The Marengo Group, founded by Jerry Manas, specializes in organizational development, process design, and team building, with a focus on principle-based project management and virtual team dynamics. Through The Marengo Group, Jerry and his associate partners help organizations create flexible, yet integrated, working models, rooted in simplicity, yet built to handle complexity. These models are aligned with the ideals and principles outlined in Jerry's books. 

Services offered include workshops and training, telephone consulting, one-on-one mentoring, onsite consulting, and assessments.

KEYNOTES, WORKSHOPS, AND SEMINARS:

To bring these sessions to your location or to find out more, call 1-877-378-5110 or email info@marengogroup.com.

Seminar: The Leadership Quadrant: 4 Ps for Organizational Excellence

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.

Why not have Jerry and Jerome bring The Leadership Quadrant to your organization or to an offsite facility?

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

Keynote or Workshop: Napoleon's Six Winning Principles

In this lively and interactive session (adaptable to various timeframes and audiences), Jerry Manas teaches the art of leadership and project management as seen through the successes and failures of one of history's greatest leaders, Napoleon Bonaparte. Gain the ultimate business advantage through this colorful approach to learning the skills needed for success in today's workplace.

• Learn to apply Napoleon's research, recordkeeping, and organization methods to your own projects for better results.
• Gain an upper hand by understanding the dynamic between project management and strategic leadership.
• Learn to apply the wisdom of this military leader in your own personal and professional spheres of influence.

Download a flyer for the Napoleon Keynote or Workshop.

Keynote or Workshop: Service-Oriented Project Management (SOPM™)

Find out how the four simple steps of Understand, Prepare, Iterate, and Transform (UP-IT) can translate to higher project success rates and a better customer experience. Jerry created the SOPM model to address gaps inherent in traditional project management thinking, resulting in a framework that fosters a relentless focus on the client. Discover how the SOPM model works, and begin putting it to use in your projects immediately.

Keynote or Workshop: Managing the Gray Areas: Leading with Humanity

Based on his book, Managing the Gray Areas, Jerry Manas explores the most difficult dilemmas leaders face, and offers powerful guidelines for making holistic decisions and examining issues from broader perspectives.

Objectives and Expected Outcomes

As a result of this session, attendees will gain an upper hand through an understanding of three primary concepts:

Leading by Questioning - Attendees will see how a leader’s job is not to have all the answers, but to ensure the right questions are asked.

Examining Issues from Broader Perspectives - Attendees will learn valuable leadership tools for practicing systems thinking, holistic ethics, and information-based management.

 Integrating Opposing Values and Concepts – Attendees will learn how to reconcile their own ideals with the ideals of others, resulting in empathetic solutions that better meet the needs of multiple parties.

Other topics Jerry frequently speaks on:

• Leading Virtual Teams
• Winning with the SET Principle: Simplicity/Engagement/Technology
• Project Management For Everyone: 7 Simple Things to Get Right
• Lessons from the Roman Empire
• And more...

BEHIND THE SCENES: THE MARENGO GROUP NAME AND LOGO:

Jerry shares the story behind The Marengo Group name,
organization, and logo…

"When I formed my company, I thought long and hard about the name. I settled on The Marengo Group for various reasons. First, it was the name of Napoleon’s most famous horse (and since my first book was on Napoleon, I figure I’d pay homage to “the horse that brung me,” literally and figuratively).

Second, the Battle of Marengo, which Napoleon’s horse was named after, had special meaning as well. It was a pivotal victory for Napoleon, but it was almost a defeat. When a surprise attack by the Austrians caught his troops off guard, Napoleon needed a miracle. He received it when a division he had already sent away turned around, because their leader, General Louis Desaix, heard the cannon fire at Marengo.

Although Desaix was killed in that battle, it was his intuition and brave decision that saved the day. It should serve as a reminder that things do not always go as planned, and that many victories are due to flexible thinking, quick decisions, and heroic efforts. In other words, people who didn’t just blindly “follow the rules.” Good principles and judgment must prevail.

Of course, the final element to the company’s name is the word “Group.” I strongly believe that the “virtual” organization is the way of the future. With this in mind, I've partnered with a number of like-minded consultants to offer a more holistic set of services to clients.

This approach will help establish an ecosystem with global reach, yet local presence. As the organization evolves, stay tuned for additional service and product offerings. One thing will be certain: all of these offerings will be grounded in good principles with a relentless focus on the customer experience.

And so we have The Marengo Group.

Just as it was important to have a meaningful name, I also wanted a meaningful logo---something iconic that had some significance behind it. The concept I settled on had three elements. First, the horse represents Napoleon’s horse, Marengo. Second, I wanted it to appear as a chess piece to symbolize the need to meditate and strategize before undertaking an endeavor. And finally, I wanted an hourglass in the design as a reminder that one must never forget the delicate balance between analysis (or exactitude) and speed. Fortunately, my talented graphic artist, Brian DiMeo of DiMeo Designs, was able to turn this high level concept into reality.

And so, with the name and logo, I have a constant reminder of the need for principles and good judgment, the need to meditate and plan, and the need to achieve rapid results. I hope that when you see the logo, you will perhaps be inspired likewise."