Holly Green

Biography

Holly is the CEO and Managing Director of THE HUMAN FACTOR, Inc. Ms. Green has more than 20 years of executive level and operations experience in FORTUNE 100, entrepreneurial, and management consulting organizations. She was previously President of The Ken Blanchard Companies, a global consulting and training organization as well as LumMed, Inc. a biotech start up. She has a broad background in strategic planning, organization design and development, process improvement, and leadership assessment and development. She has been responsible for and successfully designed and built the necessary infrastructure in several organizations. Experiences include working as both an internal and an external resource for multinational corporations including The Coca-Cola Company, AT&T, Dell Computer, Bass Hotels & Resorts, QUALCOMM, Expedia, Inc., Celanese, RealNetworks, Inc., Microsoft and Google. Holly is known as someone who gets things done and has led turnarounds as well as hyper growth organizations.

With a proven track record of value-added delivery and as a sought-after speaker and consultant, she has received national recognition. Holly conducts more than 50 workshops annually for Vistage, the worlds` largest CEO membership organization. She was recently awarded her second speaker of the year award. She is also a frequent keynote speaker for numerous corporate and professional associations. Her recently published top selling book, More Than A Minute: How To Be An Effective Leader & Manager In Today`s Changing World (Career Press, September 2008, www.MoreThanaMinute.com ) lends voice to her corporate experience and goes beyond the theory of leading and managing by providing practical action oriented information to those aspiring for greatness in business. Holly also recently co-founded the Management Development Institute, offering a comprehensive certificate program in management through San Diego State University.

Holly graduated Summa cum laude with her Bachelor`s degree in behavioral sciences and with Distinction with her Master of Science degree in organization development from American University in Washington, D.C. She also has her Senior Professional Human Resources (SPHR), Change Management and Total Quality Management certifications. She is currently on the staff at Webster University and teaches courses in the graduate program. Holly also teaches for the University of California San Diego, Rady School of Management in the executive education program and at the University of San Diego in the Leading Strategically program.

Holly is a board member of Total Training, Inc., KBM Facility Solutions, and serves on the Speaker Advisory Board for Vistage International. She is a member of the Corporate Director`s Forum and has served in numerous company and not for profit organizations. She is an active member of the Chairmen`s Roundtable, a nonprofit organization of senior executives providing pro bono strategic advice to mid-sized businesses and serves as a mentor in California State University`s Center for Leadership and Mentoring.

Publications

More Than a Minute provides a refreshing look at the original "secrets" of effective managers explored in The One Minute Manager more than 25 years ago. It offers up-to-date methods and practices to prompt the thinking required to address today`s challenges. Unlike many other management books, it is based on time-proven practices and actual business applications used by companies around the globe. More Than a Minute is written by a practitioner. As president of The Ken Blanchard Companies, Holly Green worked closely with Ken, co-author of The One Minute Manager. But much has changed since that book was published ... and More Than a Minute is the title today`s managers desperately need.

Titles

Overwhelmed by Complexity? Get Rid of Strategic Planning & Get Agile
You can`t afford the high cost of "do-overs" or the higher costs of doing nothing. Complexity is escalating, change is nonstop, and just running (not necessarily in the right direction) has become commonplace. You have to embrace ambiguity, make disruptive choices, challenge assumptions, reinvent customer relationships, and build operating dexterity all while informing, inspiring and engaging your organization. Holly will share with you how to master complexity and get agile.

Are You Swift?
Can you move fast with focus and flexibility in today`s rapidly changing environment? Or do you constantly struggle just to keep up? Using ideas, tools, and techniques from her best-selling book, More Than A Minute: How to Be An Effective Leader and Manager in Today`s Changing World, Holly reveals counterintuitive insights that market leaders use. Holly will show you how to get crystal clear on winning, define what you need to do to get there, and how to pause and focus on the right things.

Reboot & Reload: Think Differently, Innovate & Win
Your biggest threat today may not be new technologies, changing markets or unseen competitors. It`s what you are absolutely, positively sure is so. In today`s world, unlearning has become just as important as learning. Uncover the "thought bubbles" floating around in your head that keep you stuck in the past and learn how to trigger your brain to increase innovation so you keep winning. Holly will teach you how to think differently day to day to innovate AND stay focused to get the results you want.