Blanchard Named Top-20 Leadership Company by TrainingIndustry.com
CARY, NC. (January 28, 2010) ‐ As part of its commitment to continuously monitor the training marketplace for the best providers and services, TrainingIndustry.com has released its 2010 Top 20 Leadership Training Companies List. This first annual list joins Training Industry’s current roster of top provider lists, designed to help arm buy‐side organizations in their searches for the right training partners.
Click here to View the Top 20 Leadership Training Companies
Selection of the Top 20 Leadership Training Companies was based on the following criteria:
- Thought leadership and influence on the leadership training industry
- Industry recognition and innovation
- Breadth of programs offered and audiences served
- Delivery methods utilized
- Company size and growth potential
- Strength of clients
- Geographic reach
- Experience in serving the market
“Leadership Training represents one of the broadest content segments of the training industry,” said Ken Taylor, Chief Operating Officer of Training Industry, Inc. “Our list of Top 20 companies highlights the best in class organizations focused on the leadership skills critical to driving business performance.” “TrainingIndustry.com’s review committee worked to ensure a comprehensive view of the Leadership Training sector to include companies that demonstrate superior capabilities in the customized design, delivery and methodology,” said Doug Harward, Chief Executive Officer of Training Industry, Inc. “Our Top 20 companies represent more than $600 million in 2009 revenue from this multi‐billion dollar segment of the training industry.”
As part of its ongoing process to serve the needs of training leaders and professionals, TrainingIndustry.com also will announce it first segment “Watch List” in the coming weeks. By reviewing the overwhelming numbers of application surveys and company interviews, the selection committee uncovered a number of exciting and innovative companies that are beginning to solidify their places in the leadership training marketplace. Stay tuned for more on that list. The 2010 Top 20 Leadership Training Companies list is intended to help buyers of training services evaluate leadership training providers.
Training Industry, Inc. Contacts:
Ken Taylor, COO 919.653.4992
ktaylor@trainingindustry.com
Erin Miller, Marketing Manager 919.653.4986
emiller@trainingindustry.com
Blanchard Media Contact:
Wendy Wong, Vice President of Marketing and Director of Media Relations, +1 760 233 6710
Email: wendy.wong@kenblanchard.com
About The Ken Blanchard Companies:
With over three decades of helping leaders and organizations, more than 18 million books in print, programs offered in more than 12 languages and clients across six continents, The Ken Blanchard Companies® is recognized as one of the world’s leading training and development experts.
Our groundbreaking thinking and memorable learner experiences create lasting behavioral change that has measurable impact on the organizations with which we work—companies that wish to develop leadership capacity, improve workplace cultures, drive organizational change and strategic alignment, and become high performing organizations. Using a collaborative diagnostic process we help identify each organization’s unique needs and business issues, and then help to develop an appropriate leadership strategy to drive results and profits.
As the innovator of Situational Leadership® II—the most widely used leadership development system in the world—our behavioral models add a situational context to the training experience so individuals learn to be more productive in real-world scenarios and make the shift from learning to doing more quickly and effectively. Learning takes place through both instructor-led and virtual experiences offered by our worldwide network of consulting partners, trainers, and coaches. To learn more, visit www.kenblanchard.com.