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POS Community Scholars Liza Barnes, Ashley Hardin, and Christina Lacerenza share how supporting employees during medical leave isn't just the right thing to do—it's a critical strategy for organizational resilience. 🗣️ theconversation.com/how-empl…
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This #GoodNewsMonday, we are celebrating POS Community Scholar Elisabeth (Bu Deul) Yang, who will be joining the Department of Management and Organisation at the National University of Singapore, NUS Business School as an Assistant Professor this summer! 🥳
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Congratulations to multiple of our POS Scholars for being named one of Poets&Quants' World’s Best 40-Under-40 Graduate Business Professors Of 2026! #GoodNewsMonday ✨ Charleen Case ✨ Ashley Hardin ✨ Jirs Meuris poetsandquants.com/2026/05/1…
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Herminia Ibarra highlights that while we often focus on which AI models to use, the real challenge lies in how leaders redesign workflows, foster psychological safety, and build learning systems that can evolve alongside the tech. london.edu/think/ai-leadersh…
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Celebrating POS Community Scholar Nitya Chawla for accepting a position as Associate Professor at UCL School of Management! 🎉 #GoodNewsMonday
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Kim S. Cameron shares his journey into Positive Organizational Scholarship, combatting skeptics by proving how positive practices drive bottom-line results. 📈 Learn how to transform workplace cultures into flourishing, high-performing environments. theempathycollective.com/epi…
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Today, we are celebrating Distinguished Professor of Organizational Behavior and Ethics, Linda Trevino of Penn State Smeal College of Business, for receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from the AOM Organizational Behavior Division! #GoodNewsMonday ob.aom.org/ob/browse/announc…
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Celebrating POS Community Scholar Kai Krautter for receiving the Audience Choice Award and an honorable mention at Harvard University's Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition. #GoodNewsMonday Watch his talk, "Is More Passion Always Better?": youtu.be/z2TM3ihQxiM?si=QfZb…
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It's time for another #GoodNewsMonday! Join us in congratulating POS Community Scholar Meghan Kane for successfully defending her dissertation! 🥳
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This past 2025-26 season, our Adderley Positive Research Incubator, led by Jane Dutton and Jordan Nye, continued its mission to nurture research in progress in Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS). 🌱
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Congratulations to POS Community Scholar Grace M. Simon on accepting an Assistant Professor job with Muhlenberg College! #GoodNewsMonday 👏 Grace’s impactful research explores prosocial behaviors, emotions, and interpersonal support in the workplace.
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Edward Chang, James Elfer, and Siri Chilazi argue that culture change fails because organizations rely on broad education rather than targeted action. 🎯 Learn how this framework can influence meaningful behavior and spark lasting organizational change. hbr.org/2026/01/to-change-co…
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Join us in celebrating POS Community Scholar Meg Warren for being awarded a Fulbright Specialist grant! #GoodNewsMonday 🥳 Read more about the project: news.wwu.edu/cbe-s-meg-warre…

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This episode of the Business & Society podcast explores the Sanger Leadership Center's Michigan Model of Leadership and how to build the range necessary to handle today's competing demands. Podcast episode: shows.acast.com/66aa789fab13…
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Congratulations to POS Community Scholar and University of Michigan PhD Candidate Micaela Rodriguez for accepting a position as a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Psychology with Yale University. #GoodNewsMonday 🥳
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CPO Strategic Advisory Board member Wayne Baker breaks down why the "self-reliant leader" is actually a myth that holds teams back. The real secret to organizational impact? Reciprocity. 🤝 hbr.org/podcast/2026/02/aski…
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