Receiving or Giving?, identified whether call center employees’ self-identified level of generosity […]
January 13, 2017
This article originally appeared in the Ross News Blog. A team of Michigan Ross MBAs is starting 2017 off with a big win––first place at the national Accenture MBA Innovation Challenge, an honor also earned by their Ross classmates last year. Ashlyee Freeman, Catalina Kaiyoorawongs, Sean Pavlik, and Caitlin Cordell, MBA ‘18, competed against more than […]
January 11, 2017
In an interview with Poets and Quants, Michigan Ross Dean, Scott DeRue, shared his Positive Organizational Scholarship-themed resolutions for the new year. Leveraging insights from Eleanor Roosevelt and Thomas Edison, DeRue’s resolutions include the willingness to take risks and the freedom to innovate. Alongside these resolutions, he also illustrated the importance of maintaining high-quality connections. “In a […]
January 9, 2017
Forthcoming books from two members of the Center for Positive Organizations’ Research Advisory Board, Adam Grant and Scott Sonenshein, made the Washington Post’s “10 books on leadership to read in 2017.” Another book by Christine Porath, a member of the Center for Positive Organizations’ Community of Scholars, also made the list. Option B, a collaborative work between Adam Grant […]
January 9, 2017
New York Times bestselling author will speak on how original thought can create trailblazers in upcoming lecture series The University of Michigan’s Center for Positive Organizations has announced the first speaker of the Winter 2017 Positive Links Speaker Series. Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author and professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, […]