Ken Blanchard, HELPING PEOPLE WIN AT WORK; THE ONE MINUTE MANAGER author: Mr. Media Radio Interview

Management consultant Ken Blanchard has one minute to manage Mr. Media! Tune in to see if he can do it!

In this tough economy, companies need to do whatever they can to succeed, and that means helping employees to be their best by doing their best. Is there anything companies do to ensure that this happens? Is there a system they can follow? The answer is “yes.”

The answer comes in WD-40’s system, “Partnering for Performance,” built on principles introduced by the legendary Ken Blanchard and his colleagues. In Helping People Win at Work: A Business Philosophy Called “Don’t Mark My Paper, Help Me Get An A” (FT Press), Blanchard and WD-40 Company CEO Garry Ridge show exactly how they put those principles to work. The book reveals the obstacles they needed to overcome, the techniques used to overcome those obstacles, and the remarkable results they have achieved. Even more valuable, Blanchard and Ridge present specific, hard-won lessons any company can use to improve performance and employee engagement at the same time.

Since implementing Blanchard’s approach to performance management, WD-40 Company’s capital value has nearly doubled – and, with sales per employee of $1.1 million, they’ve accomplished this with exceptional efficiency. What’s more, the company’s 2008 surveys found 94% of its people say they are “fully engaged” in their work. This statistic is even more striking in context: Gallup’s recent research finds that only 29% of employees elsewhere say they’re actively engaged at work.

Blanchard is perhaps best-known as the author of The One Minute Manager.