Ken Blanchard Quotes - Page 3

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• The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision.

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  Leadership, Helping Others, People

  Ken Blanchard, Garry Ridge (2013). “Improve Your Career Performance (Collection)”, p.53, FT Press

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• [Marriage is] like signing a 356-page contract without knowing what's in it.

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  Wisdom, Knowledge, Knowing

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• Leadership is anytime you seek to influence the thinking, behavior, or development of others.

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  Inspiring, Leadership, Thinking

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• If you want to know why your people are not performing well, step up to the mirror and take a peek.

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  Smart, Mirrors, People

  Ken Blanchard (2010). “The Heart of a Leader”, p.52, David C Cook

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• Vision is a lot more than putting a plaque on the wall. A real vision is lived, not framed.

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  Wall, Real, Vision

  Ken Blanchard, Jesse Stoner (2011). “Full Steam Ahead!: Unleash the Power of Vision in Your Work and Your Life”, p.122, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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• Everyone knows that not all change is good or even necessary. But in a world that is constantly changing, it is to our advantage to learn how to adapt and enjoy something better.

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  Change, World, Advantage

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• Customer service should not be a department, customer service is everyone's job.

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  Jobs, Should, Department

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• Asking for other's guidance helps you see what you may not be able to see. It's always important to check your ego and ask for help.

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  Ego, Important, Asking

  Twitter post from Jan 30, 2015

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• As a leader, the most important earthly relationship you can cultivate is your relationship with yourself.

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  Leader, Important, Our Relationship

  Twitter post from Oct 10, 2013

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• For a manager to be perceived as a positive manager, they need a four to one positive to negative contact ratio.

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  Inspiring, Leadership, Negative

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• Your game is only as good as your practice.

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  Practice, Games

  Ken Blanchard (2010). “The Heart of a Leader”, p.117, David C Cook

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• Congratulations offer more potential than cash. The amount of available cash is limited, but managers have an unlimited supply of congratulations. It's important to pay people fairly, but managers also should heap on congratulations and feed people's souls.

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  Congratulations, People, Soul

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• Too many leaders act as if the sheep.. their people.. are there for the benefit of the shepherd, not that the shepherd has responsibility for the sheep.

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  Inspiring, Leadership, Humility

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• The cure for too much to do is solitude and silence.

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  Silence, Solitude, Too Much

  Ken Blanchard (2010). “The Heart of a Leader”, p.84, David C Cook

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• Don't quack like a duck, soar like an eagle.

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  Motivational, Leadership, Ambition

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• The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves." Ray Kroc "If some of today's leaders don't relearn the value of a smile, they'll be unable to fire up others' ability to find real enjoyment in their work.

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  Leadership, Real, Fire

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• The first principle of ethical power is Purpose... It is the picture you have of yourself - the kind of person you want to be or the kind of life you want to lead.

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  Principles, Purpose, Want

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• Catch people in the act of doing something right.

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  People

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• Do your best to succeed and push the limits without violating them.

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  Limits, Succeed

  Twitter post from Jan 29, 2015

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• People with humility don't think less of themselves, they just think of themselves less.

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  Humility, Thinking, People

  Twitter post from Oct 10, 2012

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• We are not just our behavior. We are the person managing our behavior.

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  Behavior, Persons

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• The productivity of a work group seems to depend on how the group members see their own goals in relation to the goals of the organization.

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  Inspiring, Leadership, Organization

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• Most companies spend all their time looking for another management concept and very little time following up the one they have just taught their managers.

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  Littles, Taught, Management

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• Your mind and a computer have one thing in common: neither of them know the difference between the truth... and what you tell it.

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  Differences, Mind, Common

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• Have I done what is really important today?

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  Important, Done, Today

  Ken Blanchard (2010). “The Heart of a Leader”, p.25, David C Cook

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