TOP 50 MANAGEMENT GURUS WORTH FOLLOWING ON TWITTER

Individual Gurus

1. Chris Abraham: Chris is an expert in social media and digital PR and president of Abraham Harrison, LLC.
2. Daniel Ariely: A psychology professor who focuses on behavioral economics at Duke University and a founding member of the Center for Advanced Hindsight (MIT).
3. Ken Blanchard: Ken is a speaker, business guru and author of over 50 books, including The One Minute Manager.
4. Stephen R. Covey: Steven is the author of the international bestseller, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
5. Peter Drucker: A well-known management thinker, Peter Drucker is the premier business consultant mind of our times.
6. Cornelius Fichtner: Cornelius is a project manager, PMP trainer, host of The PM Podcast, public speaker and a “gummi bear addict.”
7. Umair Haque: Umair Haque is Director of the Havas Media Lab and author of The New Capitalist Manifesto: Building a Disruptively Better Business.
8. Alexandra L Harris: Follow Alexandra for insights into the Delphi Leadership Institute’s inspirational leadership education and research.
9. Joan Henshaw: Joan is a managing employee performance coach who helps business owners and managers improve employee performance.
10. Roberta Hill: Roberta is a global leadership OD change consultant, master certified coach and assessment guru.
11. John C Maxwell: John is a bestselling author and speaker on leadership with over 220,000 followers.
12. Mike Morrison: Mike is a training, L&D, coaching and OD professional out of London, with over 12,000 followers.
13. Josh Nankivel: Josh is helping new and aspiring project managers reach their career goals including gaining experience, education, PMP certification, and more.
14. Tom Peters: Tom is a noted author, speaker and “professional agitator.”
15. Daniel Pink: Daniel is the author of Drive, A Whole New Mind, The Adventures of Johnny Bunko and Free Agent Nation.
16. Michael E. Porter: Porter is Bishop William Lawrence University Professor at Harvard Business School and director, Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness.
17. Fiona Talbot: Fiona helps companies and their leaders across the globe with her word power expertise, book series and e-support.
18. Mark Walsh: Mark, an “embodied training manager with over 17,000 followers,” offers useful, funny and challenging Tweets about HR, leadership, stress, time management, team building and communication.
19. Daniel K Wentzel: With over 35,000 followers, Daniel has made his mark as a skills development coach for management and ICT systems.
20. Mary Wilson: Mary is a career coach, HR/OD consultant and trainer, “working to make the world a better place.”

Organizations and Institutions

21. AMA: American Management Association is the world leader in management development, advancing your skills to boost your business success.
22. APM Project Management: This is the professional body for the project management industry in the UK.
23. CIPD: The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development is Europe’s largest HR & development professional body.
24. Common Purpose: This registered charity runs leadership development courses internationally from the UK.
25. Ethical Corporation: Nick Johnson and Toby Webb Tweet about CSR, sustainability and anti-corruption opinion, news and events from the UK.
26. Leadership Institute: The Leadership Institute trains and places conservatives in politics, government and media and, in the process, hopes to increase the effectiveness of conservative activists.
27. Management Tip: Get quick and practical management tips and ideas from Harvard Business Review.
28. PMI: With over half a million members and credential holders in over 170 countries, Project Management Institute is the leading membership association for the project management profession.
29. Project Management: Integrated Process Developers, Inc. offers project management tips, training and networking.
30. TED News: Get your fill of all the news from leaders at TED, including TED Talks, TED Conferences, the TED Prize and more.
31. The Fraser Institute: This is the account for Canada’s leading public policy think tank and its commumnications department.

Guru Tools

32. Blanchard LeaderChat: Program director, David Witt, compiles this conversation for the Ken Blanchard Companies.
33. Business Wire: Monika Maeckle, VP/New Media and Amy Yen, Marketing Specialist are helping BW celebrate its 50th year as the global leader in press release distribution.
34. ExecTweets: Follow the top business executives on Twitter, thanks to Microsoft.
35. Focus: Focus is an online resource where professionals can freely access the research and expert advice they need to make better business decisions.
36. HBR Exchange: Engage with business pros throughout the Twitterverse — create, debate and foster cutting-edge ideas through a service provided by Harvard Business Review.
37. India Chief Mentor: Although the focus is on India, management and leaders might enjoy the startup questions and answers at this account based upon the Wall Street Journal blog.
38. MeetTheBoss.Tv: Become the complete executive with exclusive video and audio lessons from the world’s most innovative and influential business leaders.
39. OPEN Forum: This is the official American Express OPEN Twitter account, where you can tap into the collective ingenuity of other business owners.
40. Team Builders Plus: Team Builders Plus leads engaging team building and leadership development sessions.
41. Twitter Business: Get great management and leadership ideas from this account, designed for business, community groups, government organizations and schools.

Publication Gurus

42. Businessweek: Bloomberg BusinessWeek stories and blog posts on business, finance, technology and more.
43. Fast Company: Fast Company empowers innovators to challenge convention and create the future of business.
44. Guardian Business: Latest financial, market and economic news and analysis from the Guardian’s business desk.
45. McGraw-Hill Business: Global publishers of content for professionals in finance, marketing, six sigma, quality and management.
46. McKinsey Quarterly: The goal is to offer new ways of thinking about management in the private, public and nonprofit sectors.
47. New Business Books: Tweets about new business book releases on the day of their publication.
48. NYT Small Business: A place where small-business owners can compare notes, ask questions, get advice, and learn from each other’s mistakes.
49. The Economist: Official site for The Economist. Follow for article postings, updates and events.
50. WSJ Business: The Wall Street Journal provides timely business news coverage.