News stories from The Ken Blanchard Companies in 2013

Top Awards’ Win for Ken Blanchard Companies’ New SLII® Experience

The Ken Blanchard Companies | 09 Dec 2013

Despite having been on the market for just weeks, The Ken Blanchard Companies’ new SLII® Experience leadership programme has already scooped two top awards: a Gold MarCom Award and a Bronze Best in Biz award. The SLII Experience is an innovative new format for Blanchard’s Situational Leadership® II (SLII) programme, introduced to provide a fast-paced, results-focused learning experience where participants exercise their new skills in the classroom and leave prepared to immediately lead differently.

The Ken Blanchard Companies announces major new learning design for Situational Leadership II – The SLII Experience

The Ken Blanchard Companies | 11 Nov 2013

For nearly 30 years Situational Leadership® II (SLII®) has been the world’s most widely taught leadership model, relied upon by some of the best global organisations. Now, its creators The Ken Blanchard Companies have launched the new ‘SLII® Experience,’ a results-focused, interactive learning module using apps, games and virtual learning design options as well as fast-paced classroom training.

Tackling the Dysfunctionally Connected Workplace

The Ken Blanchard Companies | 12 Sep 2013

61% of working people own a smart phone. Technically, we are more able to connect than ever before but, according to research by The Ken Blanchard Companies, more than 80% of leaders don’t listen and 82% never praise, redirect, or give appropriate feedback to their colleagues. 64% wish they could talk to their boss about problems with their colleagues, but only 8% actually do. The alarming truth is that our human connections in the workplace are alarmingly dysfunctional.

Managers Wait Ten Years for Leadership Training

The Ken Blanchard Companies | 22 Apr 2013

The average age of a manager when they first receive leadership training is 42, yet they become a manager, on average, aged 33. Meanwhile, less than ten percent of employees under the age of 30 are provided the opportunity to participate in leadership development.

How to Do Still More with Less

The Ken Blanchard Companies | 09 Apr 2013

The Ken Blanchard Companies is hosting a webinar on 24 April for those managers feeling stressed and struggling to cope at work. While it might seem impossible to do even more with less, there are still ways to meet increasing expectations in a time of diminished resources.