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Matthew Prewett, PhD Matthew Prewett, PhD, is aprofessor of industrial/organizational psychology at Central Michigan University. He received his PhD in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of South Florida in 2009. Dr. Prewett has taught classes in team performance management, gr...
Klodiana Lanaj Klodiana Lanaj is a professor and the Martin L. Schaffel Professor in the Management Department of the Warrington College of Business at University of Florida. She received a Ph.D. in Business Administration from Michigan State University in 2013. Prior to graduate school, Klodiana wo...
Teamwork is where leadership is born! Leadership is cultivated from many essential life skills and characteristics that will help guide you through life’s greatest and toughest transitions. The journey of a collegiate and professional football player manifests many transitions. Some transitions prov...
Terry McLaurin Terry McLaurin is a former wide receiver for the Ohio State Buckeye football team. He was a two-time team captain in 2017 and 2018. Ohio State social media team honored McLaurin with a video labeling him as “the selfless leader.” He has proven to be an exemplary role model and leader ...
Key Takeaways: Humility maximizes team performance Humble leadership can be fostered through six behaviors Though humility is increasingly being recognized as a key trait of effective leaders — a finding backed by scientific research — everyday examples of humble leadership in popular media and film...
I am always amazed and amused by how creative people are on April Fool’s Day. Some pranks are in fact the most inventive ideas I could ever imagined. Do you know that government of The Netherlands announced on April 1 st , 2019 that all trains and train stations would be closed at the end of April f...
It was complete chaos and things were not looking good. We had made contact with the enemy and our team was in disarray. We had lost contact with two of our team members. Things were in dire straits and we had to get it turned around immediately. This sounds like a battlefield, but it was actually 3...
Feedback is a gift, and it’s always better to praise in public and punish in private. Leaders should always be developing other leaders. Leadership development can often be as easy as providing feedback to team members. This response can be delivered in the form of praise or punishment. If you are o...
I get this question a lot, “What leadership advice would you give to new managers?” Honestly, being a new manager is exciting. Whether you’re a seasoned veteran in a new role or a brand new leader,  everyone will be watching you. One of the most important things I have learned in more than 30 years ...
For decades, researchers have tried to figure out ways to sustain a team’s performance, satisfaction, and well-being for each member. Shawn Murphy’s book, Work Tribes: The Surprising Breakthrough Performance, Astonishing Results and Keeping Teams Together, seems to have found an essential key to thi...