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18 May 2018
News

A Cold War Hero Who Kept Up Morale

Keywords: obituary; POW; military service; veterans; leadership

17 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About Crisis Leadership

get up each day with determination, not entrapped by the failures of the previous day. What about the role of faith? “Most men need some kind of personal philosophy to endure what the Vietnam POWs endured,” Stockdale wrote, “For many it... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

27 Mar 2019
News

German Family to Give $11M After Learning Extent of Nazi Past

support of Adolf Hitler,” the family-run company’s previous heads, Albert Reimann Sr. and Albert Reimann Jr., “used Russian civilians and French POWs as forced laborers,” according to an Associated Press report. Today, JAB Holding is one... View Details

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Buying (Quality) Time Predicts Relationship Satisfaction

By: A.V. Whillans, Jessie Pow and Joe J. Gladstone

Seven studies examine the association between time-saving purchases (e.g., housecleaning and meal delivery services) and relationship satisfaction. Study 1 uses an eleven-year longitudinal panel survey to show that increases in time-saving purchases predict long-term... View Details

Keywords: Personal Finance; Family and Family Relationships; Satisfaction; Well-being

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21 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19

Stockdale, former vice presidential candidate, naval officer, and prisoner of war, said leaders must balance both realism and optimism in their messaging. In a POW camp, Stockdale said, it was the optimists who perished first—those who... View Details

Keywords: by Euvin Naidoo

12 Jul 2021
News

Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

Communications, has learned a lot about coping with the isolation caused by COVID-19 from John McCain, Nelson Mandela, and James Stockdale. “My community is under lockdown and I haven't seen my elderly mother since March,” she wrote in USA Today recently. “So I turned... View Details

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