GREAT
MANAGERS
AREN’T
BORN,

THEY’RE
TRAINED

Training 150,000 Great Managers Year After Year

At The Ken Blanchard Companies, we train the world’s best managers. We provide the most widely-used training programs and services for leadership and management development, delivering real ROI for your training investment.

Situational Leadership® II

Teach your managers the importance of using the right leadership style to help accelerate the growth of their team members.

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FIRST-TIME MANAGER

Start your new managers on the right track by providing them with the leadership skills required to become effective managers.

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SELF Leadership

Empower all your employees to become self-leaders who take responsibility and ownership for accomplishing their goals.

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Why Do You Need
great Managers?

Managers are the driving force of your company. They hold an essential, central role…ensuring operational success across the organization.

Managers have to translate the strategic vision and goals of senior leaders into operational plans for their teams. They need to know how to engage and empower their employees to achieve results. Finally, they need to further the development of their people to ensure the long-term success of the company and establish its future leadership.

BOTTOM LINE
If you don’t have great managers, you’ve got a serious problem. Poor managers cost time, talent, and money for your organization.
“7 Ways Poor Managers are Costing Your Company Money”

Great managers

change everything

Create a PASSIONATE, PRODUCTIVE WORKFORCE

Great managers know how to motivate and inspire their team members, bringing them together around a shared vision and goals.

DRIVE RESULTS

Great managers lead to increased employee engagement and retention, improved productivity, and better bottom-line results.

Build a GREAT PLACE TO WORK

Great managers establish a culture centered on trust, collaboration, and continuous learning, helping you attract and retain the best talent.

OUR GLOBAL CLIENTS

“Since we’ve been delivering training in Situational Leadership® II and Building Trust from Blanchard, we’ve seen a tremendous impact on our company culture and bottom line results. ”

Garry Ridge, CEO, WD-40 Company
Management Skills Training Client WD40

“Our long, trusted partnership with The Ken Blanchard Companies has allowed us to make transformational changes that keep us competitive in the ever changing telecom industry.”

Charl Cuyler, General Manager, Talent and Learning, MTN Group-South Africa
Management Skills Training Client MTN

“Partnering with Blanchard has allowed Medifast California to nourish a culture of empowered people who have the skills to generate life-changing results for themselves and those we serve.”

Amy Pittman, People Operations and Training Manager, Medifast California
Management Skills Training Client Medifast

“We know that providing our managers with effective leadership skills is the key to organizational success. The training from Blanchard builds more than business skills—it builds life skills.”

Kristin Brookins Costello, Chief Administrative Officer, Karl Strauss Brewing Company
Leadership Development Training Client Karl Strauss

“Ken Blanchard taught me that in order to create loyal customers a company must have highly engaged and competent teammates and that leadership is the key to sustainable success.”

Joel Rood, President/Global Oil & Gas and Industrial Equipment, LORD Corporation
Leadership Development Training Client Lord

“Continuous improvement for our internal processes is ongoing. The Ken Blanchard Companies have provided us with a methodology to continuously improve our people. Nothing short of outstanding!”

Marty Jakosa, Manager, Human Resources and Organizational Development, Foster Farms
Leadership Development Client Foster Farms
- Garry Ridge, CEO, WD-40 Company

HOW WE Partner WITH YOU

You tell us your most critical challenges and then we work to design a plan that achieves success in those areas, helping you each step of the way.

Meet Our
Founder

Ken Blanchard has uniquely influenced the day-to-day management of people and companies throughout the world. He is a prominent author, speaker, and business consultant, admired for his groundbreaking research and thought leadership.

Meet Ken

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