Oral history interview with Stan Gryskiewicz, January 15, 1999
Subtitle: interview S-0017, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Contributors: Mosnier, Joseph, interviewer; Southern Oral History Program; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Interviews; Social psychologists; Administration; Leadership; Study and teaching; Executives; Training of; Creative ability in business; Behavioral assessment; Research institutes; Center for Creative Leadership
Other titles: Interview S-0017, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007); Interview with Stan Gryskiewicz, January 15, 1999; Oral histories of the American South.
Description: This is the second of two interviews with Stan Gryskiewicz, a psychologist who worked for the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, North Carolina. In this interview, Gryskiewicz picks up where the first left off after a brief discussion of the Center's launching of the Leadership Development Program in London, where he was also finishing his Ph.D. When Gryskiewicz returned to Greensboro, the managerial upheaval was still under way. Gryskiewicz discusses these changes in detail, focusing specifically on his perception of various leaders, including David DeVries, Mike Lombardo, Morgan McCall, David Campbell, and Bob Dorn. In addition to explaining how these leaders interacted with one another and how their positions evolved over time, he also describes how the Center was working to develop new curriculum for its creativity division, which he spearheaded, and a more centralized marketing department. In 1985, the presidency of the Center shifted to Walt Ulmer. Gryskiewicz describes both the transition of leadership, noting how Ulmer's leadership style differed from earlier leaders and on how the Center experienced rapid growth into the 1990s. Gryskiewicz also offers his thoughts on the Center's expansion into the global market, the new programs and workshops it offered in creative leadership development, and its commitment to diversifying its managerial staff to include more women and minorities.
Notes: Title from menu page (viewed on June 13, 2008).

Interview participants: Stan Gryskiewicz, interviewee; Joseph Mosnier, interviewer.

Duration: 02:03:09.

This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digital library, Documenting the American South.  It is a part of the collection Oral histories of the American South.

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Original version: Southern Oral History Program Collection, (#4007), Series S, Center for Creative Leadership, interview S-0017, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Transcribed by Tower Associates. Original transcript: 42 p.

Funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services supported the electronic publication of this interview.

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