Kenneth H. Blanchard - One minute mentoring : how to find and work with a mentor--and why youll benefit from being one

As we said in the introduction, successful people do not reach their goals alone. Over the course of our lives weve had some great mentors.

Ken would like to acknowledge and give praise to some of his key mentors:

Norman Vincent Peale, for teaching him what true faith was all about; Paul Hersey, for encouraging him to write; Warren Ramshaw and Don McCarty, for guiding him through his graduate studies; Ted and Dorothy Blanchard, for teaching him about love and serving others; Sandy Blanchard, for compelling him to always be his best; Scott and Debbie Blanchard, for teaching him about his leadership and how he can help people win; Paul Ryan, for pushing him to be his best through basketball; Tony Robbins, for teaching him about the power of your mind and the thoughts you put into it; Pat Lencioni, Tommy Spaulding, and Jon Gordon, for being open to Kens experience and wisdom and in the process teaching him what they had learned.

Claire would like to acknowledge and give praise to:

Laura Selznick and Carolyn Springer, who walked her through the early years of finding her place in a world of opportunities; Pamela Hartigan, Sammy Ikua, Sally Osberg, Jeff Skoll, and John Wood, who served as guiding lights on the road to social entrepreneurship; Biz Stone and the team at Twitter, for opening the doors to Silicon Valley and teaching her about a then-new world; Bob Goff, Nancy Duarte, Adam Grant, Pam Slim, and Greg McKeown, for setting purposeful entrepreneurial examples to lean into; Anne Lamott, Martha Lawrence, and Don Miller, for thoughts on writing, near and far; Ken Blanchard, for teaching her what it means to serve others with your own success; Barbara and Lance Williams, for many things, but mostly, the burritos.

Wed also like to thank our editors, Henry Ferris, Martha Lawrence, and Renee Broadwell; our agents, Richard Andrews and Esther Fedorkevich; Alais L. M. Griffin, general counsel at Big Brothers Big Sisters of America; Margery Allen, Kens executive assistant, right arm and truth teller; and all the sharp-eyed readers at the Skaneateles Country Club.

Finally, wed like to thank our spouses, Margie Blanchard and Jose Diaz-Ortiz, for always being there for us.

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Ken Blanchard , one of the most influential leadership experts in the world, is the coauthor of the iconic best seller The One Minute Manager and 60 other books whose combined sales total more than 21 million copies. His groundbreaking works have been translated into more than 27 languages, and in 2005 he was inducted into Amazons Hall of Fame as one of the top 25 best-selling authors of all time.

Dr. Ken Blanchard is also 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 also cofounder of Lead Like Jesus, a worldwide organization committed to helping people become servant leaders. He occasionally serves as a visiting lecturer at his alma mater, Cornell University, where he is a trustee emeritus of the Board of Trustees.

In addition to appearing in major television and print news sources such as the Today show, BusinessWeek, the Wall Street Journal, and many others, Ken has received numerous awards and honors for his contributions in the fields of management, leadership, and speaking. The National Speakers Association awarded him its highest honor, the Council of Peers Award of Excellence. He was inducted into the HRD Hall of Fame by Training magazine and Lakewood Conferences, and he received the Golden Gavel Award from Toastmasters International. Ken also received the Thought Leadership Award for continued support of work-related learning and performance by ISAThe Association of Learning Providers.

When hes not writing or speaking, Ken teaches students in the Master of Science in Executive Leadership Program at the University of San Diego.

Born in New Jersey and raised in New York, Ken received a masters degree from Colgate University and a bachelors and PhD from Cornell University.

Ken can be found at www.kenblanchardbooks.com or via @kenblanchard on Twitter.

Claire Diaz-Ortiz is an author, speaker, and technology innovator who has been named one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company . Claire was an early employee at Twitter, where she spent five and a half years.

In Claires time at Twitter, she was called everything from The Woman Who Got the Pope on Twitter ( Wired ) and Twitters Pontiff Recruitment Chief ( The Washington Post ) to a Force for Good ( Forbes ) and One of the Most Generous People in Social Media ( Fast Company ).