Prolific Business Author, Including The One Minute Manager

An Evening With Ken Blanchard

Few people have impacted the day-to-day management of people and companies more than Ken Blanchard. A gregarious, prominent and sought-after author, speaker, and business consultant, Ken is co-chairman and chief spiritual officer of The Ken Blanchard Companies, and author of more than thirty books, sixteen of which are best-sellers, including the classic business tome, The One Minute Manager. His most recent release is Self Leadership and The One Minute Manager.

The One Minute Manager (1982), which has sold millions of copies and has been translated into more than 25 languages is perhaps the top-selling business book of all time, and it solidified Blanchard's position as America's leading business guru. Management of Organizational Behavior, the textbook Ken co-wrote with Dr. Paul Hersey, has become a classic and is now in its seventh edition. In 1996 Blanchard co-authored Exploring the World of Business, a college text that is used in Introduction to Business courses all over the country. His prolific career as an author makes him uniquely qualified to inspire, instruct and incite positive change across the business spectrum.

Blanchard is chairman of Blanchard Training and Development, Inc., a full-service management consulting and training company which he co-founded in 1979 with his wife Marjorie. He is also a visiting lecturer at Cornell University, where he is a Trustee Emeritus. Blanchard 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 has his own newsletter, Profiles of Success, and is a contributing editor to Executive Excellence newsletter and Positive Living magazine.

Blanchard earned his B.A. in government and philosophy from Cornell University, his M.A. in sociology and counseling from Colgate University, and his Ph.D. in educational administration and leadership from Cornell University.