A DREAM TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

• The Founding Associates (Ken Blanchard, Fred Finch, Pat Zigarmi, Don Carew, Drea Zigarmi, Eunice Parisi-Carew, Margie Blanchard and Laurie Hawkins) are formally named and acknowledged for the creation of the company and its intellectual property starting in 1979 and before. It was a bond of friendship, wanting to work with people we loved to make a difference, an idealistic sense that we could challenge conventional business wisdom by working with friends and relatives with a goal to make a more just and equitable world. 
• Blanchard incorporates formally as Blanchard Training and Development, Inc.

• Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson meet at a party and begin collaboration on The One Minute Manager
• The One Minute Manager is self-published and sells 100,000 copies in its first year
• Key clients for the year include Holiday Inn, Humana, and members of the Young Presidents Organization

• Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson appear on the Today Show
• The One Minute Manager is published by William Morrow
• Key clients for the year include Burger King, Chevron, and Lockheed

• Situational Leadership^® II (SLII^®) is introduced based on new research and becomes our flagship offering
• Leadership and the One Minute Manager is published by William Morrow, highlighting new research from Blanchard
• Corning Glass, Nissan, and PG&E become key clients

Situational Leadership^®  is a trademark of Leadership Studies, Inc., dba The Center for Leadership Studies.

• Ken Blanchard and Norman Vincent Peale publish The Power of Ethical Management
• Key clients for the year include AT&T, Autozone, Intercontinental Hotels, and McDonnell Douglas Helicopters

• The One Minute Manager Builds High Performing Teams is published and becomes the catalyst for Blanchard’s comprehensive team building program
• Key clients include GE Information Services, Hershey Foods, and Nestlé

• Blanchard expands its footprint into Canada and establishes new Canadian headquarters
• Blanchard launches Self Leadership, a program that empowers individual contributors to become self leaders
• Creating Your Organization’s Future program is introduced, bringing Blanchard into the mission, vision, and values space
• Dow Chemical, Glaxo, IBM, BellSouth, and State Farm join Blanchard’s client roster

• The Ken Blanchard Companies opens a wholly-owned office in the UK, marking the beginning of a European hub
• Blanchard officially changes its name from Blanchard Training and Development to The Ken Blanchard Companies
• Key clients for the year include Merck, Pfizer, Caterpillar, Cargill, Gap, and GM

• Coaching.com, Blanchard’s full service coaching practice and website, opens for business
• Amgen, Eli Lilly, and TJX become key clients
• Blanchard enters the digital world with its release of SLII^® 2000 on CDROM

• Ken Blanchard is inducted into Amazon.com Hall of Fame as a distinguished author
• Product development kicks into high gear as Blanchard introduces several new products
• Our Frontline Leadership program is named one of the Top 10 Products of the Year by Training Magazine
• Our Team Leadership program, an evolution of the previously launched Building High Performing Teams, is introduced
• Coaching Essentials for Leaders becomes a product offshoot of Coaching.com

• 25 years of research, development and thought leadership at The Ken Blanchard Companies culminates in the publication of Leading At A Higher Level—the definitive guide for leaders
• San Diego Magazine names The Ken Blanchard Companies as one of the Best Places to Work
• ELearning Magazine recognizes The Ken Blanchard Companies in the “Best of Leadership Content” category

• Retail giant Kohl's Corporation recognizes The Ken Blanchard Companies as its Human Resources Partner of the Year
• New skill-building modules including Listening, Giving Feedback, and Challenging Conversations are introduced to deepen the application of SLII
• Legendary Service is launched

• Blanchard expands its footprint into Asia
• The Ken Blanchard Companies is named Business of the Year by the ISA Association of Learning Providers
• Blanchard named to Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies
• Blanchard expands its academic influence with publication of research into the factors that influence Employee Work Passion

• Blanchard named a Top 20 Leadership Company by TrainingIndustry.com
• Blanchard purchases TrustWorks
• Blanchard receives a Best of ELearning award for Best Leadership Training Program

• Blanchard debuts Blanchard Certified, an online, self-paced leadership development program
• Blanchard named a Top 20 Leadership Company by TrainingIndustry.com for second year
• Blanchard wins “Best in Show" at ASTD International Conference

• Blanchard wins “Best in Show” for second consecutive year at ASTD International Conference
• Blanchard introduces Optimal Motivation, a groundbreaking new process for helping leaders to bring out the best in their people
• Blanchard launches the Blanchard Trainer Network – an online support community for trainers
• Ken Blanchard is honored as a First Generation Legend by the ISA Association of Learning Providers

• Blanchard introduces The SLII Experience, a game changing new approach to leadership development and instructional design
• Blanchard Certified wins Stevie Award
• Blanchard Certified renamed Blanchard Online Learning
• The Ken Blanchard Companies is selected as the #1 Union Tribune San Diego’s Top Workplaces in the medium-size business category
• Blanchard continues to expand in Asia by adding direct sales in Hong Kong

• Three new books are released: The New One Minute Manager (with Spencer Johnson), Collaboration Begins with You (with Jane Ripley and Eunice Parisi-Carew), and Refire! Don’t Retire (with Morton Shaevitz)
• Blanchard is named one of the Best Places to Work and ranked the #1 Executive Training Company by San Diego Business Journal
• Blanchard is named a Top 20 Leadership Training Company by Trainingindustry.com
• Blanchard is ranked #9 Leadership Partner and Provider in the Leadership 500 Awards by HR.com

• Blanchard is selected as a Learning Provider of the Year Finalist by Learning and Performance Institute (UK)
• Blanchard releases First-time Manager, a training program for new managers based on the best-selling business book The New One Minute Manager
• Blanchard receives a Silver Stevie in International Business Awards for First-time Manager Program—Best New Product or Service of the Year
• Blanchard is named a 2016 Top Workplace by The San Diego Union Tribune

• Blanchard releases new version of Self Leadership, a training program based on the best-selling business book Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager
• Blanchard receives a Bronze Stevie in International Business Awards for Self Leadership - Best New Product or Service of the Year
• Blanchard expands its Asia-Pacific footprint into South Korea, Malaysia, and Thailand
• Blanchard named a Top 20 Leadership Company by TrainingIndustry.com for eighth year
• Blanchard is named a 2017 Top Workplace by The San Diego Union Tribune

• Blanchard^® is named a Top 20 Leadership Training Company for the ninth year in a row
• Blanchard releases newly revised Legendary Service^® program
• Legendary Service^® Program Wins Stevie^® Award for Best New Service of the Year
• The San Diego Union-Tribune Names Blanchard a Winner of the San Diego Top Workplaces Awards

• Blanchard^® is named Top 20 Leadership Training Company for the tenth year in a row
• Blanchard releases newly revised Team Leadership program that teaches leaders how to successfully lead, grow, and sustain high-performance teams
• The San Diego Union-Tribune Names Blanchard one of San Diego’s Top Workplaces

• Blanchard releases a new program, Conversational Capacity^®, that teaches how to have balanced dialogue about difficult subjects
• Leading People Through Change^® Program is revised and updated with new model, all new videos, and engaging activities
• Blanchard enhances digital offerings with Leader of Self and Leader of Others Digital Learning Journeys, and the KenBot^™ for SLII^®
• Blanchard enters into technology partnerships with MindTickle, Degreed, Jenson8, and Circles