Media Coverage of the Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship


Gretchen Spreitzer on the power of the Reflected Best Self exercise
Gretchen Spreitzer of the Center for POS was featured in "Positive words still work the best", an article in the March 11, 2008, issue of The Australian Financial Review. In the article, Spreitzer explains the concept and benefits of the Reflected Best Self exercise (RBS exercise) , a tool she, Jane Dutton, and Bob Quinn created several years ago. Spreitzer notes that the RBS exercise user identifies his or her strengths by soliciting feedback from others, rather than relying solely on self-assessment. Reviewing feedback from a variety of sources allows patterns to emerge, and yields an authentic portrait of one's best self.

POS Interventions Transform Nursing Unit
"Positive Organizational Scholarship"> (Journal of Nursing Administration (Vol. 37, No. 2, February 2007)) features goals and outcomes of a culture change project in a nursing unit funded by a $895,000 grant. The article profiles successful POS interventions by Margaret Calarco, Chief of Nursing Services at the University of Michigan Health Services, and the faculty of the Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship. The article notes, "Recent measures of the organizational culture in nursing have revealed a significant shift to a more 'constructive culture,' with several dimensions demonstrating a more than 10-point improvement since baseline assessment was completed in 2000."
Dr. Calarco presented at Positive Links in April 2006 - video stream is available.