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January 4, 2016
I have a precious friend. He is a man of very deep understanding. Everywhere he goes he brings out the best in people. He does this by deeply listening to others while simultaneously holding them accountable to their own most central values. As he lovingly confronts people, he turns them authentic and they come to love him. Where he goes, life flourishes. I have often watched this man turn organizations positive.
January 4, 2016
Research from three CPO researchers was featured in the Harvard Business Review Article, “To Motivate Employees, Do 3 Things Well.” The article suggests three characteristics that leaders should focus on to create long term well-being in the workplace: inspiration, kindness, and self-care. Both Adam Grant and Wayne Baker’s research was cited as support for finding […]
December 31, 2015
Michelle Segar participated in a podcast entitled “New Year, New You” with Live Happy Magazine. In 20 minutes, she explains many of the reasons most New Year’s Resolutions don’t succeed. She says, “the reason we struggle is because we have been taught to change our behavior in a system that is actually getting us focused on the future,” and suggests that in order to really stick with a goal, people need to think and really identify “deeply meaningful” reasons behind wanting to succeed.
December 30, 2015
In her Huffington Post Healthy Living blog post, “Failed New Year’s Resolutions? It’s Not You, It’s Your Motivator,” CPO Faculty Affiliate Michelle Segar explains motivation and the neuroscience of behavior changes. Segar summarizes behavioral economics research that suggests smaller, more immediate rewards are more powerful in motivating behavior change. In one particular study, participants who had more immediate motivation for exercise—to make themselves feel better every day— “exercised 20 percent more over one year compared to participants with health-related goals, and 34 percent more than those whose goal was to lose weight.”
December 30, 2015
Michelle Segar wrote an article in the US News Health section, 3 Things People Who Stick to Their New Year’s Resolutions Do Differently, about research that supports motivation and behavior. She suggests that people who stick to their resolutions do so because they want to; they have an intrinsic motivation that supports their behavior change. She also goes on to explain that prioritizing self-care is a distinguishing factor in staying successful with resolutions. Finally, successful goal setters use strategies that plan for obstacles, using “if, then” planning to keep them on track.
December 23, 2015
Cascade Engineering, founded in 1973 by CPO Executive in Residence, Fred Keller, was featured in a Corp! Magazine article, “Welfare to Career: Plastics Company Helps People Break Barriers to Success.” The story follows a single mother welfare applicant who turned her life around with the help of this organization’s program. The program has not only provided success and […]
December 17, 2015
Effective organizations are not only able to generate new ideas, but are also able to correctly identify and pursue its most promising leads. In this month’s session of the Positive Links Speaker Series, Justin Berg (BA ‘07) presented “Creative Forecasting” and how to improve the selection and rejection of ideas within organizations.
December 16, 2015
David Mayer, CPO faculty co-director, writes about the dichotomy of character and competence in the workplace in his Fast Company blog post, “Why you overrate high performance at work (and what it’s costing you).” In the post he explains, “in our personal relationships, character trumps competence,” while in the workplace, it’s often the opposite.
December 15, 2015
Earlier this year, Kim Cameron and Bob Quinn met with a group of Detroit Public School faculty and administration for a two-day workshop. Out of this workshop was born the idea of a mentorship program as a way to build a long-term, impactful relationship with Detroit. The program, called the Detroit Revitalization & Business Initiative is off to a great […]
December 14, 2015
Investing in new employee orientation is a no-brainer for most organizations. A thoughtful beginning sets staff up for success. Positive orientation experiences help create a workplace where employees feel that they belong, where they can show up as a whole person and have a sense of focus and purpose in their work.
December 13, 2015
Fred Keller, a CPO executive in residence from Cascade Engineering, says he was “motivated more by a desire to demonstrate that business could be part of a solution to lift people out of poverty.”
December 9, 2015
Michigan Ross Professors Cindy Schipani and David Mayer say building a culture of ethics at all levels can prevent scandals and restore trust Corporate scandals, like the Volkswagen emissions cheating and FIFA corruption cases, were all-too-frequent headlines in 2015. How can we see fewer of these in 2016 and restore public trust? Michigan Ross Professors […]