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Dan Gruber

Doctoral Student
Ross School of Business
University of Michigan
dagruber@umich.edu

I have been interested in resilience from both a research and teaching perspective. On the research side I have been working to understand what organizational resilience looks like in environments where many small jolts are happening on a regular basis. I have looked at newsrooms as a context for this exploratory research. On the teaching side, I have been working on a case study that I have used in the classroom on tennis player James Blake. Blake’s comeback from a broken neck and other setbacks to reach a career-high ranking is remarkable. I am thrilled to have the opportunity to learn from colleagues who are focused on the topic of resilience and other streams of POS research. Specifically, I would like to learn more about how resilience is being studied in various field settings. Additionally, I have collaborated with Gretchen Spreitzer and University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman on a book chapter entitled “Positive Strategic Leadership.” The chapter brings a POS lens to the research on strategic leadership.