About Us
FOUNDING ASSOCIATES
The Ken Blanchard Companies® was founded by a group of divergent thought leaders with a common dream: to create an organization that creates opportunity, to make a difference for people and organizations, and to enjoy the journey. Each has devoted their professional life to the research and development of value-driven training solutions for individuals, teams, and organizations. In addition to their legacy of thought leadership this group has written and published over 30 best-selling books.Their spirit, talent, and desire has helped The Ken Blanchard Companies® to become one of the most innovative and respected training and development organizations in the world.
![]() | Ken Blanchard is Chief Spiritual Officer of The Ken Blanchard Companies®, an international management training and consulting firm that he and his wife, Dr. Marjorie Blanchard, founded in 1979 in San Diego, California. |
![]() | Margie Blanchard heads the firm’s unique Office of the Future—a think tank charged with shaping the future of both the training industry and the company. |
![]() | Don Carew is a coauthor of the Building High Performing Teams® product line and has coauthored with Ken Blanchard two best-selling team books The One Minute Manager Builds High Performing Teams and High Five! |
![]() | Eunice Parisi-Carew is a senior researcher for the Office of the Future. She is also cocreator of the Building High Performing Teams® product line, and coauthor of The One Minute Manager Builds High Performing Teams, and High Five! |
![]() | Fred Finch is the coauthor of Blanchard's newly revised Situational Frontline Leadership program and coauthor of Customer Mania!™ with Ken Blanchard. |
![]() | Laurence Hawkins is coauthor of Situational Self Leadership, a Blanchard program that focuses on empowerment, and coauthor of Self Leadership and The One Minute Manager®. |
![]() | Drea Zigarmi is coauthor of Leadership and the One Minute Manager, Blanchard's popular Situational Leadership® II program, and the widely used Leader Behavior Analysis instrument. |
![]() | Pat Zigarmi serves as Vice President of Business Development, and is coauthor of Leadership and the One Minute Manager and Blanchard's popular Situational Leadership® II program. |







