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8 Steps for Dealing with An Underperforming Employee

Leading with Trust

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. Although most managers agree with the importance of setting goals, many do not take the time to clearly develop goals with their team members and write them down.

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Management Improvement Carnival – 2013 Edition

QAspire

She is also the co-author, with Ken Blanchard, of an international bestseller “ Full Steam Ahead: Unleash the Power of Vision ”. The Six Benchmarks of High Performance Teams. Here are 3 posts and snippets that I enjoyed reading so far, and you will too: Executives can’t do it alone, and must be masters of developing people.

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The September 2012 Leadership Development Carnival NFL Kick-off Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

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. Lynn Dessert from Elephants at Work completes a hail mary pass with Using the Benchmarks® Assessment for Leadership Development. "As Blanchard's culture guru S.

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The Dreaded Performance Review | You're Not the Boss of Me

You're Not the Boss of Me

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. Here’s a video of Mr Blanchard explaining his philosophy. I think he’s right. This does not mean that you have to concentrate on this all of the time.

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The Fickle Nature of Good Character and Trust

Leading with Trust

Brock is a Channel Partner with The Ken Blanchard Companies, an executive leadership coach, servant leader, and a man of integrity. Is it possible to help our people develop good character or do we simply accept that if they don’t have good character by adulthood, they never will? Have you ever made an ethically questionable decision?

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