Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Relationomics : Business Powered by Relationships Dr. Randy Ross with a Foreword by Ken Blanchard. Over the years, he has helped his clients completely reinvent their operating systems—the fundamental principles and practices that shape their culture—with extraordinary success. Aaron Dignan.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Since then, he has provided leadership for Corporate Communications, Training and Development, Field Operations, Organizational Effectiveness, and Leadership Development. His eight books, two coauthored with Ken Blanchard, have been translated into more than twenty-five languages.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 4, 2012

On Monday, February 26, Ken Blanchard's and Mark Miller's book, Great Leaders Grow , hits the brick and mortar and online bookstores. In honor of the book release I welcome guest blogger Ken Blanchard. They have first-hand experience with your leadership style and operate on their own perceptions about it.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 6, 2016

He or she is operating on values--they may be different than yours or mine, but they are values nonetheless. Chris has also served as a senior consultant with The Ken Blanchard Companies since 1995. But values are defined as “a person’s principles or standards of behavior; one’s judgment of what is important in life.”

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Since then, he has provided leadership for Corporate Communications, Training and Development, Field Operations, Organizational Effectiveness, and Leadership Development. His eight books, two coauthored with Ken Blanchard, have been translated into more than twenty-five languages.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 19, 2013

Lead by example and let people know that you don''t operate in silos. But if you want to create a more collaborative culture in your organization, decide what’s fair and what’s off-limits and communicate it clearly. Instead, you pitch in when needed and you share your wins - and losses - as a team. Share information appropriately.

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Engaging Leader

OCTOBER 2, 2014

First, they identified the skills that set apart great leaders; this became the topic of the internationally best-selling book The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do, which Mark co-wrote with Ken Blanchard and has just been released in a new 10th anniversary edition. Today he serves as the Vice President for Organizational Effectiveness.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 31, 2018

Mayo and his team focused on two groups – a control group which operated in an unchanging work environment, and a test group which endured the changes to their working conditions, including lighting, such as working hours, rest breaks, food offered during breaks, etc. Get free resources plus weekly updates from Chris by subscribing here.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 3, 2018

Editors Ken Blanchard and Renee Broadwell have collected some good essays on the subject. Ken Blanchard begins by telling us that some people think you can’t lead and serve at the same time. T HROUGH THE PAGES of Servant Leadership in Action , we get a clearer picture of what servant leadership is and isn’t.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 14, 2019

Mark Miller began writing over decade ago when he teamed up with Ken Blanchard on The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do. Since then, he’s provided leadership for Corporate Communications, Field Operations, Quality and Customer Satisfaction, Training and Development, and Organizational Effectiveness.

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QAspire

JANUARY 8, 2014

She is also the co-author, with Ken Blanchard, of an international bestseller “ Full Steam Ahead: Unleash the Power of Vision ”. James is an experienced operations manager who is passionate about improving quality, reduce cost and increase efficiency of operations. James Lawther’s SquawkPoint Blog.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

These connection and observation activities enabled our great bosses to get reliable, valid, accurate information about how the team was operating and how the team was performing, every day. We could see our great bosses’ efforts to ensure they were seeing things “as they were” as opposed to how they assumed things were operating.

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Tim Milburn

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

//NOTE: This is a guest post by Ken Blanchard, author of Great Leaders Grow: Becoming a Leader for Life. They have first-hand experience with your leadership style and operate on their own perceptions about it. Connect with Ken Blanchard on Facebook and follow him on Twitter here and here. Author Bio . No related posts.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 16, 2015

Do they act as committed, responsive members of the executive team to present a united voice on how the organization operates, not just how it performs? Since 1995, Chris has also served as a senior consultant with The Ken Blanchard Companies. His blog posts, podcasts, assessments, research, and videos can be found at [link].

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Tim Milburn

MARCH 7, 2012

If you’ve been operating in a culture in which creativity has not been valued, recognizing creative effort will be even more critical. During his career he has served in corporate communications, restaurant operations, quality and customer satisfaction, and numerous other leadership positions. That’s normal.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

The life cycle of a team is more like the cycle of maturity (dependence, counter dependence, independence, interdependence or some might prefer the Blanchard labels—forming, storming, norming and performing). It is about what they are , not what they do. The focus is on abandoning self-ness to achieve the synergy needed for.

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Nathan Magnuson

MARCH 7, 2016

Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller detail this point in depth in their bestseller The Secret. I value relationships, but during my work day I often operate with an ongoing project plan in my head. A smile says, “I’m happy to see you.” Value Results AND Relationships.

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Tim Milburn

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

//NOTE: This is a guest post by Ken Blanchard, author of Great Leaders Grow: Becoming a Leader for Life. They have first-hand experience with your leadership style and operate on their own perceptions about it. Connect with Ken Blanchard on Facebook and follow him on Twitter here and here. Author Bio . No related posts.

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Tim Milburn

JANUARY 19, 2012

During his career he has served in corporate communications, restaurant operations, quality and customer satisfaction, and numerous other leadership positions. He is the author of The Secret of Teams and the coauthor of The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do with Ken Blanchard.

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Leading with Trust

MAY 22, 2022

As Ken Blanchard and I point out in our new book, Simple Truths of Leadership: 52 Ways to Be a Servant Leader and Build Trust , distrust is not the opposite of trust. Is being in the office a prerequisite for those things to flourish? So, I’m calling B.S. The Opposite of Trust is not Distrust—it’s Control.

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CoachStation

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

It is too easy to get caught up in the operational and tactical aspects of management. 10 Ways Leaders Aren’t Making Time for their Team Members (Infographic): Blanchard LeaderChat. 2) The 1 Factor That Determines How Hard Your Team Works: Blanchard LeadershipChat. (3) It’s trust. What is going well?

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 17, 2016

What are the barriers to responsible freedom in your operation? As Ken Blanchard is fond of saying, it takes catching employees doing things right. It also requires being crystal clear on expectations and providing instructive coaching when well-intentioned employees take actions outside the boundaries of responsible operation.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 9, 2015

In his own words… I began writing over decade ago when I was fortunate to team up with Ken Blanchard on my first book, The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do. Since then I’ve co-authored a second book with Ken, Great Leaders Grow.

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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 1, 2018

If retail operations can more reliably keep their discretionary relationships with people who have to pay for that relationship than we can with our employees, who earn their livelihood with us, we need to take a serious look at how we’re creating the environment for those relationships. appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Defining Leadership Let’s begin with an operating definition of leadership. Other management theorists such as Ken Blanchard focus on leadership as enabling the full potential of subordinates/peers to be contributed to an organization. I consider it to be defining what needs to get done and assuring that it is done.

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Skip Prichard

MARCH 13, 2020

I recently spoke with Olivier Blanchard, one of the co-authors. ” -Olivier Blanchard. Jobs most at risk: machine operators and assemblers, clerical workers, elementary occupations, crafts and related trades. “The best partner for an increasingly better machine is an increasingly better human.”

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 10, 2015

In honor of Ken Blanchard 's and Mark Miller 's book, Great Leaders Grow , I welcome guest blogger Ken Blanchard. How to Evaluate Your Leadership Style By Ken Blanchard, Co-author of Great Leaders Grow: Becoming a Leader for Life Today, I'm going to give a short, one-question quiz. I don't ask this question flippantly.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Ken Blanchard , author of, Great Leaders Grow , shares today's guest post: How to Evaluate Your Leadership Style By Ken Blanchard, Co-author of Great Leaders Grow: Becoming a Leader for Life Today, I'm going to give a short, one-question quiz. Here's the question: How do you rate as a leader? I don't ask this question flippantly.

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Leading with Trust

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Fast-paced, agile work environments require teams to operate virtually around the globe. In 2017, The Ken Blanchard Companies, in partnership with Training Magazine , surveyed 1,300 people about teams and team leadership. Our organizations are made up of teams in all forms—project teams, work groups, executive, and leadership teams.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 20, 2020

In the case of the machine operator, manual labor and routine tasks are most likely to be automated, while management, team-building, employee training and production supervision may now find themselves moved into priority roles. IT managers at these companies aren’t operating the way they were 10 years ago or 5 years ago, or even a year ago.

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Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 24, 2016

The One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard ​ This is one of the top business audiobooks of all time from the world renowned Ken Blanchard. Lead Like Jesus by Ken Blanchard Another audiobook from Mr. Blanchard. Enjoy these top leadership audiobooks! ​ ​1. The Effective Executive by Peter F. ​ 13.

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Experience to Lead

JANUARY 29, 2024

Blanchard LeaderChat Perfect for those seeking diverse, expert insights into leadership and team management from seasoned professionals. The Blanchard LeaderChat podcast is a dynamic and insightful series that brings leadership concepts to life.

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Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Larry : You know, it’s my belief, and it has also been my own experience, that there there is no place that servant-leadership cannot operate. To see that the way they’ve been functioning and operating is not a good way to be in relationship with other people. Have you ever come across an area like that?

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Leading with Trust

DECEMBER 30, 2019

After all, as Trust Practice Leader for The Ken Blanchard Companies , co-author of our Building Trust training program, and author of this blog (not coincidentally named Leading with Trust ), trust is the philosophical foundation of my point of view on leadership and organizational effectiveness. The word I’m choosing for 2020 is trust.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Since that time, he has provided leadership for Corporate Communications, Field Operations, and Quality and Customer Satisfaction, and today [.]. He began his Chick-fil-A career working as an hourly team member in 1977. In 1978, Mark joined the corporate staff working in the warehouse and mailroom.

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Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

She’s an expert in motivation, a bestselling author, and a senior consulting partner for The Ken Blanchard Companies. 3 Needs of Motivation. Susan Fowler is a thought leader on discipline and self-leadership. Her latest book is Master Your Motivation. In it, Susan tackles motivation in a fresh way.

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Leading with Trust

MARCH 28, 2023

They value competence and mastery, and are usually oriented to logic and operating principles that provide long-term results. This post was originally published on Blanchard’s LeaderChat blog. Air pattern – People of the Air pattern tend to be theorists and want to know the theories behind everything before taking action.

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