The Leadership Opportunity

by Blanchard, Ken

• ISBN13: 9781605096810
• ISBN10: 1605096814
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-09-28
• Publisher: Ingram Pub Services

Summary

The Secretintroduced people around the world to a profound yet seemingly contradictory concept: to lead is to serve.The Secretrs"sprotagonist, Debbie Brewster, led her team to success by adopting a servant leadership point of view. This sequel toThe Secretfinds Debbie newly promoted to Director of Leadership Development. She soon discovers that, over time, winning organizations are not those with just a single leader. Rather, they are the companies, schools, hospitals, military agencies, and non-profit organizations that have moved beyond leadership singular to leadership plural: cultures that identify, nurture, and create many leaders. Debbie finds that what her organization really needs is not a program for leadership development, but a culture that produces leaders throughout the business. Drawing on global best practices and hard-won experience, Debbie and her staff refine five simple ideas that, when executed, create the leaders their business needs to succeed financially, socially, and environmentally.A Leadership Opportunityis for any leader in any organization that needs more and better leaders faster. Its blueprint for culture transformation is a simple yet revolutionary path to sustainable achievement.

Author Biography

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.

Mark Miller
Mark Miller began his Chick-fil-A career working as an hourly team member at the company’s Southlake Mall location in 1977.  In 1978, Mark joined the corporate staff working in the warehouse and mailroom.  Since that time, Mark has held several leadership positions.  He has served in Corporate Communications, Field Operations, and Quality & Customer Satisfaction.  Today, he is the Vice President, Training & Development.  He is also a member of the Operations Council, and the Strategic Planning Team for Chick-fil-A, Inc.

When not working to sell more chicken, Mark is active in supporting his local church and building the church around the world.  He has taught on numerous occasions in Asia, Africa, India, Europe, the former Soviet Union, Central America, and all across North America.  Mark is a frequent teacher for the Willow Creek Association.  He has also taught for the International Mission Board, and the International Bible Society.  Mark is currently partnering with John Maxwell and EQUIP to train one million Christian leaders in the international community.  Mark teaches on a wide array of topics including: Leadership, Creativity, Team Building, and Evangelism.