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Create Eagles – Not Ducks When it Comes to Policies

Great Leadership By Dan

Joyce explained that this peer of hers had a unique role which placed her in a “gatekeeper” position. The class and I spoke awhile about stupid policies; this “EOTM” policy certainly qualified. Chris has also served as a senior consultant with The Ken Blanchard Companies since 1995.

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How To Get The Feedback You Need At Work

LDRLB

I love the Ken Blanchard quote that “feedback is the breakfast of champions.” It’s usually just that annual review where everyone is jockeying for position and trying to get on some “high potential” list. So mid-way through the semester I took a class session and handed each student a piece of paper with 3 simple questions on it.

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"Think About What You Have To Do, and Do Something You're Thinking About"

Jason Womack

With classes as big as 34 students, it was absolutely necessary for us to work together to make things possible. Turned out I was reinforcing ANY behavior my students were exhibiting - be it positive (engaging, taking notes, doing well on their exams) or negative (showing up tardy, not doing homework, acting out in class).

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Positivity at Work by Chris Edmonds and Lisa Zigarmi

Rajesh Setty

My friends Chris Edmonds and Lisa Zigarmi have written a wonderful book called Positivity at Work Tweet. Chris Edmonds is a speaker, author, and senior consultant with the Ken Blanchard Companies. As Blanchard’s culture guru, Chris has helped dozens of organizations create high performing, values-aligned work environments.

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Give Your Employees a Knife

Lead Change Blog

How do partner-leaders carry out their “in charge” positions without power and authority being the medium of exchange? As Ken Blanchard is fond of saying, it takes catching employees doing things right. Tracie probably did not have a class on “loaning a knife and carving board.” Tools for “Giving the Knife”.

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4 Tips for Being a Trusted Servant Leader in a Toxic Culture

Leading with Trust

” That was the question I received in a recent training class I conducted, and unfortunately, it’s a common one. If you’ve been giving your best effort to positively influence your organization and nothing is changing, you may need to consider finding a new playground. Trust is a team sport, not a solo endeavor.

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5 Ways to Lead with Empathy

Leading with Trust

If empathetic leadership were part of a college curriculum, it would be a 200-level class. Our Self Leadership course teaches five points of power you can use to help your people succeed: Position Power: Having the title or authority to make certain decisions. But leading with empathy isn’t easy.