34. #34: Dan Chambliss - The Secret to Getting Better

Daniel F. Chambliss has recently retired as the Eugene M. Tobin Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Hamilton College, where he taught for forty years. He received Master’s and PhD degrees from Yale University. He is the author of four books and numerous articles on organizational performance, including his book Champions: The Making of Olympic Swimmers, which was awarded the US Olympic Committee’s Book of the Year Prize, and his widely-cited article “The Mundanity of Excellence,” which also focused on Olympic-level athletes. In addition to researching and writing about organizational psychology, higher education, and social science research methods, Professor Chambliss has been a consultant for Fortune 50 corporations in the US and UK.