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Ken Blanchard; Few people have impacted the day - to - day management of people and companies more than Ken Blanchard. A prominent author' speaker' and business consultant' Ken is 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. 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 bestselling book' The One Minute Manager' coauthored with Spencer Johnson' has sold more than ten million copies worldwide and is still on bestseller lists. The One Minute Manager has been translated into more than 25 languages and is regarded as one of the most successful business books of all time. Ken 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 Ken was inducted into the HRD Hall of Fame by Training Magazine and Lakewood Conferences and received the 1992 Golden Gavel Award for Toastmasters International. In 1996 Ken received the Distinguished Contribution to Human Resource Development Award from ASTD. Ken is chief spiritual officer of The Ken Blanchard Companies' formerly Blanchard Training and Development' Inc.' which he and his wife' Dr. Marjorie Blanchard' founded in 1979 in San Diego' California. The Ken Blanchard Companies provides expertise in organizational change management through training programs and processes' seminars' and consulting. Ken is also a visiting lecturer at his alma mater' Cornell University' where he is a trustee emeritus of the Board of Trustees. Alan Randolph is an internationally known management educator and consultant. He is best known for his work in leadership' project management and empowerment' having consulted a;