Scott Blanchard is Principal and Executive Vice President of Client Solutions for The Ken Blanchard Companies, the company co-founded by his father, best-selling business author Ken Blanchard. An accomplished author in his own right (coauthor of Leverage Your Best, Ditch the Rest and Leading at a Higher Level), Scott represents the next generation of pioneering thought leadership on management issues. He is the coauthor of Blanchard’s newest training program, The First-time Manager which teaches the essential skills that every new manager must master to succeed in the workplace.