Kenneth Blanchard Ph D. - Biography

Coauthor, The One Minute Manager®

Few people have impacted the day-to-day management of people and companies more than Ken Blanchard. A prominent, gregarious, sought-after author, speaker, and business consultant, Ken is universally characterized by friends, colleagues, and clients alike 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 the heart of 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. From the phenomenal
best-selling book, The One Minute Manager®, coauthored with Spencer Johnson, which has sold more than ten million copies worldwide and is still on best seller lists, to his current trilogy of books coauthored with Sheldon Bowles, Raving Fans, Gung Ho!®, and Big Bucks®. And his book on spirituality in the workplace, Leadership by the Book, coauthored with Phil Hodges and Bill Hybels, is giving new meaning to "servant leadership." Ken's list of 18 books, including 5 more within the One Minute Manager Library, continue in the forefront on where we need to go to help people be the best that they can be.

Dr. Blanchard has received several awards and honors for his
contributions in the field of management, leadership, and speaking. In 1991, the National Speakers Association awarded him its highest honor, the "Council of Peers Award of Excellence." In 1992, Dr. Blanchard was inducted into the HRD Hall of Fame by Training magazine and Lakewood Conferences, and he also received the 1992 Golden Gavel Award from Toastmasters International. In 1996, Ken received the Distinguished Contribution to Human Resource Development Award from the American Society of Training and Development.