Boosting Job Performance and Happiness at Google with the Job Crafting Exercise

By Center for POS
Posted on May 8, 2013 by Center for POSin News under


University of Michigan alumnus and Wharton School of Business Professor Adam Grant on his work with Google, and their use of the Job Crafting Exercise.

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When the Future Determines the Present: How to See What Others Cannot See

By Creating and Sustaining Positive Organizations
Posted on May 14, 2013 by Creating and Sustaining Positive Organizationsin Blogs under
Originally posted on The LIFT Blog.
We tend to accept that our current circumstances are heavily influenced by our genetics, culture, and past decisions.So here is a challenging question, When does the future determine the present? The normal belief that the past determines the present. But a recent workshop led me... Continue reading at The LIFT Blog →

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How to Bring People to the Common Good: What Authentic Leaders Learn about Higher Purpose

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Posted on May 13, 2013 by Creating and Sustaining Positive Organizationsin Blogs under
Originally posted on The LIFT Blog.
I was doing a week of executive education with senior government leaders. Many had military backgrounds. In the middle of the week, one of them pulled me aside and told me why he had recently left a high-paying corporate job. Authenticity He said that, when he was an officer in the [...]... Continue reading at The LIFT Blog →

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West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum Celebrates Virtuousness

By Center for POS
Posted on May 13, 2013 by Center for POSin News under

This year, the the theme for the West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum (WMSBF) essay contest was inspired by a presentation by Kim Cameron the Value of Virtuousness. The winning entry, The Country Cemetery by Michele Van Houten, is a meditation on personal virtues in the context of one’s heritage.

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Compassion: Do we have “nerves of compassion”?

By Wayne Baker
Posted on May 8, 2013 by Wayne Bakerin Blogs under
Originally posted on Our Values.
This entry is part 3 of 5 in the series CompassionHow do you react when you witness suffering?You probably feel warmth in your chest and a lump in your throat. Your heart rate goes down, and you become a bit gentlerready to comfort and support the sufferer. If you have these feelings and physical reactions, its because humans are hardwired for it, according to psychologist Dacher Keltner.Charles Darwin called sympathy the strongest of all human instincts. In Born to Be Good: Th... Continue reading at Our Values →

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