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. It is a question I've asked countless people at the leadership seminars we conduct. Human Relations. Thank you," of course!

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 16, 2015

Chris Edmonds : When I consult with executives on crafting a high performance, values-aligned culture, one of the first things I do is to examine the effectiveness of their leadership team. Whatever that team is called - an executive team, a leadership team, a management team, etc. Most leadership teams I observe are not teams at all.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 14, 2019

They Bet on Leadership, Act as One , Win the Heart , and these three ‘moves’ enable them to Excel at Execution. Mark Miller began writing over decade ago when he teamed up with Ken Blanchard on The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do. Today he serves as the Vice President of High Performance Leadership.

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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.

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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. After a 15-year career leading successful teams, Chris founded his consulting company, The Purposeful Culture Group, in 1990. Chris has also served as a senior consultant with The Ken Blanchard Companies since 1995.

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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. It is a question I've asked countless people at the leadership seminars we conduct.

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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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Leading with Trust

MAY 22, 2022

Well, most companies are saying that employees’ physical presence in the office is required to foster a healthy organizational culture, or that in-person interaction is required for innovative and creative work to take place. Since the very nature of work is being redefined, it’s also redefining the nature of leadership.

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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. It is a question I’ve asked countless people at the leadership seminars we conduct. They have first-hand experience with your leadership style and operate on their own perceptions about it. Human Relations.

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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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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. Cutting costs and trimming fat in ways that ultimately help companies perform better are always wins.

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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. It is a question I’ve asked countless people at the leadership seminars we conduct. They have first-hand experience with your leadership style and operate on their own perceptions about it. Human Relations.

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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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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. Companies that fail to adapt to change typically fade into obsolescence.”

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Nathan Magnuson

MARCH 7, 2016

Recently I shared 9 Leadership themes for the new year , including one: be known positively. 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. Value Results AND Relationships.

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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. It’s more than simply clumsy leadership.

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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. 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.

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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). Leadership is vital to the effectiveness of a team. It is about what they are , not what they do. The Power of a Partner-Leader.

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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.

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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. Susan Fowler is a thought leader on discipline and self-leadership. “In a world crying out for effective leadership, I think we need to begin with an obvious source: ourselves.”

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Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Larry Spears was the CEO of the Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership for nearly two decades. He now runs the Spears Center for Servant-Leadership (Indianapolis), and serves as Servant-Leadership Scholar at Gonzaga University (Spokane). Discovering Servant-Leadership 2:13. Defining Servant-Leadership Defining 0:28 5:47.

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Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Larry Spears was the CEO of the Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership for nearly two decades. He now runs the Spears Center for Servant-Leadership (Indianapolis), and serves as Servant-Leadership Scholar at Gonzaga University (Spokane). Discovering Servant-Leadership 2:13. Defining Servant-Leadership Defining 0:28 5:47.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JULY 13, 2009

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. In other words we operate on the principle that equity means treating everyone in the same way.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 19, 2013

Lead by example and let people know that you don''t operate in silos. Information is the organizational life-blood on which decisions are made - and customer value created - within every company. Instead, you pitch in when needed and you share your wins - and losses - as a team. Share information appropriately. Marketing'

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CoachStation

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

When conducted well they are an incredibly useful and effective part of leadership and developing effective relationships. 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. It’s trust.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 8, 2023

The Situational Leadership ® framework was the product of over 50 years of pioneering research in leadership development and organizational behavior. One challenge with those discoveries is that many provided conflicting results regarding who leaders were, what they did and what the most effective style of leadership was.

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