Ken Blanchard, the author of the 12 million-selling One Minute Manager (co-authored with Spencer Johnson), will speak live at a full-day event in Manama, in the Kingdom of Bahrain, on March 21, 2007.
The event is the first in the Gulf from Global Leaders, the organisers of international thought leadership programmes.
In a highly competitive world, an enterprise's ability to survive and thrive depends on its people, says Dr Blanchard. The cost of employee turnover is more than $5 trillion in the US alone: so how can business leaders focus on attracting and retaining key talent?
Blanchard answers: "The reality is: people don't leave organisations, they leave managers. People are much less likely to leave prematurely and voluntarily if they are learning, recognised individually, valued and appreciated, building a career toward their dreams, and part of something that is valuable to their organisation and society."
At the event, entitled Leading at a Higher Level, Dr Blanchard will be focusing on staff retention, team integration, leading a team and motivation, and his programme will explore the five fundamental ways a manager leads through service.
These five ways are:
- See the Future
- Engage and Develop Others
- Reinvent Continuously
- Value Results and Relationships
- Embody the Values
Tina Schneidermann, president of Global Leaders, said: "Few people have impacted the day-to-day management of people and companies more than Ken Blanchard.
"A prominent, gregarious, sought after author, speaker, and business consultant, he is universally recognised as insightful, powerful, and compassionate."
Dr Blanchard has just completed a year-long study, including a literature review of hundreds of studies from 1980 through 2005, on the Leadership-Profit Chain, which revealed some real connections between leadership effectiveness, employee passion, customer devotion, and organisational vitality.
The results of this research will be covered in the interactive full-day session, as well as newly published material from his book Leading at a Higher Level and content from his previous bestsellers The One Minute Manager, Raving Fans, Gung Ho!, Big Bucks!, and High Five!
DATE & VENUE
Ken Blanchard: Leading at a Higher Level
March 21, 2007
The Diplomat Radisson SAS Hotel, Bahrain
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In 2006, the team held 16 public events in 6 countries, with speakers including: Robert Kaplan, Philip Kotler, Martin Lindstrom, Tom Peters, Carly Fiorina, Ken Blanchard, Michael Porter, Deepak Chopra, Dave Ulrich, Rudy Giuiliani, Hernando de Soto, Clayton Christensen, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Scott Bedbury, and Dan Pink. www.globalleadersevents.com
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION
Global Leaders, 21st Floor,
Almoayyed Tower,
Seef District, PO Box 18259,
Manama,
Kingdom of Bahrain.
Tel: +973 17 566739,
fax: +973 17 567901.
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MEDIA INFORMATION
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Kirstie Hepburn
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