This October Blanchard is celebrating the 45th anniversary of our creation as a company in 1979. What a privilege it has been these past four-and-a-half decades to serve so many extraordinary clients, and to empower so many people to sharpen their skills and lead with love! Blanchard’s Beginnings Like many of the best things in life, the […]
Celebrating the Amazing Women Who Helped Build Our Company
March is Women’s History Month, a time when our nation spotlights women’s contributions to history, culture, and society. My daughter-in-law recently wondered why, when they make up half the population, we are still talking about women as if they are a different species from men. I see her point, but I look at Women’s History […]
Margie—The Woman Beside Me
In honor of Women’s History Month, I’m going to write about Margie—my brilliant, beautiful wife of nearly 62 years. The old saying “Behind every successful man is a woman” is untrue in our case. Margie was never behind me—she has always been right beside me as my partner in life. I wouldn’t be anywhere without […]
Celebrate Your People as They Come Back to the Workplace
It was a long time coming! When California dropped most of its COVID restrictions, our company decided to have a celebration at our corporate headquarters here in Escondido. We wanted to bring everybody—over 100 people—back together for three reasons: First and foremost, everyone, everywhere, has been through a pretty rough 15 months. We wanted to […]
A Message from an Associate
On my 80th birthday this month, I left the company a morning email message—as I’ve done almost every day for more than 20 years—sharing my thoughts about entering my ninth decade. Some people have asked me if it’s a burden to come up with a morning message every day. It really isn’t, because it keeps me […]
Breakfast with the Ancestors
This past weekend my wife Margie and I participated in a fun event we call Breakfast with the Ancestors. Margie made a couple of egg casseroles, our friend Mike baked some banana bread, and we took our feast out to a little cemetery at the end of the lake. It all started many years ago […]