Michael D. Watkins is a Canadian-born author of books on

leadership Leadership, both as a research area and as a practical skill, encompasses the ability of an individual, group or organization to "lead", influence or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations. The word "leadership" often gets view ...

and

negotiation Negotiation is a dialogue between two or more people or parties to reach the desired outcome regarding one or more issues of conflict. It is an interaction between entities who aspire to agree on matters of mutual interest. The agreement c ...

. He is the Professor of Leadership and Organizational Change at the

International Institute for Management Development International Institute for Management Development (IMD) is a private business school in Lausanne, Switzerland specializes in executive education offering open enrollment programs for senior executives, as well as longer-term educational engage ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

Education and career

Watkins studied electrical engineering at the

University of Waterloo The University of Waterloo (UWaterloo, UW, or Waterloo) is a public research university with a main campus in Waterloo, Ontario Waterloo is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is one of three cities in the Regional Municipality ...

and business and law at the

University of Western Ontario The University of Western Ontario (UWO), also known as Western University or Western, is a Public university, public research university in London, Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land, surrounded by resident ...

. He has a PhD in

decision science Decision theory (or the theory of choice; not to be confused with choice theory) is a branch of applied probability theory concerned with the theory of making decisions based on assigning probabilities to various factors and assigning numerical ...

from

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

. Watkins became an associate professor at

Harvard Business School Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate business school of Harvard University, a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. It is consistently ranked among the top business schools in the world and offers a large full-time MBA p ...

before moving to the International Institute for Management Development.

Bibliography

*''Breakthrough International Negotiation: How Great Negotiators Transformed the World's Toughest Post-Cold War Conflicts'' (with Susan Rosegrant, Jossey-Bass, 2001) *''Breakthrough Business Negotiation: A Toolbox for Managers'' (Wiley, 2002) *''Winning the Influence Game: What Every Business Leader Should Know about Government'' (with Mickey Edwards and Usha Thakrar, Wiley, 2002) *''The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter'' (Harvard Business School Press, 2003; 2nd ed., Harvard Business Review Press, 2013) *''Right from the Start: Taking Charge in a New Leadership Role'' (with Dan Ciampa, Harvard Business School Press, 2005) *''Case Studies in U.S. Trade Negotiation'' (with Charan Devereaux and Robert Z. Lawrence, Institute for International Economics, 2006) *''The First 90 Days in Government: Critical Success Strategies for New Public Managers at All Levels'' (with Peter H. Daly and Cate Reavis, Harvard Business School Press, 2006) *''Shaping the Game: The New Leader's Guide to Effective Negotiating'' (Harvard Business School Press, 2006) *''Predictable Surprises: The Disasters You Should Have Seen Coming, and how to Prevent Them'' (with Max H. Bazerman, Harvard Business School Press, 2008)Reviews of ''Predictable Surprises'': * * * * * *''Your Next Move: The Leader's Guide to Navigating Major Career Transitions'' (Harvard Business Press, 2009) *''Master Your Next Move: Proven Strategies for Navigating the First 90 Days'' (Harvard Business Press, 2019)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Watkins, Michael Living people Canadian male non-fiction writers Leadership scholars Negotiation scholars Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Canadian non-fiction writers Canadian expatriates in France Harvard Business School faculty Canadian expatriates in the United States University of Waterloo alumni University of Western Ontario alumni Harvard University alumni