Oral history interview with Stan Gryskiewicz, November 5, 1998
Subtitle: interview S-0016, 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; Leadership; Study and teaching; Executives; Training of; Behavioral assessment; Research institutes; Center for Creative Leadership
Other titles: Interview S-0016, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007); Interview with Stan Gryskiewicz, November 5, 1998; Oral histories of the American South.
Description: This is the first of two interviews with Stan Gryskiewicz, a psychologist who worked for the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, North Carolina. Gryskiewicz begins this interview with a very brief discussion of his upbringing in New Jersey during the 1940s and 1960s. During the mid-1960s, Gryskiewicz attended Stetson University in Florida, where he studied psychology. Following his graduation in 1968, he pursued his master's degree at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. He began his career at the Center in 1970. Gryskiewicz offers a detailed description of his work there during the 1970s. After spending the first several years working closely with his supervisor, Doug Holmes, in developing behavioral assessment programs, Gryskiewicz survived a major reorganization of the Center's management. He describes this reorganization in detail and offers his thoughts on the immediate aftermath as management of research shifted into the hands of David Campbell. In addition to describing the leadership skills and capabilities of Campbell, Gryskiewicz offers vivid commentary of other leading figures at the Center, including Bob Dorn, John Red, and Donald MacKinnon. Gryskiewicz speaks at length about his own research in creative leadership development, particularly as it evolved when he completed his Ph.D. while studying in London.
Notes: Title from menu page (viewed on June 13, 2008).

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

Duration: 01:35:20.

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-0016, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Transcribed by Tower Associates. Original transcript: 35 p.

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

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