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Positive Leadership
Positive Leadership
Articles
Positive organizational scholarship and agents of change
The money or the morals? When moral language is more effective for selling social issues
Leaders matter morally: The role of ethical leadership in shaping employee moral cognition and misconduct
Positive leadership and adding value – a lifelong journey
Building a future where all can thrive
Medical Leadership: A Manifesto for Radiologists
Too old to tango? Job loss and job search among older workers.
Commitments and appeals to make a better world: The global compact, Laudato Si’ and our future
Developing Adaptive Leaders for Turbulent Times: The Michigan Model of Leadership
When does procedural fairness promote organizational citizenship behavior? Integrating empowering leadership types in relational justice models
Who displays ethical leadership and why does it matter? An examination of antecedents and consequences of ethical leadership
Leader mistreatment, employee hostility, and deviant behaviors: Integrating self-uncertainty and thwarted needs perspectives on deviance
A trickle-down model of abusive supervision
When leaders sacrifice: The effects of sense of power and belongingness on leader self-sacrifice
Seeing and realizing organizational potential: Activating conversations that challenge assumptions
Positive leadership in action: Applications of POS
Linking ethical leadership to employee performance: The roles of leader-member exchange, self-efficacy, and organizational identification
Responsible leadership as virtuous leadership
Executive leadership: A 7C approach
Examining the link between ethical leadership and employee misconduct: The mediating role of ethical climate
Cooperating when “You” and “I” are treated fairly: The moderating role of leader prototypicality
Behavioral complexity in leadership: The psychometric properties of a new instrument to measure behavioral repertoire
Leading teams in crisis situations: From chaos to extraordinary performance
Downsizing the company without downsizing morale
Do inclusive leaders help reduce turnover in diverse groups? The moderating role of leader-member exchange in the diversity to turnover relationship
How low does ethical leadership flow? Test of a trickle-down model
When does self-sacrificial leadership motivate prosocial behavior? It depends on followers’ prevention focus
Linking crises management and leadership competencies: The role of human resource development
Positively deviant organizational performance and the role of leadership values
Leading positive change
Developing a teachable point of view
Leadership in a crisis situation
Giving peace a chance: Organizational leadership, empowerment, and peace
A POSitive approach to strategic leadership: Lessons from a university president
Leading to grow and growing to lead
At-A-Glance Summaries
Books
Positive Communication for Leaders: Proven Strategies for Inspiring Unity and Effecting Change
Positively Energizing Leadership: Virtuous Actions and Relationships That Create High Performance
Strategy, Law, and Ethics for Business Decisions
Positive Organizational Behaviour: A Reflective Approach
Race, Work and Leadership: New Perspectives on the Black Experience
Competing Values Leadership
Practicing Positive Leadership: Tools and techniques that create extraordinary results
Positive Leadership: Strategies for Extraordinary Performance
CPO Tools
Essays
Events
2025 Positive Business Conference Amplified
2022 Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS) Research Conference
2024 Positive Business Conference Amplified
2024 Gathering of POS Scholars at AOM
2023 Gathering of POS Scholars at AOM
2022 Gathering of POS Scholars at AOM
Thrive in Trying Times Teach-Out
Social Excellence: Detect It, Learn from It, Create It
How to Create Positive Team and Organizational Hierarchies
Creating an Organization of Higher Purpose
Are Diversity Initiatives Effective?
79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
2019 Gathering of POS Scholars at AOM
Sixth World Congress on Positive Psychology
2019 Positive Business Conference
Creating More Inclusive Workplaces in an Era of Discord – The Power of Helping Across Differences
Building a Positive Change Movement in Your Organization
2018 Gathering of POS Scholars at AOM
78th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
Our 2018 Appreciations
2018 Positive Business Conference
Becoming who you really are: Learning to do what organizations cannot do for you
How can positive workplaces solve global challenges?
2017 Gathering of POS Scholars at AOM
News
Monica Worline Creates Michigan Online Course ‘Generative Leadership: Inspiring Adaptability in an AI World’
Putting Humanity Back in the Human Enterprise
Shawn Quinn on Leading Organizational Transformation with Positive Leadership
New book from Michigan Ross prof. reveals leadership insights from top business professors
Create inclusive workplaces to counter Great Resignation, Stephanie Creary writes in The Philadelphia Tribune
George Siedel on the art of negotiation, having 1 million enrollees, and changing people’s lives
Laura Morgan Roberts discusses how Black women can balance self-care, pressures to lead DEI efforts
Meg Warren discusses allyship on Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast
Lynn Perry Wooten suggests systemic changes to help women advance at work
Book by Michigan Ross professor explores the power of ‘flexing’ to develop new skills
Self-compassion helps leaders — and their workers
Kim S. Cameron discusses power of positivity with Forbes
Kim S. Cameron discusses positively energizing leadership on Michelle McQuaid podcast
Harvard Business Review quotes Jane Dutton on managing with compassion, accountability
Chris White shares tips on how leaders can help employees shine with TED.com
The great return to work experiment: Finding a solution for your company
Lessons on leading with purpose in a capitalist society
Leaders can help influence employees’ positive beliefs
Cultural course corrections: Avoid the pendulum swing
Adam Grant examines anti-racism on WorkLife podcast
CPO professors discuss Michigan Ross’ positive leadership approach on ‘Working for the Weekend’ podcast
Adam Grant encourages us to ‘Think Again’ in new book
External affirmation improves information sharing among team members
Self-regulation can tame fight-or-flight response, CPO researchers write in HBR
Motivation to learn rises with stories of ‘exceptional success’
Stephanie Creary hosts Wharton conversation on how to be an inclusive leader
Recognize risks to nurture emerging leaders, CPO researchers write
Unleashing the power of feminine traits in the workplace
Forbes talks with Wayne Baker about the power of asking for help
Laura Morgan Roberts discusses women leaders on Better Life Lab podcast
Thrive Global highlights Jane Dutton’s research on high-quality relationships
The right approach can turn times of crisis into times of growth
Finding fulfillment, a successful CEO gives back
Positive leadership competencies to thrive in trying times
Doug Lepisto launches business leadership podcast
Applying positive leadership principles during COVID-19 crisis
Stephanie Creary empowers middle managers to facilitate racial justice conversations
Working from home blurs boundaries, adds challenges for Black employees
Interviewers tap Laura Morgan Roberts’ expertise on race in the workplace
Businesses must take action against racism, Laura Morgan Roberts writes in Harvard Business Review
Center for Positive Organizations welcomes new managing director, Esther Kyte
Unlocking resources with a positive lens
Adam Grant shares tips on how to find joy while working remotely with WBEZ
How to be a remarkable boss during lockdown
Larry King interviews Jane Dutton on Positive Voices episode
Compassionate organizations emerge stronger after a crisis
Four semesters in, Michigan Ross profs share insights about what it’s like teaching in the Online MBA Program
Leading ourselves: Key questions in the time of coronavirus
Kim S. Cameron, Andrew J. Hoffman discuss positive leadership on Harvesting Happiness podcast
What should you say? Leadership communication during the coronavirus pandemic
Hey, teachers: It’s time to put on our compassion hats
Governor-General of Australia honors Lea Waters
The Manila Times highlights Positive Organizational Scholarship
Boston Business Journal: Simmons University selects Lynn Wooten as president
Forbes spotlights CPO affiliates’ book about impact of race on work, leadership
Three ways to thrive through crisis
What makes a workplace diversity program successful?
Inc. cites Jane Dutton in article about what makes a good boss
Wayne Baker discusses the art of asking for help on Harvard Business Review podcast
Doug Lepisto to shape innovative business leadership program, MLive reports
Andrew Hoffman tells Michigan Radio cultural shift needed to impact climate change
Positive culture increases productivity, Thrive Global article says
How to succeed at work as a cultural minority, new research by Laura Morgan Roberts
Lying lowers EQ, says Inc. article highlighting Julia Lee’s research
Laura Morgan Roberts contributes to Harvard Business Review article about The Reflected Best Self Exercise™ in our everyday lives
Kim Cameron discusses Positive Organizational Scholarship with Noreen Ehrlich
Follow the leader: Ethical supervisors can impact workers’ thoughts and actions
New podcast brings together Michigan Ross professors (like Kim Cameron) and Michigan coaches for conversations on team building, leadership, and what it takes to win
Gretchen Spreitzer contributes to Financial Times article about flexible work
Laura Morgan Roberts pens HBR article about better support women of color at work
Jane Dutton and Monica Worline’s compassion book mentioned in The Chronicle of Higher Education
Menlo Innovation’s Richard Sheridan interviewed for Forbes article
Gretchen Spreitzer, Peter Bacevice, and Lyndon Garrett’s coworking research shared in HowStuffWorks
Owens Corning named one of the 2019 “World’s Most Ethical Companies”
Gretchen Spreitzer interviewed for Georgia Tech podcast
U-M Regents award $500,000 to Ross Professor Wayne Baker’s startup
Kim Cameron contributes to article on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences org structure
Mayer, Ashford, and Sonenshein pen HBR article about creating social change from within organizations
Executive in Residence Ron May teaching course at Oakland University
Giving workers a ‘voice’ improves retention
Mari Kira, Stacey Scimeca interviewed by Ross Human Capital Club
Menlo Innovations featured in Forbes
Atomic Object named one of Forbes ‘Small Giant’
Julia Lee awarded National Geographic Fellowship
Sara Soderstrom, Kate Heinze research in Erb publication
Kim Cameron featured in Forbes article
Kim Cameron interviewed by 15Five about mastering 1-on-1 meetings
Forecast 2019: Mastering the gig economy
Forecast 2019: Climate change reality takes firmer hold
Kim Cameron’s research cited in Forbes article
Consortium member organizations involved with Detroit Free Press Top Workplaces
Chris White interviewed on Redesigning Wellness podcast
Julia Lee interviewed for ‘Talk Nerdy To Me’ blog
Three Ross faculty receive Aspen award for exceptional business courses
Nobel award recognizes how economic forces can fight climate change
Management as a calling? Andrew J. Hoffman explains
Gretchen Spreitzer quoted in a BBC article about lack of sleep and productivity
Gretchen Spreitzer cited in a Harvard Business Review article, ‘Sleep well, Lead Better’
Laura Morgan Roberts talks about bringing your best self to work on podcast with Michelle McQuaid
Violating gender stereotypes harms men at work
How to fight stress: Learn something new
David Mayer pens HBR post about leaders who ignore unethical behavior
Robert E. Quinn co-authors Entrepreneur op-ed about leadership training
Michigan Ross teams up with Amazon for annual Business + Impact Challenge
Adam Grant offers a ‘Brief but Spectacular’ take on giving feedback
Podcast: Turning crisis into success through purpose
Kim Cameron, Robert Quinn named AOM Pasmore-Woodman Award winners
What Mister Rogers teaches us about moral leadership
Job crafting, Jane Dutton featured in Thrive Global post
CPO professors dominate INC Magazine’s list of best books for leaders
In Washington Post, Scott DeRue explains benefits of tuition free courses for Ross alums
Ross professor argues for academics’ public engagement
Ariana Almas named top 2018 MBA grad by Poets&Quants
Chris White, Jerry Davis, and Andrew Hoffman win teaching award for the world’s best business courses
Urban Ashes receives top honor in University of Michigan positive business competition
Adam Grant co-authors HBR article about employee surveys
To keep sustainability moving forward, business must transform the market, Ross professor says
Clot Buster wins the 35th annual Pryor-Hale Award at the Michigan Business Challenge
Kim Cameron cited in Forbes business trends article
Rob Dube asks: What happens when you help team members find new jobs?
Are you a positive deviant?
Kim Cameron interviewed on The Business of Giving
“Peaceful partnerships,” latest Forbes blog by Rob Dube
CPO Consortium member imageOne named a Freep Top Workplace 2017
imageOne’s Rob Dube wrote about mindful leadership in Forbes
Consortium member imageOne penned op-ed for Forbes
Alison Blake-Davis interviewed, Center for Positive Organizations cited in Fortune
Jane Dutton Named Favorite Professor by Poets & Quants
Robert E. Quinn interviewed in Investor’s Business Daily
Meet the incredible women leading Michigan Ross’ most influential student organizations, including two +LABBERs
The simplest explanation of positive leadership
Kim Cameron, Center for Positive Organizations featured in Financial Post article
Positive organizing in tough times
Anyone can be a leader regardless of title: Here’s how you can become one
Monica Worline interviewed for The onGRIT podcast
Kim Cameron featured in a chapter of The Palgrave Handbook of Organizational Change Thinkers
Gretchen Spreitzer wrote about Robert E. Quinn’s contribution to Positive Organizational Scholarship in The Palgrave Handbook of Organizational Change Thinkers
Ross professor wins prestigious lifetime achievement award
Ross just hired the largest group of women professors in a decade
David Mayer quoted in Washington Post article about CEOs who stuck by President Trump
Four efficient steps toward a positive culture
Four ways you can help your colleagues feel good about their work
CEOs who seek feedback get a big payback: a boost to the bottom line
Cascade Engineering was featured on Huffington Post
Why positive organizations matter
Sanjay Saint coauthored article on mentoring for Harvard Business Review
Ron May to join University of Michigan Ross’ Center for Positive Organizations Executives in Residence
To do business, you better get positive
Magnify Immersion course brings positivity and purpose to Ross BBA students and organizations
Ross undergrad blogged about the Positive Business Conference for the Huffington Post
How four Ross students, including one +LAB fellow, found community on the prairie
Roger Newton featured in Life Science Leader
Fred Keller named Communicator of the Year by the West Michigan Public Relations Society of America
+LAB alum and his revolutionary startup just can’t stop winning competitions
Center for Positive Organizations gets a nod in Fortune
Jane Dutton and Adam Grant’s research cited in Washington Post
Ariana Almas (+LAB fellow) and her team just spent a week at one of the few Black-owned breweries in the nation
Dave Mayer interviewed on local NPR station about positive management
Michelle McQuaid discussed leadership potential with Sue Ashford
The Michigan Daily reported on the Positive Business Conference
How to avoid being a fake positive leader
David Mayer writes for @FastCompany about happiness and others
Michigan Ross’ Fourth Annual Positive Business Conference
Dave Mayer interviewed by Washington Post about Ivanka Trump’s White House role
David Mayer named a 2017 Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Fellow
Chris Murchison blogs about perfectionism in Whil
Gretchen Spreitzer, Donald Peurach teach MOOC about ambitious teaching and learning
KPMG video discusses building a business with purpose
Jessica Amortegui wrote for Women@Forbes about empathy in the workplace
A new resource for leading in trying times
Everyday courage in organizations
Wednesdays with an “old nun”
How do you lead in trying times? Help us contribute to the dialogue.
Culture … and things that matter
Jason Wilburn interviewed on “Making Positive Psychology Work” podcast
Malcolm Gladwell and disagreeable entrepreneurs
Positive Leadership: The Staff Series “Bringing the Positive Lens to Staff”
Positive Leadership: The Staff Series “Balance in Life”
Center for Positive Organizations announces cohort of Executives in Residence
Positive Leadership: The Staff Series “Modeling the Behavior”
Positive Leadership: The Staff Series “Negotiating Mindfully”
Positive Leadership: The Staff Series “Transformation”
Positive Leadership: The Staff Series “Crisis Management”
Positive Leadership: The Staff Series “Bonding”
Kim Cameron interviewed for cover of People & Purpose
Positive Leadership: The Staff Series “A Larger Vision”
Positive Leadership: The Staff Series “Impact in Action!”
Positive Leadership: The Staff Series “Empowerment”
Positive Leadership: The Staff Series “Feeling Energy”
Logitech named winner of 2016 Positive Business Project, an annual competition presented by Michigan Ross’ Center for Positive Organizations
Positive Leadership: The Staff Series “Attitude”
Michigan Ross Unveils Plans for 2016 Positive Business Conference
Speaking While Female
Center for Positive Organizations Appoints HopeLab’s Murchison As Visiting Leader
Fighting the ‘Hermit Crab Syndrome’
Courage, Compassion, and Resilience Make Great Workplaces
Why It’s Time to Take This Four-Letter Word Out of the Corporate Closet
The Opportunity of Management
Three Leadership Lessons We Can Learn from America’s Best Teachers
Playing Golf, and Other Mistakes CEOs Make
Solving Wicked Complex Problems
New Manager Checklist: 5 Things You Need to Know About Being a Good Leader
Leadership Lessons from Children’s Books
What’s Positive about Failure?
On Leadership & Forgivenesss
Planes, Pizza, and Positive Deviance
The Positive Leadership Game
Achieving Happiness: It takes positive thinking, hard work to create a good life
3 Leadership Trends of 2014
To Mindfully Engage, or Not To Mindfully Engage
Recent Highlights from our Facebook page
Becoming a Leader: A Positive Lesson From Failing CEOs
The Good Guys Win: How a new field of research is redefining—and redesigning—success in business
How to Avoid Another Government Shutdown
Discovering What You Love to Do: Overcoming the First Barrier of Success
From Manager to Leader: Accelerating the Process
Solving the Authenticity Puzzle: What Many CEOs Cannot Do
How to Transform the Collective Mindset: Cultural Change and Moral Power
How to Bring People to the Common Good: What Authentic Leaders Learn About Higher Purpose
Becoming a Master of Influence
New: Positive Leaders Series
Lead from the Positive by Cultivating a Grade-School “Culture of ‘Can'”
Teaching and Leading Positively, Part 6: Emotion, Imagination, and Purpose
Teaching and Leading Positively, Part 5: A New Rule for Designing Meetings
Teaching and Leading Positively, Part 4: A Proactive Tool for Discussing Transformation
Teaching and Leading Positively, Part 3: Living What We Teach
Teaching and Leading Positively, Part 2: Where Change Can Happen
Teaching and Leading Positively, Part 1: The Digestion of Experience
The Teaching and Practice of POS, Part V: Transcending Your Own Culture
The Teaching and Practice of POS, Part IV: Transcending the Narrow Mindset
The Teaching and Practice of POS, Part III: Recognizing How Threatening the Message Really Is
The Teaching and Practice of POS, Part II: On Being “Normally Blind”
Videos
The Prepared Leader: Emerge from Any Crisis More Resilient Than Before
2022 POS Research Conference: Day 2 Afternoon Sessions “Experiential POS Practices to Carry Us Forward”
2022 POS Research Conference: Day 2 Morning Panel “Using POS to Understand the State of the World”
2022 POS Research Conference: Award for Outstanding Published Article in POS and Winners’ Keynote
2022 POS Research Conference: Opening Sessions
Antiracism, Allyship, and Authenticity: Building Internal Capacity for Institutional Change
How to Create Positive Team and Organizational Hierarchies
Social Excellence: Detect It, Learn from It, Create It
2019 POS Research Conference: Founders Panel
2019 POS Research Conference: Looking Towards the Future
2019 POS Research Conference Teaching Workshop: Positive Relationships at Work
2019 POS Research Conference Teaching Workshop: The Essence of Positive Leadership
Magnify Immersion Program: FAQs
The Healing Organization
Becoming who you really are: Learning to do what organizations cannot do for you
2016 Positive Business Conference: Leading Positive Change Without Authority
2016 Positive Business Conference: Positive Business Project (day 2)
2016 Positive Business Conference: Developing Leaders Who Make a Positive Difference in the World
2016 Positive Business Conference: Leadership and Culture – Enhancing the Triple Bottom Line
2016 Positive Business Conference: Positive Business 3.0
Organizational Miracles: The Role of Positive Organizing in Recovery from Crisis
Lead Positive Change Without Authority
Creative Forecasting – Improving the Selection and Rejection of Novel Ideas in Organizations
What is a Positive Lens?
Change the Music, Change the Dance: How to Turn Organizations Positive
Taking Stock: Strengths and Limitations in Positive Leadership
What is the Fundamental State of Leadership?
Creating a Vision of Greatness with Zingerman’s
The Positive Business Conference on Street Beat
CEO Interview: Alan Murray
CEO Interview: Joe Bozich
Leadership Starts Within
Talking Management: Jane Dutton
Making a Positive Difference Through Business
Fixing the Energy Crisis in the American Workplace: Living the Twelve Natural Laws of Business
Zing Train: Interview with Ari Weinzweig, Co-Founder of Zingerman’s
Interview with Menlo Innovations
Conversation with a Positive Leader: Walter Robb, Co-CEO, Whole Foods
A Youth-Driven Model of Leadership
The Economics of Higher Purpose
Generative Leadership in a Positive Enterprise
The Ascent From Hell: The Emergence of Positive Assets in the Unfolding of War
Leadership Construction in Organizations: An Invitation to a Conversation
