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Hello again!
Thanks for joining the session today. I am honored to be able to help in some small way. Here are some additional resources related to today’s topic to help you dig deeper. If you would like to connect with me for any reason, you can reach me at chriswhi@umich.edu.
All the best!
Chris
Welcome to the Center for Positive Organizations
Some Opportunities From The Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations (CPO)
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MBAs engage with the Center for Positive Organizations in a number of ways:
- +LAB: Apply to this co-curricular program to engage with inspiring researchers and business leaders who equip +LAB undergrad and grad students with positive practices and pioneering research. Apply by 9/12 at positiveorgs.bus.umich.edu/
learning-programs/lab/ - Positive Links: Attend this monthly speaker series that’s free and open to the public featuring positive organizational scholars from around the world. More info at positiveorgs.bus.umich.edu/
positive-links-speaker-series/ - Coursework: Register for courses taught by Center for Positive Organizations faculty. Many of these elective are offered in the Management and Organizations area. Explore courses at positiveorgs.bus.umich.edu/
learning-programs/graduate/ In particular: - Jane Dutton teaches The Foundations of Positive Organizational Scholarship course in Winter A (MO555). I highly recommend it!
- I teach the MBA elective on Social Intrapreneurship in Winter A (MO637). It is a class of tools and tactics for creating positive change without authority. It recently won the Aspen Institute’s Award for Ideas Worth Teaching.
- +LAB: Apply to this co-curricular program to engage with inspiring researchers and business leaders who equip +LAB undergrad and grad students with positive practices and pioneering research. Apply by 9/12 at positiveorgs.bus.umich.edu/
Blogs From Me
- The Simplest Explanation of Positive Leadership
- How to Avoid Being a Fake Positive Leader
- What Positive Leadership is Not
- Three Steps for a Feedback Culture
- What Teamwork is Not
Some Short Videos From CPO Faculty
Prof. Kim Cameron on the impact of positive relational energy on individual and team performance.
Prof. Gretchen Spreitzer on dealing with difficult colleagues.
Some Further Reading
Books:
- Energize Your Workplace, Jane Dutton
- How to be a Positive Leader, Jane Dutton and Gretchen Spreitzer
- Positive Leadership, Kim Cameron
- On Purpose, Vic Strecher
Harvard Business Review articles:
- “Creating Sustainable Performance”, Gretchen Spreitzer and Christine Porath
- “5 Ways to Get Better at Asking for Help”, Wayne Baker
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