True grit: real resilience
Article Type: Abstracts From: Human Resource Management International Digest, Volume 18, Issue 5
Stern S. Management Today (UK), February 2010, Start page: 30, No. of pages: 3
Underlines the value of resilience as a management skill, arguing that the ability to keep on going can be key to surviving desperate crises. Illustrates this by describing the experiences of Gerald Ratner and Jeff Imelt, chief of General Electric. Notes research from the Sloan Center on Aging and Work at Boston College, Massachusetts that indicates that certain age groups are more resilient than others. Discusses why older workers may be better able to weather storms than others. Quotes the authors of a new book on resilience who argue that, as well as the experience of surviving adversity, optimism may play a role in making people more resilient. Lastly, cites the argument of journalist,Yvonne Roberts, who has written a paper for the Young Foundation called, “Grit– the skills of success and how they are grown” who suggests that failure can be a necessary building block for future success. ISSN: 0025-1925 Reference: 39AG599
Keywords: Management styles, Employees development, Employee attitudes
