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Poet, lecturer, and management consultant James A. Autry was born in Memphis, Tennessee. Mr. Autry grew up in Benton County, Mississippi, and received a B.A. degree in journalism from the University of Mississippi where he was later named a Distinguished Alumnus and elected to the Alumni Hall of Fame. A former president of the Meredith Corporation’s Magazine Group, publisher of such magazines as Better Homes and Gardens, Ladies’ Home Journal, and Successful Farming, James Autry took an early retirement to focus more on his present career as speaker and management consultant.
Consultant James Autry focuses on creating a workplace environment, or culture, in which people can find balance and become highly productive while sharing in the rewards. Mr. Autry emphasizes not just professional and financial rewards, but also the psychological, emotional and spiritual rewards of a job well done. James Autry uses his own experience and many years of research to help today's leaders, managers and employees find balance to allow their workplace and company to soar.
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James Autry has published ten books, two of which are volumes of poetry. In 1991, the Kentucky Poetry Review published a special issue devoted to James Autry’s poetry, and he received national prominence as one of the poets featured on Bill Moyers’ special series The Power of the Word on PBS.
Nonfiction books by James Autry include Love and Profit: The Art of Caring Leadership, which helped to establish a new genre of management and leadership books dealing with more than standard business-school teachings; Life and Work: A Manager’s Search for Meaning, which uses essays, poetry, and letters to his children as a means of focusing on the challenges faced by business managers; and Confessions of an Accidental Businessman: It Takes a Lifetime to Find Wisdom, a blend of candid autobiography and practical and realistic lessons in management and leadership.
James Autry's most recent books are The Book of Hard Choices: How to Make the Right Decisions at Work and Keep Your Self-Respect , which he co-wrote with Peter Roy, and Looking Around for God: The Oddly Reverent Observations of an Unconventional Christian.
James Autry and his wife, Sally Pederson (who until recently was lieutenant governor of Iowa), live in Des Moines, Iowa.
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