Eiichiro Oda began his manga career at the age of 17, when his one-shot cowboy manga Wanted! won second place in the coveted Tezuka manga awards. Oda went on to work as an assistant to some of the biggest manga artists in the industry, including Nobuhiro Watsuki, before winning the Hop Step Award for new artists. His pirate adventure One Piece, which debuted in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in 1997, quickly became one of the most popular manga in Japan."Tony Alessandra has a streetwise, college-smart perspective on business, having realized success as a former graduate professor of marketing, Internet entrepreneur, business author, and keynote speaker. He is the author of seventeen books,… including Charisma and The Platinum Rule.
Jeffrey Glanz, Ed.D., currently serves as Dean of Graduate Programs and Chair of the Department of Education at Wagner College in Staten Island, New York.nbsp; He also coordinates the educational leadership program that leads to New York State certification as a principal and assistant principal.nbsp; Prior to arriving at Wagner, he served as executive assistant to the president of Kean University in Union, New Jersey.nbsp; Dr. Glanz held faculty status as a tenured professor in the Department of Instruction and Educational Leadership at Kean Universitys College of Education.nbsp; He was named Graduate Teacher of the Year in 1999 by the Student Graduate Association and was also that years… recipient of the Presidential Award for Outstanding Scholarship.nbsp; He served as an administrator and teacher in the New York City public schools for 20 years.nbsp; Dr. Glanz has authored, co-authored, and co-edited 13 books and has over 35 peer-reviewed article publications.nbsp; With Corwin Press he co-authored the best-selling Supervision That Improves Teaching (2nd ed.), Supervision in Practice: Three Steps to Improve Teaching and Learning, authored The Assistant Principals Handbook and Teaching 101: Strategies for the Beginning Teacher, and more recently co-authored Building Learning Communities Through Collaborative Strategies, Learning & Leadership Styles. nbsp;Most recently, Dr. Glanz has authored the What Every Principal Should Know About Leadership: The 7 Book Collection:nbsp;What Every Principal Should Know About Instructional Leadership,nbsp;What Every Principal Should Know About Cultural Leadership, What Every Principal Should Know About Ethical and Spiritual Leadership, What Every Principal Should Know About School-Community Leadership, What Every Principal Should Know About Collaborative Leadership, What Every Principal Should Know About Operational Leadership, What Every Principal Should Know About Strategic Leadership. Consult his web site for additional information: http://www.wagner.edu/faculty/users/jglanz/web/.