CharterX - The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) is pleased to welcome world-renowned leadership expert and one of the top 25 best-selling authors of all time, Dr. Ken Blanchard, as a keynote speaker at NBAA's 19th Annual Leadership Conference, February 23 to 24, 2011, in San Diego, CA.

"We are delighted that Dr. Blanchard will join us for our 2011 Leadership Conference," said NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen. "He is well-known as an author, speaker and business consultant on management and leadership of organizations, and truly embodies the conference theme, ‘Engaging Leadership.’”

Blanchard is the cofounder, along with his wife, Margie Blanchard, of

The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com - Skaneateles, NY--Ken Blanchard wants to turn traditional leadership on its head.

“Leadership is really the area I’m really excited about. I think the world is in desperate need for a new leadership model,” he told 80 people at a business luncheon at The Lodge at Welch Allyn in Skaneateles this morning.

Blanchard was invited to speak by the Manufacturers Association of Central New York, which has begun to offer training in Situational Leadership, a leadership method he developed in the 1960s.Leadership is one of the great challenges currently facing business, said MACNY President Randall Wolken, in his remarks introducing Blanchard.

Blanchard is an

Christian Post - USA - John C. Maxwell, a former pastor and best-selling author, topped the world's Most Influential Leadership Gurus list.

Excluding political and military leaders, Leadership Gurus International and the public ranked Maxwell number one among the top 30 "gurus" from around the world. The list focused on those practitioners who develop and instill leadership in others.

"Driven by his passion for leadership and joy of adding value to others, John C. Maxwell has spent decades researching and studying leadership and communicating his insights across the globe. Drawing upon his wealth of knowledge and experience he is leadership's foremost expert and best-selling author," according to

Blogger News Network - USA - Dr Ken Blanchard, the best-selling business writer and management guru has told business leaders meeting in London that making as much money as possible should not be their only objective. Speaking at the European Customer Management World conference he also challenged stock market investors to stick with businesses for the long term rather than looking to make a quick buck, and revealed he prays for figures such as Martha Stewart and Donald Trump because “business isn’t just about the next conquest, but about having a good heart and being generous with your time and your talents.”

Dr Blanchard, best known as