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Trauma Resilience & Growth at Work with Sally Maitlis – Humanistic Management Professionals Lunch and Learn

On Friday June 26th - Sally Maitlis, Professor of Organizational Behavior and Leadership at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, joined the Humanistic Management Professionals Lunch and Learn to discuss Trauma Resilience & Growth at Work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJDkSfzb3sw Slide Deck for presentation IHMA-Trauma-Healing-26.6.20-slidesDownload And here are the links to some relevant pieces in HBR: https://hbr.org/2019/07/when-a-colleague-is-grieving https://hbr.org/2019/12/going-back-to-work-after-a-pregnancy-loss https://hbr.org/2020/04/making-sense-of-the-future-after-losing-a-job-you-love And Read more [...]
IHMA Black Lives Matters Response

IHMA Black Lives Matters Response

IHMA is committed to co-creating just and sustainable communities by influencing organizing practices to more directly protect human dignity and promote well-being. As a community of humanistic management researchers, educators, practitioners and policy makers, we stand by all those engaged in fighting systemic and institutionalized racism. Dignity is a foundational principle in our work and should be protected and promoted within the management and leadership of organizations. We recognize our Read more [...]

Manifesto for the Future

Society should be organized to honor the inherent value of all life and create a better future. The economy should be organized to work for all and not just a select few. Organizing practices should protect human dignity and promote flourishing. 

We should listen to what our beneficiaries have to say

Submitted by: Adiel Aguiling, People Engaged in People Projects Foundation Inc - De La Salle University - Phillipines Why is this important to Humanistic Management: Beneficiaries are often seen as recipients who are at the mercy of the donors and funders. The article turns around this mindset. It highlights the fact that beneficiaries have a voice that has to be heard. What beneficiaries say matter in order to improve services, the organization and to boost their self-esteem. Beneficiary Read more [...]
SOCIAL BUSINESS IN POST COVID-19 WORLD

SOCIAL BUSINESS IN POST COVID-19 WORLD

A Talk By PROF. MUHAMMAD YUNUS The Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2006 THE FOUNDER OF GRAMEEN BANK When:17 June Form 16:00 To 16:45 Bangladesh Local Time Via ZOOM   Indian Standard Time 15.30 To 16.15    Via ZOOMOrganized by India Chapter of International Humanistic Management Associationhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/conversation-with-muhamad-yunus-social-business-in-covid-times-registration-108912694802 In association of YUNUS CENTRE' BANGLADESH YUNUS Read more [...]

Invitation to Collaborate the Tools for Wellbeing COVID-19 National Study of Undergraduate Students

Submitted by Tracy Chang of Rutgers University

Link to Content: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/wellbeing-covid19

Why is this important to Humanistic Management: I am seeking collaborators for the Tools of Wellbeing COVID-19 National Study of Undergraduate Students. This will foster collaboration within the Humanistic Management community, help our students to be a wholesome human being and future leaders of humanistic management. The role of collaborators is co-investigators. Please contact me Read more [...]

Inclusive Management in the Age of the New Normal

Companies should be prudent in drafting their MECQ work policies to protect their employees. Before any policy is implemented, companies should include all stakeholders in the decision-making process. If, as an employee, you find yourself surprised, or wondering where these policies the higher-ups are forcing on you, came from, there is a failure in the decision-making process.

Fostering creativity in organizations

Submitted by: Miguel Paolo Paredes, De La Salle University

Why is this important to Humanistic Management: Creativity, while being a significant driving force for innovation and competitiveness, is not always fostered in organizations. While individuals may be innately creative, this does not automatically transfer to their performance at work. This leads us to question organizational practices or work-place norms, and their effect on individuals' creativity.

https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/01/21/business/columnists-business/fostering-creativity-in-organizations/676149/ Read more [...]