 Few
people have created a positive impact on the day-to-day management of
people and companies more than Dr. Kenneth Blanchard, who is known around
the world simply as "Ken." A prominent, gregarious, sought-after author,
speaker, and business consultant, Ken is universally characterized by
friends, colleagues, and clients as one of the most insightful, powerful,
and compassionate men in business today.
When Ken speaks, he speaks from the heart
with warmth and humor. His unique gift is to speak to an audience and
communicate with each person as if they were alone together. He is a
polished storyteller with a knack for making the seemingly complex easy to
understand.
Ken's impact as a writer is far reaching.
His phenomenal best-selling book, The One Minute Manager®, coauthored with
Spencer Johnson, has sold more than nine million copies worldwide and has
been translated into more than 25 languages.
Ken is Chairman and Chief Spiritual
Officer of The Ken Blanchard Companies. The organization's focus is to
energize organizations around the world with customized training and
bottom-line business strategies that are based on the simple, yet
powerful, principles inspired by Ken's best-selling books.
Ken is a visiting lecturer at his alma
mater, Cornell University, where he is a trustee emeritus of the Board of
Trustees. His many awards and honors for his contributions in the field of
management and leadership include
1991 National Speakers Association's
highest award, the Council of Peers Award of Excellence 1992 Toastmaster
International's Golden Gavel Award 1992 Training magazine's and Lakewood
Conference's Human Resource Development (HRD) Hall of Fame 1996 The
American Society of Training and Development (ASTD) Distinguished
Contribution to Human Resource Development Award Ken has been a guest on a
number of national television programs, including "Good Morning America"
and "The Today Show," and has been featured in Time, People, U.S. News &
World Report, and a host of other popular publications.
He earned his bachelor's degree in
government and philosophy from Cornell University, his master's degree in
sociology and counseling from Colgate University, and his Ph.D. in
educational administration and leadership from Cornell University.
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