JERRY MANAS
STRATEGIC ADVISOR & BESTSELLING AUTHOR
LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGY THROUGH STORY
Helping enterprise leaders turn workforce complexity into clarity, stronger execution, and lasting influence.
Strategic advisory for resource management, capacity, portfolio delivery, and organizational change—plus executive book coaching and ghostwriting for leaders with ideas worth sharing.
ABOUT JERRY
Jerry Manas is an internationally bestselling author, award-winning novelist, strategic advisor, and executive ghostwriter. He helps enterprise leaders make clearer decisions about workforce capacity, priorities, culture, and execution—and helps visionary executives turn hard-won expertise into influential business books.
At the intersection of leadership, culture, and execution, Jerry’s work is built on one core strength: turning complex realities into clear, practical frameworks people can understand, act on, and rally around.
His book The Resource Management and Capacity Planning Handbook (McGraw-Hill) is widely recognized as a leading guide to resource management and workforce planning. Judith E. Glaser, author of Conversational Intelligence, praised it as “the first book dedicated to what is essentially the drivetrain of organizations—the effective use of its people toward its most important activities.”
Jerry's ideas have been cited by leading voices in business, including Tom Peters, who frequently references his bestselling Napoleon on Project Management for its insights on simplicity and character, and Pat Williams, Senior VP of the Orlando Magic, who called Managing the Gray Areas “a new path for leaders.”
His writing has also been highlighted in a variety of publications, including the Houston Chronicle, Chicago Sun Times, National Post, Globe and Mail, Huffington Post, and others.
WORK WITH JERRY
Two ways to turn complexity into clarity.
Whether the challenge is organizational execution or a leader’s most important ideas, the work begins by identifying what matters, making the trade-offs visible, and creating a structure people can act on.
Workforce Strategy
For COOs, PMO leaders, RMO leaders, and enterprise teams
Strategic advisory that brings clarity to capacity, resource allocation, portfolio priorities, workforce planning, and organizational change—so critical work is realistically staffed and strategy becomes more reliable in execution.
Executive Book Services
For CEOs, founders, consultants, and enterprise leaders
Executive book coaching, book architecture, and selective ghostwriting that transform a distinctive point of view or leadership framework into an engaging business book that builds authority and gets read.
Jerry maintains a limited number of active workforce-strategy advisory relationships to ensure direct access, deep engagement, and meaningful impact.
Have resource constraints and firefights reached a critical level in your organization?
Jerry’s latest book, The Resource Management and Capacity Planning Handbook (McGraw-Hill), is the first book fully dedicated to resource management and capacity planning, and is designed to help organizations maximize their valuable people resources, gain business agility, and increase morale.
"WHEN JERRY MANAS WRITES ON LEADERSHIP, I PAY ATTENTION
~ Pat Williams, Author & Senior VP, Orlando Magic
