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April 28, 2008
Presenter: Joyce Bono, University of Minnesota
Topic Title: Helping Employees Thrive: The Effects of Managers and their Leadership Behaviors.
Abstract | Slides | Video (Note: Video and Slides from this session are not synchronized.) |
Bibliography

April 7, 2008
Presenter: Katherine Klein, University of Pennsylvania
Topic Title: Shared, Hierarchical, and De-individualized Leadership in Extreme Action Teams
Abstract | Slides | Video (Note: Video and Slides from this session are not synchronized.) |
Dynamic Delegation Paper

February 11, 2008
Presenter: Deborah Ancona
Topic Title: X-teams: Cultivating Extraordinary Teams that Lead, Innovate, and Enable
Abstract | Slides | Video (Note: Video and Slides from this session are not synchronized.)

November 5, 2007
Presenter: Roger Goddard
Topic Title: Leading Learning in Schools: Connecting Principals’ Leadership to Teachers’ Professional Practice
Abstract | Slides | Video (Note: Video and Slides from this session are not synchronized.)


October 15, 2007
Presenters: Kim Cameron and Ned Powley
Topic Title: Implementing Positive Organizational Scholarship in Prudential Retirement: A Case Study
Abstract| Slides
| Video (Note: Video and Slides from this session are not synchronized.)

September 10, 2007
Presenter: Daniel G. Mulhern
Topic Title: Everyday Leadership: Getting Results in Business, Politics, and Life
Abstract | Video - not available


May 14, 2007
Presenter: Christine Porath
Topic Title: It Pays to be Civil
Abstract | Biography
| Video

April 9, 2007
Presenter: Theresa Amabile
Topic Title: The Psychology of Everyday Work Life
Abstract | Biography
| Video - not available

March 12, 2007
Presenter: Laurita Thomas
Topic Title: VOICES of the Staff: A Two-Year-Old Strategy for Employee Engagement at the University of Michigan
Abstract | Biography | Video


February 12, 2007
Presenter: Jennifer Crocker
Topic Title: "Egosystem and Ecosystem Goals: Implications for Well-Being, Learning, and Relationships"
Abstract | Video

October 9, 2006
Presenter: Robert Kahn
Topic Title: "Improving Quality of Life in Old Age: Field Experiments in Retirement Communities"
Abstract | Biography | Video - not available


September 11, 2006
Presenter: C.K. Prahalad
Topic Title: "Democratizing Commerce: The Challenge for the 21st Century"
Abstract | Biography| Video


April 17, 2006
Presenter: Margaret M. Calarco, Ph.D., R.N.
Topic Title: "POS in Action: Creating Empowered Practice Environments."
Abstract | Video

March 20, 2006
Presenter: Laura Morgan Roberts
Topic Title: "Bringing Yourself to Your Work: Leveraging the Strength of Diversity to Generate Authentic Engagement"
Abstract | Video

February 20, 2006
Presenter: Roger Goddard
Topic Title: "A conceptual and empirical examination of the link between relational trust and student achievement in schools."
Abstract | Video

January 23, 2006
Presenter: Timothy Judge
Topic Title: "Positive Self-Regard: Origins, Benefits, Possible Costs"
Abstract | Video

November 21, 2005
Presenter: Laura King
Topic Title: "The Place of Pleasure in the Meaningful Life"
Abstract | Video

October 17, 2005
Presenter: Frank Flynn
Topic Title: "Psyched Up or Psyched Out? The Influence of Co-actor Status on Individual Performance"
Abstract | Video

September 19th, 2005
Presenter: Dacher Keltner
Topic Title: "Why to Be Good"
Abstract | Video

June 27th, 2005
Presenter: The Thriving Lab / University of Michigan
Topic Title: "Thriving At Work"
Abstract | Video


May 9, 2005
Presenter: Sally Johnson / University of Michigan
Topic Title: "Building Great Places to Work at UM"
Abstract | Biography | Building Great Places to Work Website | Video


April 11, 2005
Presenter: Rita Benn / University of Michigan
Topic Title: "Cultivating Emotional Well-being through Meditative Practices"
Abstract | Biography | Video


March 14, 2005
Presenter: Roger Newton / Senior Vice President and Director, Esperion Therapeutics, Inc., a Division of Pfizer Global R&D
Topic Title: "Esperion Therapeutics: A Local Example of Creating a Positive and Meaningful Workplace"
Abstract | Biography | Video


February 14, 2005
Presenter: Richard Boyatzis / Case Western Reserve University
Topic Title: "Leadership, Emotional Intelligence and Developing Them from a Complexity Perspective"
Abstract | Brief Biography | CV
Reading 1 | Reading 2 | Video - not available

January 10, 2005
Presenter: Christopher Peterson / University of Michigan, LSA Psychology
Topic Title: "After Virtue ... What's New in Positive Psychology?"
Abstract | Video - not available


December 13, 2004
Presenter: Kareem Johnson / University of Michigan, LSA Psychology
Topic Title: "A broad mind is race blind: Positive emotion decreases the salience of race"
Abstract | Video


November 15, 2004
Presenter: Anne Harbison / Harvard University, The Gallup Organization
Topic Title: "Re-imagining the Meanings of Success and Failure"
Abstract & Biography | Video


October 18, 2004
Presenter: Prof. Margaret Shih / University of Michigan, LSA Psychology
Topic Title: "The Positive Effects of Social Identities"
Abstract | Video


September 20, 2004
Presenter: Prof. Bruce Avolio / University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Topic Title: "What Constitutes Authentic Leadership Development?"
Abstract | Biography | Video


July 12, 2004
Presenters: Prof. Bob Quinn and Prof. Kim Cameron / Michigan Business School
Topic Title: "POS for Practitioners: Tools for Creating Positive Organizations"
Coverage: Michigan Views

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June 7, 2004
Presenters: Mary Lou Davis and Carol Anderson
Topic Title: "Practicing POS through Reflection and Dialogue"
Video


May 3, 2004
Presenter: Prof. Corey Keyes / Emory University
Topic Title: "Flourishing: Where We've Been and Where We Are Going with the Study of Mental Health as a Complete State"
Paper | Video


April 5, 2004
Presenters: Prof. Sue Ashford & Ruth Blatt / Michigan Business School
Topic Title: "Weird Work: Creating Successful Working Lives Outside Organizational Contexts"
Abstract | Slides (slides and video are not synchonized for this session.)| Video


March 1, 2004
Presenter: Stephanie Brown / Institute for Social Research
Topic Title: "An Altruistic Re-analysis of the Social Support Hypothesis: Is it Better to Give than to Receive?"
Abstract | Video


February 9, 2004
Presenters: David Cooperrider & Judy Rodgers / Case Western Reserve University
Topic Title: An Overview of “Business as an Agent of World Benefit”: An Experiment in Appreciative Inquiry, Global Learning and Positive Organizational Scholarship
Abstract <| Video


January 12, 2004
Presenters: Professor Jane Hassinger / Michigan Business School &
Marvin Parnes / Office of the Vice President for Research
Topic Title: “How Affirming Member Contributions and Growth Potential Through Group Experiences Lifts Organizations to New Heights: Applications of Positive Psychology to Service Organizations”
Abstract
| Video

November 3, 2003
Presenters: Vst. Professor Mary Ann Glynn / Michigan Business School &
Professor Timothy Dowd / Emory University
Topic Title: “POS Goes Macro: Two Institutionalists Try on POS”
Abstract | Video


October 6, 2003
Presenter: Professor Rick Price / LSA Organizational Studies
Topic Title: “Promoting Resilience in the Face of Adversity”
Abstract | Slides | Video


September 8, 2003
Presenter: Professor Barbara Fredrickson / LSA Psychology
Topic Title: “Progress on the Broaden-and-Build Theory of Positive Emotions”
Abstract | Paper | Video

July 16, 2003
Presenter: Professor Lynn Wooten / Michigan Business School
Topic Title: "Positive Organizational Capabilities Embedded in
Institutional Processes: Nurse-Midwifes as an Example"
Abstract | Paper


June 3, 2003
Presenters: Ryan Quinn and Monica Worline / Michigan Business School
Topic Title: "The Folly of Youth: A Vision for POS from Younger Scholars"

May 16, 2003
Presenter: Professor Edward Sarath / School of Music
Topic Title: “Improvisation, Creativity and Consciousness: New Directions in Higher Education”

April 9, 2003
Presenter: Professor Robert E. Quinn / Michigan Business School
Topic Title: "Positive Organization and the State of Leadership"

March 7, 2003
Presenters: Professor Martha Feldman / School of Public Policy
Topic Title: “Empowerment and Cascading Vitality”

February 12, 2003
Presenter: Professor Wayne Baker / Michigan Business School
Topic Title: “Social Network Analysis Meets Positive Organizational Scholarship”

January 31, 2003
Presenter: Mr. James Clifton / Gallup Organization
Topic Title: “The Gallup Path”

December 4, 2002
Presenter: Professor Christopher Peterson / LSA Psychology
Topic Title: “Positive Psychology and Strengths of Character”

November 25, 2002
Presenters: Professor Kim Cameron and Jane Dutton / Michigan Business School
Topic Title: “What is Positive Organizational Scholarship?”