Endorsements

"Frodsham and Gargiulo give us a breath of fresh air in challenging the conventional wisdom about career success. This is a book worth reading for people currently at work as well as for those new to the workforce. Two thumbs up for Make It Work!"

Joseph R. Weintraub and James M. Hunt
Professors of Management, Babson College; coauthors, The Coaching Manager

Biography
Dr. Joseph R. Weintraub is a Professor of Management and Organizational Behavior at Babson College where he is also the Founder and Faculty Co-Director of the Coaching for Leadership and Teamwork Program. At Babson, he developed the Human Resource Management and Leadership Courses in both the undergraduate and graduate programs in business. Dr. Weintraub also serves as a Faculty Director for leadership development programs at the Babson School of Executive Education. He is the past president of the Human Resources Council, a Boston-based HR professional association. Dr. Weintraub is also President and Founder of Organizational Dimensions, a leadership development, assessment and human resources consulting firm based in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Dr. Weintraub is the co-author of the book, The Coaching Manager: Developing Top Talent in Business (www.sagepub.com). The book is also published in India and in 2004 was released in China. Dr. Weintraub's new book (with Dr. James Hunt) on "Coaching Organizations" is due to be published in 2005. His innovation in developing coaching programs resulted in the top award in the area of management development by the Academy of Management.

His work has appeared in many publications including Fortune, Entrepreneur, The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Management Update, and the New York Times. He has also appeared on several syndicated television programs such as Evening Magazine and The Bottom Line. He is also one of the developers of Star-Teams Insights, a web-based assessment report, providing developmental feedback on teamwork, communications and work style.

Dr. Weintraub has worked with many organizations including Whirlpool, Fidelity Investments, Allied Domecq, Titleist Golf, Bose, Invensys, AT&T, Duke Energy and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Much of his recent activity has been focused in the areas of leadership, high performance teams, emotional intelligence and coaching.

Dr. Weintraub received his B.S. degree from the University of Pittsburgh and both his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Bowling Green State University.

Joseph R. Weintraub

Babson College
Babson Park, MA 02457 USA
Phone: (781) 239-4356
Email: weintraub@babson.edu