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September 21, 2013
“Energy and persistence conquer all things.” – Benjamin Franklin Yesterday I experienced one of those moments where I had been sitting, working on my laptop for two hours too long, and at that point I wasn’t accomplishing anything. If I hadn’t met with Gretchen Spreitzer[1] this week and discussed the importance of taking mental and […]
September 16, 2013
FastCo.Exist.com | September 16, 2013
Article on measuring and encouraging employee happiness quotes Jane Dutton on the benefits to employees, and to society as a whole.
September 13, 2013
“No one can do everything, but everyone can do something” – Max Lucado Usually when people want to increase their performance, they focus on improving their weaknesses to match their other abilities. The article I read this week claims that doing this simply makes a person “average”[1]. To set yourself apart from the rest, it […]
September 9, 2013
Originally posted on the LIFT blog Despite a demanding professional schedule, a friend of mine volunteers to work with prisoners. He has a surprisingly high rate of success in helping them turn their lives around. How does he achieve this? Through authentic conversation. We often talk about his unusual volunteer experiences and how a positive […]
September 5, 2013
Ft.com/video | September 5, 2013
Della Bradshaw of Financial Times interviews Kim Cameron on individuals with positive energy in the workplace.
September 5, 2013
My deepest interest is in Psychology, yet this seems to conflict with my desire to earn a living. When I learned that a career in Human Resources might make my expensive Michigan education worthwhile, I sought out more information. My first stop was an investment banking firm’s Human Resources information session at Ross. I was […]
August 29, 2013
HBR Blog Network | August 29, 2013
Blog post by Roger Schwartz links to book chapter co-authored by Jane Dutton on positive outcomes of experiencing compassion in the workplace.
August 17, 2013
“This was among the best experiences I have had at Ross, and the people I was exposed to—from the students and staff to the faculty—have changed the way I see myself, the way I approach life, and the way I will approach work moving forward.” Anne Hafeli, MBA ‘14
The fifth cohort of POS Summer Fellows has just completed its tenure in a program that many of the participants describe as an incredible catalyst for positive growth and change in their lives. This year, twelve students (six MBA students, five undergraduates, and one doctoral student) each worked on a project with either a faculty member or staff member of the Center for POS. The work ranged from assisting with a research project on leadership development in college students, to laying the groundwork for an upcoming conference on Positive Business, to working on the development of a research-in-action tool.
August 13, 2013
from FastCompany.com | August 13, 2013
An article by Laura Vanderkam on the concept of job crafting quotes Jane Dutton on her research and on the Job Crafting Exercise she created with Amy Wrzesniewski and Justin Berg.
July 12, 2013
During the graduation season, National Public Radio aired a highly provocative broadcast. It began with short clips from three graduation speeches in which well-known speakers told students the key to their future success was for them to go forward doing what they loved. Then the narrator pointed out that most students have no idea what they love.
July 11, 2013
A former executive MBA student came to see me. He was scheduled to be in another part of Michigan, but said he wanteto make a special trip to Ann Arbor because he had something important to share it with me.
July 5, 2013
I met a consultant from another part of the world who works with senior business leaders. In their country’s culture, he said, there is an extreme emphasis on hierarchy and seniority, with strong norms to defer to. Because of that, someone such as a CEO may get little honest feedback, and a CEO’s blind spots may become a growing problem in the organization.