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I love old books
Posted on September 29, 2023 Leave a Comment
September 29, 2023 I love old books. My father worked with old books as a librarian at Princeton and Yale, so there’s something familiar and calming about them for me. When I was in high school, I stumbled upon and read B.F. Skinner’s Walden Two (published in 1948), which fueled my interest in psychology, organizations, […]
2021
Posted on January 18, 2022 Leave a Comment
We certainly started off the year with a lot of expectations for positive change after a brutal 2020. Most of those expectations were met. Some not. That’s life. As an extrovert, 2021 continued to be difficult with fewer opportunities to spend time with people. So many times I wanted to call up friends –– or […]
A Holiday Message for My Students
Posted on December 23, 2020 Leave a Comment
I made a short video message for my students this holiday season. This year has been incredibly difficult and painful for so many of us. I’m amazed at the resilience of my students at LSU and their ability to do such great academic work amidst so many challenges. Onward.
LSU Giving Day 2020
Posted on April 22, 2020 Leave a Comment
Hi everyone, I put together this short video to show my support for LSU Giving Day! I know many of us are hurting right now given the current circumstances. If you’re finding that you have a little extra to support our students at LSU, please donate to the LSU Student Emergency Fund or other initiatives […]
Emotionally intelligent leaders are more transformational, for the most part
Posted on December 14, 2017 Leave a Comment
If you’re like me, you probably picked up Daniel Goleman’s book Emotional Intelligence in the early 2000s after a third person recommended it to you. You thought it was fairly compelling but wondered about its academic rigor. Since Goldman’s book was originally published in 1996, the idea of emotional intelligence has picked up some serious traction […]
The mindset needed to bridge the scholar-practitioner gap
Posted on October 8, 2017 Leave a Comment
The consistently troubling thing about higher education, indeed why it has earned the name “the ivory tower,” is the disconnect between scholarship and practice. In the recent issue of Advances in Developing Human Resources (Volume 19, Number 3) published in August, Jia Wang of Texas A&M presents a collection of articles that address this research-practice […]
Article Critique: Learning to Lead: Foundations of Emerging Leader Identity Development
Posted on October 15, 2016 Leave a Comment
October 15, 2016 Yeager, K. L., & Callahan, J. L. (2016). Learning to lead: Foundations of emerging leader identity development. Advances in Developing Human Resources, 1523422316645510. The Problem: Organizations face several challenges that stand poised to place a significant strain on the availability of qualified leaders. Flatter organization structures, the use of more teams, and impending […]
Rest in peace, King Bhumibol
Posted on October 13, 2016 Leave a Comment
October 13, 2016 I woke up to the sad news of the death of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand. I put my Thai flag in the front of my house to share with others our grief for his passing and to express my appreciation for his service to a country I love so […]
Summer Research: Organizational Development in Community-Based Organizations
Posted on July 19, 2016 Leave a Comment
July 19, 2016 Spring flew by and I’m here now in Mae Sot – along the Thai-Myanmar border – working on a pilot study for my dissertation on organizational development in community-based organizations. I’m grateful to the Sigur Center for Asian Studies at the Elliot School for International Affairs at The George Washington University (GW) […]
Oliver S. Crocco 