An emerging concept from the field of business is to manage organizations by wandering around and engaging staff and consumers in informal interactions. The author extends these ideas to settings serving children and youth. In the best seller, In Search of Excellence, Peters and Waterman (1982) introduced Management by Walking Around (MBWA) as an organizational philosophy for corporate executives. Hewlett-Packard advocated Management by Wandering Around as a major aspect of the HP Way. Getting managers out of their corporate offices was promoted as a leadership style intended for managers to connect with, communicate with, and relate to all levels of employees. Peters and Waterman went on to suggest that excellent companies were significantly different from less excellent companies, because they promoted such interactive, informal communication networks within their organizations.