Featured Main Stage Sessions
Several inspiring sessions will frame the opportunity for leaders to build positive businesses, catalyzing action coming off the conference. Leaders will share their stories, and their strategies for inspiring people, companies, and communities to create positive business today.
- The Co-Creation of Human Connection, John Paul (J.P.) Stephens
- Connection Activity, Esther Kyte + Chris Marcell Murchison
- Creating a Right-Brained Organization by Leading with Connection, Mike Novakoski
- The Dilemma of Workplace Generosity, Wayne Baker + Heather Currier Hunt
- Expanding Equity to Build Wealth, La June Montgomery Tabron
- How Connection Makes Your Everest Goal Possible, Scott DeRue + Lindy Greer
- How to Inspire Truth-Telling at Work, Rich Berens
- A New Lens for Leadership in a Complex and Changing World, Keith Allman
- Quiet: How to Harness the Strengths of Introverts to Change How We Work, Lead, and Innovate, Susan Cain + Jane Dutton
- The Rise of Corporate Activism: Why Now? What Next?, Jerry Davis
- Seven Conversations about Diversity, Inclusion, and Positive Organizing, Laura Morgan Roberts
- Turning the People Stuff Inside Out, Ashley Goodall
Workshops
Michigan Ross faculty will lead workshops showcasing academic research as it applies to positive business management across a range of disciplines.
- Achieving Innovation and Impact in Impoverished Markets, Ted London
- Asking the Question that Changes Everything: How do You Excavate Your Theory of Social Excellence?, Robert E. Quinn
- Building Healthy Businesses, Stewart Thornhill
- Building Purpose-Driven Partnerships, Kathryn Heinze + Sara Soderstrom
- Control Your Own Destiny: Leadership Development through Mindful Engagement, Susan Ashford
- The Curious Case of Cultural Consumption, Marcus Collins
- Designing for High-Quality Connections, Jane Dutton
- Good Business: How Treating Workers Well Can Boost Your Bottom Line, Achyuta Adhvaryu
- Leading Positive Change Without Authority, Chris White
- Measuring the Positive: How to Create and Sustain a Positive Workplace Environment,
Amy Young + Michael J. O’Brien - Negotiate Genuinely, Shirli Kopelman
- The Next Phase of Business Sustainability: Management as a Calling, Andy Hoffman
- Positive Leadership and Positive Performance, Kim Cameron
- Surfacing Your Best Self to Accelerate Your Impact, Monica Worline
- Sustainable Performance: Strategies for Enhancing Your Thriving at Work, Gretchen Spreitzer
- Your Well-Being Blueprint, Michelle McQuaid