Ken Blanchard

Chief Spiritual Officer of The Ken Blanchard Companies

With a passion to turn every leader into a servant leader, Ken Blanchard shares his insightful and powerful message with audiences around the world through speeches, consulting services, and bestselling books. Universally characterized by his friends, colleagues, and clients as one of the most influential and compassionate leadership experts in the world, Ken is respected for his lifetime of groundbreaking research and thought leadership. In fact, few people have influenced the day-to-day management of people and companies more than Ken Blanchard. When Ken speaks, he speaks from the heart with warmth and humor. No matter how large the audience, he is able to communicate with each person as if the two of them were alone and talking one on one. Ken is a sophisticated storyteller with a knack for making the seemingly complex easy to understand. Dr. Ken Blanchard is the cofounder and Chief Spiritual Officer of The Ken Blanchard Companies® , an international management training and consulting firm that he and his wife, Margie Blanchard, began in 1979 in San Diego, California. In addition to being a renowned speaker and consultant, Ken is a trustee emeritus of the Board of Trustees at his alma mater, Cornell University, and he also teaches students in the Master of Science in Executive Leadership Program at the University of San Diego. Ken’s impact as an author is far reaching. His iconic 1982 classic, The One Minute Manager® , coauthored with Spencer Johnson, has sold more than 13 million copies and remains on bestseller lists today. In the past three decades he has authored or coauthored 60 books whose combined sales total more than 21 million copies. His groundbreaking works— including Raving Fans, The Secret, and Leading at a Higher Level, to name just a few—have been translated into more than 42 languages. In 2005 Ken was inducted into Amazon’s Hall of Fame as one of the top 25 bestselling authors of all time. Ken has received many awards and honors for his contributions in the fields of management, leadership, and speaking

Craig Weber

Author, Conversational Capacity

Craig Weber helps people and teams improve their performance by treating dialogue as a discipline. He's the author of Conversational Capacity: The Secret To Building Successful Teams That Perform When The Pressure Is On, and its sequel: Influence in Action: How to Build Your Conversational Capacity, Do Meaningful Work, and Make a Powerful Difference (McGraw-Hill, 2019). He's the founder of The Weber Consulting Group - an alliance of experts committed to helping people build more resilient, healthy, and agile organizations. In 2012 he was awarded the prestigious Vistage International Speaker Of The Year Award.

Gil Peretz

TEDx International Speaker, Entrepreneur, Author

Gil has been a professional business speaker for over 25 years. He has delivered more than 3,000 keynote speeches, presentations, and seminars before thousands of people from 46 countries. His client list includes Intel, Microsoft, Motorola, Allergan, Merck, Teva, Citroen, and many more.

Gil is a high-energy speaker with a special ability to bond with his audience. Participants at his lectures feel that he speaks to each and every one of them, individually, as if it were an intimate chat. The participants always leave with ideas for immediate implementation and a sense that they have taken part in a special intellectual and emotional experience.

Rares Manolescu

Regional Partner EMEA & APAC Mojo Moments, Inc

With 25 years of experience and over 15.000 people inspired in more than 35 countries and 6 continents, Rareș is one of the most experienced international facilitators and systemic coaches, with a high level of energy and business knowledge. His systemic coaching perspective of team dynamics and profound understanding of human motivation helps participants become engaged in the learning process, increase their self-awareness and move towards action. Rareș balances his energy between managing Mojo Moments development in Eurasia and his international role of Master Trainer for The Ken Blanchard® Companies and Systemic Business Coach, working with clients from Europe, Middle East, USA, Africa and Asia.

Susan Fowler

Mojo Moments Inc. Founder and Chairman

Susan Fowler has shared her message on optimal motivation, self-leadership, and thriving together in all 50 states and over 40 countries. She teaches at the University of San Diego’s Masters of Science in Executive Leadership and is also coauthor of the bestselling Self Leadership and The One Minute Manager with Ken Blanchard.

In her bestselling book, Why Motivating People Doesn’t Work . . . and What Does, Susan Fowler implored leaders to stop trying to motivate people because it just does not work and aggravates everyone involved. Thanks to this bestseller, translated in over a dozen foreign languages, thousands of managers worldwide have learned how to activate their staff members’ optimal motivation.

Now, with her latest book, Master Your Motivation: Three Scientific Truths for Achieving Your Goals, Susan is on a mission to help individuals master their own motivation, achieve their goals, and flourish as they succeed.

Morgan Pierse

Managing Director of Strategic Results Management Ltd

Morgan Pierse is the Managing Director of Strategic Results Management Ltd. and a Consulting Associate for the Ken Blanchard Companies®. He is a highly respected and experienced management consultant and a leading strategic facilitator, trainer, motivational speaker and executive coach. His philosophy of developing organizations and individuals to reach their full potential is central to his work. He is known for his skills in creating effective team environments, full of humor and sound business fundamentals.

He assists numerous European based multinationals in creating the relevant organizational environment and skills to successfully manage their on-going strategic change initiatives. Through leadership, teams, service and change skills programs, Morgan uses his business knowledge to link learning to real life business impact issues.

Morgan has worked in more than 50 countries and has a deep understanding of both the cultural and geographical complexities of international business.