John W. Newstrom is a respected teacher, widely published author, and consultant to organizations in the areas of training and supervisory development. He is a Professor Emeritus of Management in the Management Studies Department of the Labovitz School of Business and Economics at the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD), where he taught courses in Managing Change, Training and Development, Organizational Behavior and Management, and Interpersonal and Group Relations. He was previously on the faculty at Arizona State University (ASU) and also worked at Honeywell Inc. He holds Bachelor of Accounting, MBA, and PhD degrees from the University of Minnesota. He has conducted training programs on a wide range of supervisory topics for organizations in the health-care, steel, taconite mining, consumer products, gas transmission, public utility, and paper products industries, as well as for city governments and federal agencies.

Dr. Newstrom has published more than 60 professional and practitioner articles in periodicals such as Supervision, Academy of Management Executive, Workforce, Personnel Journal, Human Resource Planning, Business Horizons, Training and Development, Journal of Management Development, California Management Review, S.A.M. Advanced Management Journal, Training, Supervisory Management, Journal of Management, Journal of Occupational Behavior, and Academy of Management Journal; he has served on the Editorial Review Boards of several management journals; and he is the co-author of 35 books, including T he Manager’s Bookshelf, Organizational Behavior, Transfer of Training, Games Trainers Play, Leaders and the Leadership Process, and T he Big Book of Team Building Games. His most recent books are titled The Fun Minute Manager and Leading with a Laugh.

His administrative experiences include being Chairperson of UMD’s Business Administration Department, Director of the Center for Professional Development, Acting Director of ASU’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research, and Chairperson of the Management Education and Development (MED) division of the Academy of Management. He has also served on (or as a strategic consultant to) the Boards of Directors of several organizations, such as the American Society for Training and Development, St. Louis County Heritage and Arts Center, United Developmental Achievement Center, Duluth-Superior Community Foundation, Riverwood Healthcare Center, and Arrowhead Food Bank. He has held memberships in the Academy of Management, the Organizational Behavior Teaching Society, and the Society for Advancement of Management.

Dr. Newstrom has received many awards in recognition of his service to students and the community. He was the recipient of an “Outstanding Reviewer” Award from the MED division of the Academy of Management, the “Barbershopper of the Year” award from the Duluth-Superior Harbormasters, the “Outstanding Faculty” award from the UMD Student Association, the campus “Outstanding Adviser” award, and several “favorite professor” recognition awards at UMD. His highest honor occurred when he was named a recipient of the Horace T. Morse–University of Minnesota Alumni Association Award for “Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education.” Dr. Newstrom is also a member of the University of Minnesota’s prestigious Academy of Distinguished Teachers.

On the personal side, John is married (to Diane, for more than 45 years), is the father of two college graduates (Scott and Heidi), and is the grandfather of two very special persons (Ruth Lillian and Alex Felix). He loves to hunt, play pickleball, work crossword puzzles, create and enjoy tasty cuisine, golf, conduct genealogical research, work outdoors at his cabin in northern Minnesota, play practical jokes on friends and relatives, and vacation in Florida and Arizona. His favorite community service activities have included being a frequent blood donor, co-leader of a Paint-A-Thon team for low-income persons, hospice volunteer, and “big brother” to a young boy. John also sings bass in a barbershop quartet, the Northern Knights, where he practices the art of neoteny (joyful living).