Career Advancement

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

“The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.” ” ~ Ken Blanchard. After taking on several high-profile projects and solving one major problem that had been troubling her boss, she knew she had met those goals. What should she focus on, now that she’d met those goals?

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Leading with Trust

JULY 10, 2022

Step 1 : Did I set clear goals? All good performance starts with clear goals. That’s one of the key leadership principles Ken Blanchard and I discuss in our recent book, Simple Truths of Leadership: 52 Ways to Be a Servant Leader and Build Trust. Step 4 : Is the employee unclear on goals and expectations?

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Leading with Trust

JANUARY 12, 2020

The Ken Blanchard Companies recently unveiled the results of their 2020 HR Learning and Talent Development Trends Survey. Respondents were asked to identify the most critical leadership skills needed in their organization. Respondents were asked to identify the most critical leadership skills needed in their organization.

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leaderCommunicator

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Welcome to my weekly round-up of top leadership and communication blog posts. They’ll provide you with tips, strategies and thought-starters from many of the smart folks in my network. What were some of the top leadership articles you read this week? So in case you’ve missed them, here is this week’s round-up of top posts.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 25, 2017

Most of the senior leadership teams I work with are teams in name only. They do not have a common purpose or shared values and goals. I engage to help these “groups” create a shared servant purpose and identify their values, strategies, and goals. They’re not partnered with a requirement that they work together.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Welcome to the February 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! ” As I’ve seen in my own leadership journey, that’s often the choice that leads to new and exhilarating paths. Beth recaps, “Beth Beutler refreshes us on an important leadership skill—saying ‘no’ with grace.” Let’s Get Started.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 9, 2016

Chris Edmonds : Why does your leadership team exist? Leadership teams who craft a present day purpose focused on serving others, and clearly outlining desired values, behaviors, strategies and goals via an organizational constitution see results, performance, engagement and service increase by an average of 35% - 40% within 18 months.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 9, 2017

In my previous post , I began the story of how the Leaders Made Here strategy was born. In many organizations who want and need more leaders, the actual working definition of leadership is conspicuous in its absence – there is no clarity on what success looks like. Your goals. Step #2 — Teach It. Obviously not! It depends.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JULY 22, 2013

Vision makes work meaningful and helps us see our commonalities and trust we share the same goals and values. An organization without a clear vision or goals is like a river without banks—it stagnates and goes nowhere,” says Ken Blanchard. Ken Blanchard. Leadership Vision and Strategy Value of Vision Series'

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Career Advancement

MAY 25, 2021

“The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.” ” ~ Ken Blanchard. After taking on several high-profile projects and solving one major problem that had been troubling her boss, she knew she had met those goals. What should she focus on, now that she’d met those goals?

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2015

Below are my top 60 favorite leadership quotes of all time. Leadership is not what you know or who you know, but how to transfer what you know into the hearts and minds of who you know.” – Mike Myatt. “A The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. “The

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JUNE 4, 2012

Leadership is about a journey – where you’re going and your actions along the way. Leadership behaviors include: Challenging the current way of doing things: searching for opportunities and taking risks. Management behaviors include: Goal setting. High performance teams need both management and leadership.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Some leaders focus on interpersonal relationships and skills to build trust, others on vision or chartering, and others on performance goals and workflow. In this piece, I would like to offer you a pathway that shows how to encompass all of the strategies for building and sustaining a High Performing Team. .”

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 1, 2012

Happy New Year, and welcome to the January, 2012 Leadership Development Carnival! This month's edition is a special "Best of 2011" collection of leadership development blog posts from many of our regular Carnival contributors. Sharlyn Lauby, HR Bartender : The Definition of Leadership. This one's been a big hit.". Jennifer V.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 12, 2017

These results occur at organizations that institute an organizational constitution (which includes your team’s servant purpose, values and behaviors, strategies, and goals). Chris has also served as a senior consultant with The Ken Blanchard Companies since 1995.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 24, 2017

When it comes to leadership, there are many facets that we examine and explore in our drive to learn how we can succeed in leading our team and organization. Indeed, a recent study by The Ken Blanchard Group found that more than 80% of leaders don’t listen to their employees.

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Modern Servant Leader

JULY 2, 2024

Servant Leadership Library of Books What are the Best Books About Servant Leadership? This collection of books is a compilation of both servant-leadership focused texts as well as books on other, closely related topics, that pair well with servant-leadership.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 29, 2015

They must design their desired culture through an organizational constitution , which specifies their team or department or company’s present day purpose, values and behaviors, strategies, and goals. Chris has also served as a senior consultant with The Ken Blanchard Companies since 1995.

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

For myself, this September also marks a special milestone in my writing career – specifically, it marks the one-year anniversary of the launch of my first leadership book, “ Leadership Vertigo ”.

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Leading with Trust

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Our organizations are made up of teams in all forms—project teams, work groups, executive, and leadership teams. Teams are not just a nice-to-have perk; they’re a major strategy for getting work done. In 2017, The Ken Blanchard Companies, in partnership with Training Magazine , surveyed 1,300 people about teams and team leadership.

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CO2

APRIL 20, 2012

14 Fascinating Theories from Leadership Studies. If you’ve never delved into the field of leadership studies as a businessperson or college student , you really should. Taking a look at trait theory, you’ll see that it is in many ways related to Great Man Theory when it comes to understanding leadership. TRAIT THEORY.

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Leading with Trust

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

You’re attending a conference to discuss the most important leadership issues of the day, and 96% of the attendees agree that one specific topic needs to be a high priority in relation to all their other business priorities. It’s not like other business strategies that have a beginning, middle, and end.

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Modern Servant Leader

JANUARY 15, 2015

Are you looking for the top leadership experts to follow in 2015? Maybe you need a leadership development expert or public speaker. Whether you need a leadership and management expert for yourself or your team, you’ll find someone great below. of the Center for the Development of Evangelical Leadership @GCTS_Charlotte.

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Leading with Trust

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

That’s simple truth #46 in my book, Simple Truths of Leadership: 52 Ways to Be a Servant Leader and Build Trust , co-written with Ken Blanchard. Here are six leadership principles to consider as you look to leverage the power of choice: 1. “People don’t resist change; they resist being controlled.”. Principles of Choice.

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 19, 2010

These are the people who have worked smart and hard to achieve a goal. Filed under: Leadership Tagged: | champions , feedback , listening , process , success « Book Review: Here Comes Everybody Commitment » Like Be the first to like this post. You receive power from eating. They work together.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 25, 2012

They define a team as “a small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable.” Having customers consistently be raving fans of the company’s service is certainly a challenging and lofty goal. About the Author.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

So with apologies to those who don't share this passion, I present to you the September 2012 Leadership Development Carnival, NFL Kick-off Edition. I asked each leadership blogger to give me their favorite NFL team. The five suggestions I put forward in this post have leadership as the core, though I don’t dwell on leadership per se.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JULY 13, 2009

To achieve its goals and remain competitive, the organization must maximize on the capability and knowledge of its people. And, while on this topic, the leader must also: Be Clear about Performance Goals and Expected Accomplishments Ken Blanchard has some ideas about maximizing individual performance. I think he’s right.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 19, 2013

The key to providing consistent value, despite the obstacles you will inevitably encounter, is to build a culture of collaboration where everyone''s goal is to delight the customers and ensure their swift return. Here are some strategies you can employ to jumpstart the process: Establish high standards for communication. Marketing'

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You're Not the Boss of Me

MAY 16, 2010

Feedback is the breakfast of Champions” or so says Ken Blanchard. Thanks again for coming by and adding great value to the post Reply Leave a Reply Cancel reply Quote of the Week The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. → Like Be the first to like this post.

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