Charles Blanchard
Get beyond trite buzzwords and superficial slogans to achieve a new clarity of thought leading to vastly more effective management, operations, and overall productivity and mission excellence for your business, non-profit, and civic or faith-based group.
Innovation: it's really not optional (see Darwin on dinosaurs, or ask a buggy whip manufacturer, if you can find one). Same with creativity - with it you stand a chance of leading the pack, without it you're condemned to perennially play catch-up with the competition. And if employees (and managers) aren't eager to get to work every day, and if how they work is not highly effective in every way ... well, we'll examine motivation and methodology from a totally unique perspective.
Way too many employees are fundamentally dissatisfied with their jobs. And approximately half of all new businesses go bankrupt in five years or less (two-thirds in ten years). Clearly, two of the biggest challenges that organizations face are: (1) how to create a culture that brings out the absolute best in people, allowing them to flourish both individually and as a team; and (2) how to design and implement an optimal system for success, one where investment in time and resources results in the highest returns possible. Both scenarios absolutely require extreme leadership and personal accountability – at all levels. And succeeding in today's complex society calls for an exceptional skillset including creativity, innovation, discipline, 'best practice' for acquiring mastery, and perhaps most important: genuinely collaborative people skills and a holistic, optimistic world-view– without which all the tools and technology in the world won't be of any assistance.
"Technology doesn't solve humanity's problems. It was always naïve to think so."
SUNDAR PICHAI (CEO, Google LLC)
"Technique should create itself from spirit, not mechanics."
FRANZ LISZT 1811-1886 (Greatest Pianist in History)
History's great musical artists - Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Rachmaninoff ... we treasure their life's work even after the passing of centuries. They achieved a standard so high it is yet to be exceeded and there are specific reasons for that monumental success. Their astonishing masterpieces emanated from a dynamic combination of vision, innovation, expert applied methodology and character ethic. The super-achievers of classical music history had a system for success and we can model it, with powerful results, in all walks of life.
Please contact me with your speaking requirements. I'd be thrilled to craft a unique personalized presentation for your event. Thank you.
Charles Blanchard is an accomplished concert pianist and award-winning composer, with performances in Germany, Mexico, and the United States. In addition, he is the author of the Amazon best-seller Positive Piano - History's Greatest Pianists On How To Succeed Wildly In Life. Compiled from original 19th century sources including diaries and thousands of letters it's a fascinating new look at the life philosophy and success strategies of great keyboard artists of the past. His fifteen years of experience as an engineering project manager at the Northrup Grumman Corp and the US Department of Defense uniquely qualify him to apply the music creativity metaphor to today's critical business and organizational issues. A graduate of the University of Virginia and now based in Phoenix, Arizona, he enlightens and entertains diverse audiences around the country.
Get beyond trite buzzwords and superficial slogans to achieve a new clarity of thought leading to vastly more effective management, operations, and overall productivity and mission excellence for your business, non-profit, and civic or faith-based group.
Innovation: it's really not optional (see Darwin on dinosaurs, or ask a buggy whip manufacturer, if you can find one). Same with creativity - with it you stand a chance of leading the pack, without it you're condemned to perennially play catch-up with the competition. And if employees (and managers) aren't eager to get to work every day, and if how they work is not highly effective in every way ... well, we'll examine motivation and methodology from a totally unique perspective.
Way too many employees are fundamentally dissatisfied with their jobs. And approximately half of all new businesses go bankrupt in five years or less (two-thirds in ten years). Clearly, two of the biggest challenges that organizations face are: (1) how to create a culture that brings out the absolute best in people, allowing them to flourish both individually and as a team; and (2) how to design and implement an optimal system for success, one where investment in time and resources results in the highest returns possible. Both scenarios absolutely require extreme leadership and personal accountability – at all levels. And succeeding in today's complex society calls for an exceptional skillset including creativity, innovation, discipline, 'best practice' for acquiring mastery, and perhaps most important: genuinely collaborative people skills and a holistic, optimistic world-view– without which all the tools and technology in the world won't be of any assistance.
"Technology doesn't solve humanity's problems. It was always naïve to think so."
SUNDAR PICHAI (CEO, Google LLC)
"Technique should create itself from spirit, not mechanics."
FRANZ LISZT 1811-1886 (Greatest Pianist in History)
History's great musical artists - Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Rachmaninoff ... we treasure their life's work even after the passing of centuries. They achieved a standard so high it is yet to be exceeded and there are specific reasons for that monumental success. Their astonishing masterpieces emanated from a dynamic combination of vision, innovation, expert applied methodology and character ethic. The super-achievers of classical music history had a system for success and we can model it, with powerful results, in all walks of life.
Please contact me with your speaking requirements. I'd be thrilled to craft a unique personalized presentation for your event. Thank you.
Charles Blanchard is an accomplished concert pianist and award-winning composer, with performances in Germany, Mexico, and the United States. In addition, he is the author of the Amazon best-seller Positive Piano - History's Greatest Pianists On How To Succeed Wildly In Life. Compiled from original 19th century sources including diaries and thousands of letters it's a fascinating new look at the life philosophy and success strategies of great keyboard artists of the past. His fifteen years of experience as an engineering project manager at the Northrup Grumman Corp and the US Department of Defense uniquely qualify him to apply the music creativity metaphor to today's critical business and organizational issues. A graduate of the University of Virginia and now based in Phoenix, Arizona, he enlightens and entertains diverse audiences around the country.
Your Unique Life - Composing a Masterpiece
40-50 mins.
Orchestrating Success
An in-depth workshop with your managers, supervisors and other key employees, analyzing your organizational goals and workflows in detail and discovering creative new ways to spark increased innovation, teamwork, and productivity. 4-6 hours
Win Audiences and Impress Impresarios
Practicing and applying People Skills for increased collaboration, productivity, and life satisfaction. Timeless principles, with humorous examples from the history of Classical Music. 60 -120 mins.
Event Entertainment
Uniquely enjoyable entertainment show for your corporate and organizational event. Charles Blanchard performs the world's most beautiful piano music and relates humorous anecdotes from the lives of the great composers. 50-60 mins.
