Charles Manz

Nirenberg Professor of Leadership, Management Department

Telephone: 413-545-5584
Email: cmanz@som.umass.edu
Office: SOM 307A
Personal web site: people.umass.edu/cmanz
Syllabus: SOM 795L

Ph.D., (Organizational Behavior), The Pennsylvania State University
M.B.A., Michigan State University
B.A., Michigan State University

Selected Publications:

With C.P. Neck, “Mastering Self-Leadership”, 5th ed., Prentice-Hall, (forthcoming).

With K. Cameron, K.P. Manz, and R.D. Marx(Eds.), "The Virtuous Organization: Insights From Some of the Worlds Leading Management Thinkers," World Scientific Publishing Company, (2008).

With C.L. Pearce and H.P. Sims, Jr. “The Roles of Vertical and Shared Leadership in the Enactment of Executive Corruption: Implications for Research and Practice,” Leadership Quarterly, Vol. 19, 353-359, (2008).

With V. Anand, M. Joshi, and K.P. Manz, "Emerging Paradoxes in Executive Leadership: A Theoretical Interpretation of the Tensions Between Corruption and Virtuous Values," Leadership Quarterly, Vol. 19, 385-392, (2008).

With R. Edleman, and T. Hiltabiddle, "Nice Guys Can Get the Corner Office: Eight Strategies for Winning in Business Without Being a Jerk." Portfolio Books of Penguin Publishers, (2008).

“Emotional Discipline,” Berrett-Koelher (2003).

With H.P. Sims, Jr., “The New SuperLeadership: Leading Others to Lead Themselves”, Berrett-Koehler (2001).

Academic and Professional Activities:

Consulting Editor, Journal of Management Spirituality and Religion and International Journal of Leadership Studies.
Guest special issue co-editor, Organizational Dynamics
Board of advisors, Jossey-Bass Publishers Collaborative Work Systems Book Series and The Works magazine

Consulting Activity:

Served as a consultant for many organizations, including 3M, Ford, Motorola, Xerox, the Mayo Clinic, Procter & Gamble, General Motors, American Express, Allied Signal, Unisys, Josten’s Learning, Banc One, the American Hospital Association, the American College of Physician Executives, the U.S. and Canadian governments.

Selected Awards:

Global HR Leadership Excellence Award
Foreword Magazine best book-of-the-year Gold Award for “Emotional Discipline.”
Stybel Peabody National Book Prize for "best" publication of the year for “SuperLeadership”.
Marvin Bower Fellowship for Outstanding Achievement in Business Scholarship, Harvard University.