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Jerry Manas is author of Managing the Gray Areas (RMC Publications, January 2008) and the international bestseller Napoleon on Project Management (Nelson Business, April 2006), which Kirkus Reviews called "The ultimate case study in effective project management." He is also co-founder of the popular leadership and project management blog site, PMThink! An organizational architect with a specialty in project management and virtual team dynamics, he is passionate about helping leaders create flexible, yet integrated, organizations and teams.More...

Seminar: The Leadership Quadrant: 4 Ps for Organizational Excellence

October 22nd and 23rd, 2008, in Philadelphia at the National Constitution Center. $1,795 (group discounts available).  Download the flyer here!

To register, call 1-877-378-5110 or email info@marengogroup.com, or click the button below!

Jerry Manas and productivity consultant Jerome Jewell (of Jewell Consulting Group) are now offering their two-day workshop, The Leadership Quadrant: The 4 Ps of Organizational Excellence. The workshop, which inspired the book Managing the Gray Areas, offers a set of insights and strategic tools for enhancing the mission commitment, enthusiasm and performance that are essential to long-term organizational excellence. The 4 Ps are: Principles, People, Productivity and Process.

Download the seminar brochure for more information. Call today at 1-877-378-5110 or email info@marengogroup.com for details! 

RMC Publications

 Managing the Gray Areas
 Essential Insights for Leading People, Projects & Organizations    

Jerry's newest book explores the most challenging dilemmas that leaders struggle with, and offers a set of guidelines, principles, and tools that can help navigate these murky waters. Managing the Gray Areas touches on topics such as principles, values, ethics, decision-making, incentives, staffing, critical thinking, and communication. It pulls ideas from a wide variety of knowledge areas, such as philosophy, science, art, medicine, business, and history. Ultimately, it is a book about leading with humanity. 

Challenges and issues covered in this groundbreaking new book include the following:

• Ensuring accountability without micromanagement
• Implementing the right level of internal processes
• Balancing individual needs with organizational goals
• Communicating with simplicity and context
• Assembling teams with the right mix of people
• Creating positive images for organizations, teams and products
• Building flexible, yet integrated organizations
• And more!

How we address these difficult areas will determine the feel of our organization as a whole—as well as how people interact, how work gets done, and ultimately the strategies of both our present and our future.

If you believe that true leadership is about understanding and managing complexities instead of taking black and white approaches to problems, order this book today direct from RMC Publications and save over 30%! The book is also available on Amazon.com and wherever books are sold.

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Read what others have had to say about Managing the Gray Areas:

“When Jerry Manas writes on leadership, I pay attention. Managing the Gray Areas is his best work yet and will open up a new path for leaders.”

 - Pat Williams
   Senior Vice President, Orlando Magic & Author of Souls of Steel

“This is an excellent book for every aspiring leader. Managing the Gray Areas offers great insights into principle-based leadership and decision-making.

- Scott Raskin
  CEO, Mindjet

“There is no escaping the complexity of decision-making in an increasingly gray world, whether in business or in life.  Jerry Manas’ Managing the Gray Areas is a thoughtful and highly useful exploration of the key issues every leader should consider when facing this reality.”

- Anthony Ibargüen
  CEO, Alliance Consulting Group   

"Jerry Manas systematically and vividly exposes the hidden fallacies of outmoded, black and white thinking and decision-making approaches that have become ubiquitous in today’s leadership practices. In this paradigm-shifting, eye-opening and landmark book, Jerry introduces a new, powerful and compelling set of practices and tools that leaders of teams, organizations and even nations can apply to motivate their constituencies and better navigate the ambiguities of today’s complex and gray business environment. A standing ovation!"

- Doug DeCarlo
  Author, eXtreme Project Management: Using Leadership, Principles and Tools for   Delivering Value in the Face of Volatility.

In his latest book, Managing the Gray Areas, Jerry Manas reveals how to tackle the thorny issues inherent when dealing with complex challenges and decision making in business. Leaders today need a mirror to see their blindspots, and the wisdom distilled in this landmark book can provide that mirror. Whether it's providing people a way to give "blameless feedback" or learning how to balance structure and flexibility, this book will surprise and inspire even the most seasoned and veteran business leaders.

- Todd Colbeck, MBA
  President, Colbeck Coaching Group

 

"Manas provides the perfect examples to compliment the guidelines, techniques and tools that this book offers. This book is a must read for anyone wishing to improve or develop their leadership skills and enhance organizational results."

- Matthew T. Sheaff
  Senior Director, The Performance Institute

“In today's constantly changing and turbo charged work environment, managers are regularly challenged to address a myriad of ethical questions that have no clear cut answers. In his new book, Managing the Gray Areas, Jerry Manas provides sage advice on navigating through dilemmas by tackling issues through a holistic, systems approach.  He has synthesized lessons from thought leaders in different disciplines, offering refreshing guidance on leading with compassion and integrity while still focusing on organizational objectives. This is a must read for all us to build work relationships and to apply these principles to our personal lives.” 

- Cindy Joy Marselis
  Management Information Systems Professor
  Fox School of Business and Management, Temple University

What is it about Napoleon Bonaparte that has led recognized modern-day leaders to study his principles-and countless books on management and leadership to quote his maxims? For one, Napoleon rose from relative obscurity to rule all of Western Europe in but a few years-something the Romans took centuries to accomplish. More...