Our Mission
Manion & Associates specializes in organizational and professional development issues. Our mission is to help our clients - whether individuals, teams, or organizations - be successful discovering and developing their highest potential. We do this by offering high impact interventions for achieving desirable outcomes.
Dynamic, Inspiring Keynotes & Workshops
- Creating a Positive Workplace: It's In Our Hands
- The Joy of Work! Connecting to Our Passion
- Hope: A Crucial Element of Leadership
- Flourishing During Challenging Times
- Taming the Toxicity: Reversing Negativity
- The Bounce-Back Factor: Developing Resiliency During Tumultuous Times
Brought Back in 2012
Dynamic, High Impact Webinars
Join Dr. Manion for one of her live, high impact webinars. These are offered as a series around a specialized topic or as individual, stand-alone topics on timely current issues. Dr. Manion's dynamic presentation style, combined with a practical, down-to-earth approach to issues results in ideas you can take back and begin applying immediately. These sessions are a wonderful, cost-effective alternative that eliminates the need for travel expenses and excessive time-away from the working setting.

"I've been a training & development professional for over 15 years and it's rare, and a joy, to come across someone with the talent that Jo Manion exhibits in both teleconferences and face-to-face. Jo possesses a depth and breadth of knowledge in all subject matters she presents. I often say trainers are the most difficult to train but Jo had my rapt attention from the start. In short, she's an expert in both understanding healthcare institutions and how to mold theory into practice to offer best practice solutions for her audience. Take the above with a great sense of humor, patience, and passion for her work, and I would say you have one of the best!"
- Holly McGurdy, Employee & Training Development Specialist, SUNY Upstate Medical University
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Latest Publications
Manion, J. "The Challenges and Rewards of an Intergenerational Workforce", VOICE of Nursing Leadership, July 2010, pp. 8-10.
Muha, T. & J. Manion "Using Positive Psychology to Engage Your Staff During Difficult Times" Nurse Leader, February 2010
Manion, J. & T. Muha "Flourishing in Difficult Times" H&HN Online. December 8, 2009.
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The Engaged Workforce is a best-selling book full of practical ideas and evidence-based information for health care leaders about how to create a positive work environment, even during today's challenging times.