Charles C. Manz
Nirenberg Professor of Leadership

Degrees Held

Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University (Organization Behavior), 1981
M.B.A., Michigan State University, 1975
B.A., Michigan State University, 1974

Academic and Professional Experience

Dr. Manz is the Nirenberg Chaired Professor of Business Leadership at the University of Massachusetts. He was a recipient of a Marvin Bower Fellowship at the Harvard Business School (1988-89) "awarded for outstanding achievement in research and .. productivity, influence, and leadership in business scholarship." His other academic experience includes instruction and research at Arizona State University (1989-1997), the University of Minnesota (1982 - 1988), Auburn University (1980 - 1982) and the Pennsylvania State University (1977 - 1980).

He has served as a consultant, researcher, or management education leader with many organizations, including: General Motors, Motorola, 3M, Allied Signal, Control Data, Uniroyal, Ford, American Express, Prudential, Xerox, Teradyne, Cable & Telecommunications HR Assoc., Procter and Gamble, Unisys, Honeywell, the Korean Management Association, the American Hospital Association, The Mayo Clinic, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, the National University Continuing Education Association, the State of Minnesota, the U.S. and Canadian Governments, and many others.

Research and Writing

Formerly a Marvin Bower Fellow at the Harvard Business School Dr. Manz is a speaker, consultant, and bestselling author of over 200 articles and scholarly papers and more than 20 books. His presentations and courses focus on leadership, self-leadership, and self-managed work teams. He is the author or co-author of:

• Fit to Lead: The Proven Solution for Shaping up Your Body, Mind, and Career, Carpenter's Son Publishing, 2012;
• Mastering Self-Leadership: Empowering Yourself for Personal Excellence, Prentice-Hall, 1992, with Christopher Neck 1999 (2^nd ed.), 2004 (3^rd ed.),  2007 (4^th ed.), 2010 (5^th edition) and 2013 (6^th Edition);
• The Leadership Wisdom of Jesus, Berrett-Koehler, 1998, 2005 (2^nd ed.), 2011 (3^rd ed.);
• Nice Guys Can Get the Corner Office: Eight Strategies for Winning in
  Business Without Being a Jerk, Penguin: 2008;
• The Virtuous Organization: Insights From Some of the Worlds Leading
  Management Thinkers, World Scientific Publishers: 2008;
• Foreword Magazine best book-of-the-year Gold Award winner Emotional Discipline: The Power to Choose How You Feel, Berrett-Koehler, 2003;
• The Power of Failure, Berrett-Koehler, 2002;
• Temporary Sanity: Instant Self-Leadership Strategies for Turbulent Times, Financial Times Prentice-Hall, 2005;
• The Greatest leader who Wasn't: A Leadership Fable, Walk the Talk Publishers, 2005;
• Co-author of SuperLeadership: Leading Others to Lead Themselves, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1989, Berkley, 1990, which won the Stybel-Peabody book prize;
• Business Without Bosses: How Self-Managing Teams are Creating High Performing Companies, Wiley, 1993, 1995;
• Company of Heroes: Unleashing the Power of Self-Leadership, Wiley, 1996;
• For Team Members Only: Making Your Workplace Team Productive and Hassle-Free, Amacom, 1997;
• Team Work & Group Dynamics, Wiley, 1999;
• The New SuperLeadership, Berrett-Kohler, 2001;
• The Wisdom of Solomon at Work, Berrett-Kohler, 2001;
• The Power to Choose How You Feel, Successories, 2004; and

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