The Positive Leader: Deep Change and Organizational Transformation
Ensure your leadership vision includes a toolkit of positive business practices that deliver extraordinary results and inspire others to achieve their best.

This program will give you new insights, perspectives, and practices to influence the changes needed in your organization's culture.
- Significantly increase performance without adding resources: Learn how to tap latent resources in your teams and organizations to achieve higher levels of performance.
- Enhance engagement and well-being: Employee burnout and record-low engagement in 2024 are driving billions in lost productivity, as research demonstrates a direct link between well-being and performance. Participate in experiences that renew your energy, strengthen engagement, and equip you with tools to improve your own and your team’s well-being.
- Discover alternative approaches to workplace opportunities and challenges: Gain fresh perspectives through unique learning experiences, frameworks, and tools that help you see situations differently and create more positive outcomes.
- Gain clarity about the changes needed to influence others more effectively: Engage in a personal case study and small group discussions to see yourself from multiple perspectives, define who you are at your best, and strengthen your ability to lead with purpose.


- Mid- to senior-level leaders seeking to take different actions in order to achieve extraordinary results
- Directors, VPs, Senior Managers, and Group Managers/Directors
Deep Change and Organizational Transformation
Do you see what needs to be different in your organization to make it truly great, but the culture, practices, and processes of the organization fight against you? The Positive Leader program will give you new insights, perspectives, and practices to influence the changes needed in your organization's culture. The program will also help you understand cutting-edge research and how to tap the latent potential in the people around you and the system in which you work to deliver unprecedented results.
Every aspect of our in-person and online programs is designed to deliver you a truly world-class experience.
World-renowned Ross faculty experts will guide you through the latest tools and frameworks to enhance your individual and team leadership capabilities while you engage with global participants across diverse industries.
Program directors work closely with faculty before, during, and after the program to ensure you achieve your objectives. Through dynamic, immersive learning experiences–including assessments, simulations, expert panels, and action-based applications–you’ll leave with an actionable plan to implement meaningful change in your organization.
Program managers facilitate a seamless transition between classroom and off-site activities and assist with anything you might need–ensuring your focus is on learning, not logistics.
For more program details, including topics and structure, download the program brochure.
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Learn from the same faculty who teach in our highly-ranked degree programs
- Receive a digital badge to showcase on LinkedIn and other social media platforms.
- Earn credit(s) toward the Distinguished Leader Certificate (DLC) for qualifying in-person or online programs. (Only one eligible online program can be counted toward the DLC.)