Positive Business Conference 2019 | University of Michigan | 9 May 2019 | Stephen M. Ross School of Business, 701 Tappan Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA

Improving Well-Being and Performance By Building a Thriving Workplace
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oday’s business leaders face a profoundly important challenge: what kind of workplaces will we choose to create?

Toxic, stress-filled workplaces may not only impact an employee’s health and well-being, they can affect an organization’s profit margins and performance. Employees who lack meaning and purpose at work can become disengaged, experience strained social relationships, have shorter life expectancies, and incur higher healthcare costs.

The Positive Business Conference

At the conference, you’ll engage with thought leaders and the latest research on positive business approaches that yield extraordinary results. You’ll network with like-minded individuals from diverse industries and participate in practical hands-on workshops. Finally, you’ll leave with a plan to translate inspiration into action when you return to your organization.

2019 Speakers

Jeffrey Block
Principal, Applied Research + Consulting, Steelcase

Mindi Cox
Senior Vice President, People & Great Work, O.C. Tanner

Stephanie J. Creary
Assistant Professor of Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Rob Dubé
President and Co-Founder, imageOne

Carl Erickson
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Atomic Object

Chris Marcell Murchison
Visiting Leader, Center for Positive Organizations, Michigan Ross; Creative Thought Partner, Consultant, and Positive Organization Coach

Steve Nelson
Office of the Chief Executive, UnitedHealth Group; Chief Executive Officer, UnitedHealthcare

Patti Poppe
President and Chief Executive Officer, CMS Energy and Consumers Energy

Michelle Segar
Director, Sport, Health, and Activity Research and Policy Center

Vic Strecher
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Kumanu; Professor, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, University of Michigan

Ann Verhey-Henke
Strategic Director, Center for Socially Engaged Design

Ari Weinzweig
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Zingerman’s Community of Businesses

Achyuta Adhvaryu
Assistant Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy

Susan J. Ashford
Michael & Susan Jandernoa Professor of Management and Organizations

Scott DeRue
Edward J. Frey Dean; Stephen M. Ross Professor of Business

Sarika Gupta
Managing Director, Zell Lurie Institute

Andy Hoffman
Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise

Robert E. Quinn
Margaret Elliott Tracy Collegiate Professor Emeritus in Business Administration

Gretchen Spreitzer
Keith E. and Valerie J. Alessi Professor of Business Administration; Professor of Management and Organizations; Interim Chair of Management and Organizations

Chris White, Adjunct Faculty in Management and Organizations; Managing Director, Center for Positive Organizations

Wayne Baker
Robert P. Thome Professor of Business Administration; Faculty Director, Center for Positive Organizations

Kim Cameron
William Russell Kelly Professor Emeritus of Management and Organizations

Jerry Davis
Associate Dean for Business + Impact; Gilbert and Ruth Whitaker Professor of Business Administration; Professor of Management and Organizations

Jane Dutton
Robert L. Kahn Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Business Administration and Psychology

Kathryn Heinze
Associate Professor of Sport Management

Andy Hoffman
Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise

Mary Lemmer
Founder and Improvisor, Improv4

Erica Marx
Improviser, Improv4

Michael J. O’Brien
Director of Research and Application, The Pacific Institute

Jim Price
Adjunct Faculty, Entrepreneurial Studies; Entrepreneur in Residence, Zell Lurie Institute

Michelle Segar
Director, Sport, Health, and Activity Research and Policy Center

Sara Soderstrom
Assistant Professor of Organizational Studies and Program in the Environment

Vic Strecher
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Kumanu; Professor, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, University of Michigan

Chris White
Adjunct Faculty in Management and Organizations; Managing Director, Center for Positive Organizations

Carolyn Yoon
Professor of Marketing; Michigan Ross Faculty Director of Diversity and Inclusion

Amy Young
Faculty in Business Communications; Consortium Faculty Director and Core Faculty, Center for Positive Organizations