The best-selling, must-have book from America's fastest-rising management consultant and strategist!

Today's workplace is in serious crisis. Thanks to management strategies that dangerously lag behind the times, workplaces are demoralized, under-performing, and failing to attract and retain the outstanding employees necessary for success.

Now—in this national bestseller—Margaret Morford offers the high-impact, breakthrough solutions you need. In seven eye-opening chapters that stand orthodox management on its head, Management Courage – Having the Heart of a Lion reveals how to become the manager you've always dreamed of becoming, the kind organizations dream of hiring — and for whom employees dream of working. Brimming with colorful case studies, "Managers' Mantras," and other how-to helpers, Management Courage also features thought-provoking "Unsettling Questions" to help you get the most from Margaret's personal coaching.

Praise for Margaret Morford's transforming management strategies:

"A must read for all managers who want to be effective! This book is a quick read filled with many immediately useful actions. I finished the book completely re-energized. Management is not for the faint of heart. It is difficult to tell people things they don't want to hear, but it is essential to be able to do so if one is to be a successful manager. With humor and significant insight, Margaret Morford reminds us of the role we've chosen as managers and the commitment required. Management Courage is essential for effective leaders. Margaret Morford is as compelling in print as she is in person."

Mary Steudle
(California)

"Management Courage is a nugget of gold among all the self-important and sometimes plagiarized 'how to manage' books. In very concise and easily understandable language, the author lays out a handful of people management principles that most managers do not understand. These principles go against human instinct in herd mentality, but make lots of sense when seriously considered. As a manager with over 30 years' experience, I can count on one hand the number of managers who practiced these principles. They were the outstanding ones. I recommend every manager read this book and then give it to every manager they supervise."

Nicholas Jordan
(Asheville, NC)

"Integrity wins in the long run! This was a wonderful read! I love the stories that put a real personal touch to the book. This book represents what it takes to have courage to hold integrity on issues that take great character in dealing with people. The courage to hold true to standards has a wonderful outcome if all people are treated like human beings. Employees of today need to feel valued and appreciated! This is a manager must read!"

Mary L. Patterson

"I thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated this book. It is a quick read (I read it between Seattle and Dallas) due to its length and the interest level it generates. Rarely do I read a management book with which I can wholeheartedly agree. This is one. This book reinforces what my experience has shown me, and encourages me to stick to what I know is true and right."

Juanita Carpenter
(Seattle)

"Margaret Morford has written a book for business professionals that should be a 'must read'. The questions at the end of each chapter make you stop, think, and review your current management style. After reading this book, you can manage with the 'heart of a lion'. This book is as dynamic as Margaret's seminars are!"

Mickey Levee,
Senior HR Generalist
(Vermont)

"All too often when confronted with an opportunity to do the right thing, managers wimp out. In the long run, this failure of courage costs the manager his/her self-esteem, employees opportunities for growth, teams the chance for high performance and organizations the opportunity to move from good to great. You would think that with all that is at stake, more people would already have stepped up to the right thing. For those who don't know how, or for those who are ready, but just need some help, Margaret Morford's new book is a compelling call to courage! Full of concrete examples and clear rationale, it is an essential guide for managers in today's fast-changing workplaces."

Susan L. Colantuno,
CEO

Connie Helleson
(Portland, Oregon)