Experts in how people change their work.
The Institute of Positive Leadership helps people and organizations lead through change with resilience, judgment and trust.
We believe lasting growth comes from building on what's already strong in people, and from giving them a real say in how their work evolves.
What guides our work
Start from strengths
Positive psychology shows that people grow fastest when they build on their strengths and values, not only fix their gaps.
Give people a say
Research links having a say in your tasks and work relationships with higher engagement. We help people make those changes.
Learn by doing
Change sticks through practice, reflection and support over time, so our programs are built around real work, not slides.
Keep people thinking
AI can sharpen judgment or weaken it. We help people use it in ways that keep them in charge of their own thinking.
Where positive leadership comes from
Our name comes from a field called positive organizational scholarship, which studies what helps people and organizations thrive. One of its main homes is the University of Michigan, where researchers founded the Center for Positive Organizations in 2002. Jane Dutton, one of its founders, also co-developed job crafting, the research behind our Reshape Your Role bootcamp. We draw on this work, along with positive and organizational psychology, and apply it to the changes AI is bringing to work.
Meet the founders
Alina Campos
Alina brings a research-informed approach to leadership and working life, drawing on her training in applied positive psychology and coaching psychology. Her focus is on how people use their strengths, support their well-being and make meaningful changes to their work.
She brings that perspective to IPL’s coaching, workshops and bootcamps through guided reflection, practical exercises and tools for reshaping work. Her background in marketing, operations and employee development helps her connect the research to everyday working life.
Emma Simpson
Emma brings over 20 years of international HR and people leadership experience to IPL. She understands how leadership decisions affect people inside organizations, where competing priorities, expectations and relationships shape what is possible.
She brings that experience to IPL’s coaching, workshops and bootcamps, helping leaders have useful conversations, build trust and support changes in how their teams work. Her focus is on helping people agree on expectations, address obstacles and put new ways of working into practice.