Peter Economy

Summary

Peter Economy is co-author of Why Aren't You Your Own Boss? (with America's self-employment experts Paul & Sarah Edwards, Prima, 2003), Raising Capital For Dummies (with Joseph Bartlett, partner at Morrison & Foerster, John Wiley & Sons, 2002) and Strategic Tools for Social Entrepreneurs: Enhancing the Performance of Your Enterprising Nonprofit (with Greg Dees and Jed Emerson, John Wiley & Sons, 2002). And let's not forget Leadership Ensemble: Lessons in Collaborative Management from the World's Only Conductorless Orchestra (with Harvey Seifter, former executive director of Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Times Books/Henry Holt Company, 2001) and Enterprising Nonprofits: A Toolkit for Social Entrepreneurs (with Greg Dees, and Jed Emerson, John Wiley & Sons, 2001). Oh, yeah. And Peter is also co-author of At the Helm: Business Lessons for Navigating Rough Waters (with two-time America's Cup winner Peter Isler, Doubleday, 2000), Home-Based Business For Dummies (with Paul & Sarah Edwards, John Wiley & Sons, 2000), The Complete MBA For Dummies (with USC Marshall School of Business Professor of Clinical Entrepreneurship Kathleen Allen, John Wiley & Sons, 2000), and the best-selling books Consulting For Dummies (with Bob Nelson, John Wiley & Sons, 1997) and Managing For Dummies 2nd Edition (with rewards and recognition guru Bob Nelson, John Wiley & Sons, 1996 & 2003), 17 languages (including Bulgarian and Lithuanian!), more than 300,000 copies sold worldwide. Eons ago, Peter also co-authored Better Business Meetings (with Bob Nelson, Irwin, 1994) and authored Business Negotiating Basics (Irwin, 1993) and Negotiating to Win (Scott Foresman, 1991). And, in his spare time, Peter assisted Bob Nelson with his books 1001 Ways to Take Initiative at Work (Workman, 1999), 1001 Ways to Energize Employees (Workman, 1997), and his college textbook collaboration with Ken Blanchard, Exploring the World of Business (Worth, 1996). Specialties: Peter Economy is is a full-time, professional author, and Associate Editor for the award-winning magazine Leader to Leader, a past Consulting Editor for Bob Nelson's Rewarding Employees, and columnist for 1099 magazine. Peter has a bachelor of arts degree with majors in economics and human biology from Stanford University and is currently pursuing MBA studies at the Edinburgh Business School.