Dr. Christopher P. Neck is currently an Associate Professor of Management at Arizona State University, where he holds the title "University Master Teacher." From 1994 to 2009, he was part of the Pamplin College of Business faculty at Virginia Tech. He received his Ph.D. in Management from Arizona State University and his M.B.A. from Louisiana State University.

Chris's research specialties include employee/executive fitness, self-leadership, leadership, group decision-making processes, and self-managing teams. He has authored 5 books, as well as over eighty publications in scholarly journals.

Many major organizations have participated in his management development training. For information, on Chris' management development training workshops and speeches, please visit the SPEECHES section.

Due to Chris' expertise in management, he has been cited in numerous national publications including The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Houston Chronicle, and the Chicago Tribune.

Outside of Chris' professional interests, he is also a dedicated runner and has completed 12 marathons.

For more information about Chris visit the ABOUT section.

Life is about inches

An inch?  A very small distance right?  Place your thumb and your pointer finger a distance apart that represents an inch.   This distance sums it up in terms of the difference between success and failure.  One little inch.  Two days ago I was running on my treadmill and trying to run a marathon (26.2 ...

Chris' latest book, Mastering Self-Leadership: Empowering Yourself for Personal Excellence, 6th edition is available now. This book explores methods for achieving personal goals using self-assessment, self-reward, and self-punishment concepts and exercises. This revision includes a new chapter on Self Leadership within Teams. For more information, please see the BOOKS section.