Purpose, Meaning & Value: Driving the Positive Organisation
How do organisations identify and enact purpose? How can we drive connection between personal and organisational purpose, meaning and values? And how important are these issues in navigating an increasingly complex world?
![Purpose, Meaning and Values: Understanding the Positive Organisation](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_generic_large_x1/public/2024-07/POS%20COP-2024-web%20banner.png?itok=rFurHrIj)
Join internationally acclaimed expert Professor Emeritus Robert E. Quinn, Cofounder of Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS), Professor Carl Rhodes, Dean, UTS Business School and Corene Strauss, CEO, Australian Disability Network, for a robust discussion on purpose, meaning and values to inspire positive change.
Please join us in conversation with these inspiring leaders on Wednesday 7 August as they provide their perspectives from academia and the field of practice.
Hosted by:
- Dr Suzy Green, Clinical and Coaching Psychologist (MAPS) and Founder & CEO of The Positivity Institute
- Dr Rosemary Sainty, founding Australian Representative to the UN Global Compact and UTS Business School Academic
This is the 5th annual webinar presented by Australian Positive Organisational Scholarship (POS) Community of Practice. Please feel free to share this event with others with an interest in this field.
About the speakers
![Professor Robert E Quinn](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2024-07/Robert%20E%20Quinn.png?itok=hm3gUzEK)
Robert E. Quinn, Co-Founder and Faculty Advisory Board, Center for Positive Organizations and Margaret Elliot Tracy Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan, Ross School of Business is in the top 1% of professors cited in organizational behavior textbooks. He is the author of 18 books including Deep Change, a long-term best seller. His latest publication, The Economics of Higher Purpose: Eight Counter Intuitive Steps for Creating a Purpose Driven Organization is based on the widely acclaimed Harvard Business Review article, Creating a Purpose-Driven Organization. He is particularly known for his work on the competing values framework which has been used by thousands of organizations. He was selected as one of the “World’s Top 30 Organizational Culture Professionals for 2018 and is the recipient of multiple teaching awards. Bob has one of the highest rates of repeat invitations in the speaking industry and his recent talk on purpose has been viewed by over 15 million people.
![Professor Carl Rhodes](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2021-07/carl-rhodes.png?itok=opo3tOGe)
Professor Carl Rhodes is Dean of UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney. In this role, Carl is responsible for the academic and strategic leadership of the School, in pursuit of its vision to be a socially-committed business school. Prior to his academic career, Carl worked in professional and senior management positions in change management and organisational development. As a scholar, Carl researches the relationship between business and society in the nexus between liberal democracy and contemporary capitalism. His publications include 'Woke Capitalism: How Corporate Morality is Sabotaging Democracy' (Bristol University Press, 2022) and his writing has appeared in The Guardian, Times Higher Education, ABC News, The Sydney Morning Herald, and The Australian Financial Review.
![Corinne Strauss](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2024-07/Corinne-Strauss-Disability-Network.png?itok=bwg7A7wQ)
Corene Strauss is a cause related CEO, leading the Australian Disability Network since July 2021. Passionate about improving the lives of others and building communities for good, Corene has led the transformation of multiple organisations including CEO of Special Olympics Australia, part of the world’s largest disability sports organisation and prior to that the first female CEO appointed to the NRL’s Men of League Foundation responsible for the welfare of the rugby league community. Legacy Australia, caring for the families of the fallen and ill Defence force Veterans. Corene is dedicated to a life of purpose which drives change, equality and inclusion for those who have previously struggled to find a place in everyday society. Corene was appointed to the Board of Directors of Invictus Australia in June 2024.
![Suzy Green](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2022-09/suzy%20green.png?itok=W9GV55NE)
Dr Suzy Green iis a Clinical and Coaching Psychologist (MAPS) and Founder & CEO of The Positivity Institute, a positively deviant business, dedicated to the promotion of wellbeing in workplaces and schools. Suzy is a leader in the complementary fields of Coaching Psychology and Positive Psychology. and currently holds Honorary Academic positions in the UTS Business School, the Centre for Wellbeing Science, University of Melbourne, the School of Psychology, University of East London. Suzy also lectured on Applied Positive Psychology in the Coaching Psychology Unit, University of Sydney for ten years.
![Dr Rosemary Sainty](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2022-11/Business%20Australian%20Pos%20CoP%20-%20Rosemary%20Sainty%20-%20490x490.png?itok=A5R2K0JL)
Dr Rosemary Sainty thought leader bridging organisational psychology, corporate responsibility, sustainability, and governance. Rosemary is the founding Australian representative to the UN Global Compact having headed up the federally funded National Responsible Business Practice Project. She currently coordinates the positive psychology / positive organisational scholarship teaching programs at UTS Business School, with a research interest in responsible, sustainable and flourishing organisations.
This event supports the following UN Sustainable Development Goals and is organised by The Positivity Institute and UTS Business School, as part of our commitment to the Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME).
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