Albertus Magnus College Professor Celebrates New Leadership Book
Dr. Howard Fero Shares Practical Strategies for Individual, Team, and Organizational Success
Dr. Howard Fero
New Haven, Conn., October 3, 2024 – Move over telecommunications— 5G no longer just relates to the newest technology standard for high-speed internet and cellular connections.
Albertus Magnus College professor, Dr. Howard Fero, Director of the College’s Master of Science in Management and Organizational Leadership program, has released his latest book, Leadership in 5G: Practical Strategies for Individual, Team, and Organizational Success. This new release distills more than 20 years of leadership development expertise and transforms his knowledge into a potent formula designed to cultivate and empower both emerging and seasoned leaders.
What are the 5Gs? They are a set of strategic tools that delve into self-awareness, effective communication, understanding teams, equipping teams for success, and knowing when to step back.
More specifically the 5Gs are:
- Get Up
- Get Out There
- Get to Know Your People
- Give Them What They Need
- Get Out of the Way
With a Ph.D. in Organizational behavior, Dr. Fero is known for empowering leaders with practical insights and powerful stories through his books, keynote speeches, workshops, consulting, executive coaching, and in his role directing the Master of Science of Management and Organizational Leadership (MSMOL) at Albertus Magnus College. The Albertus MSMOL is a forward-thinking program designed to equip a new generation of diverse and ethical leaders with the practical skills needed to succeed in a rapidly changing business landscape. The program emphasizes leadership as a relational process that values inclusion, purpose, and shared vision, while also encouraging students to adopt a service-oriented approach rooted in trust and ethical behavior.
Through this program, students not only gain a master's degree, but also the confidence and drive to become leaders and team members who can inspire and collaborate with others to achieve success. By cultivating a diverse and multi-generational workforce, this program cultivates today's leaders to become stronger, more focused, and more effective for their organizations.
Dr. Fero, The Leadership Doc, has transformed leaders across business, non-profits, government, and law enforcement for more than two decades. He is also the co-author of, Lead Me Out to the Ballgame: Stories and Strategies to Develop Major League Leadership, which offers leadership strategies based on more than 100 interviews with Major League Baseball players and managers. Dr. Fero is active in many organizations and serves on the Board of Directors of Homes for the Brave. To learn more about Dr. Fero and his work please go to www.theleadershipdoc.com. His latest book is available on Amazon.
About Albertus Magnus College
Founded in 1925, Albertus is a coeducational Catholic College in the Dominican tradition. Albertus' values- and liberal arts-based education is recognized by external rankings such as US News & World Report, Money, and The New York Times, and has been named a Top 10 Military Friendly School. For ten consecutive years, at least 95% of Albertus graduates have attained employment or gone on to graduate studies within six months of completing their degrees. The College has an enrollment of approximately 1,300 students across its traditional undergraduate, accelerated adult undergraduate, and graduate program levels. Proud to enroll a student body where nearly half of its undergraduate students receive Federal Pell Grants and are first-generation college goers, Albertus is known for its innovative curricular offerings, recently launching new Bachelor's degree programs in Nursing, including BSN and Connecticut's first LPN-to-BSN; General Health Sciences; Interdisciplinary Studies; and Public Health.
Among its graduate offerings is the State of Connecticut's only Master of Arts in Art Therapy and Counseling program, and it is just one of three schools to offer a Master of Science in Human Services. In 2025-26, Albertus is celebrating its historic 100th Anniversary and completing implementation of the Albertus 2025: Lighting the Way to a Second Century strategic plan, with a bold vision to "be a destination liberal arts-based college, distinguished in its interdisciplinary and experiential approach to education, rooted in Dominican values, that prepares students for lifelong civic engagement and success." To learn more, please visit albertus.edu.