Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 23, 2020

Ken Blanchard and his team have long taught on the dynamics of change. I asked myself if I had been consistent with my leadership and training—or did I see some improvement and decide to ease off? Louie and I had to go back to the basics, review our goals, and stick with the program. What on earth was going on with him?

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Leading with Trust

JULY 18, 2021

the newsletter of The Ken Blanchard Companies. I think that train has left the station,” says Conley. In this webinar, Blanchard trust practice leader Randy Conley will show you how to improve the levels of trust in your organization by identifying potential gaps that trip up even the best leaders.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

Dan Negroni, Launchbox365 Founder, says, “Our ability to attract, train, manage, and retain this next generation of leaders is critical to the future success of our businesses, but a huge and damaging connection, communication, and understanding gap exists between non-millennials and millennials in our workplaces.”

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Leading with Trust

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Ken Blanchard and I hold that belief and we’ve seen it proven throughout our careers. Once the vision and direction are clear, the leader’s role shifts to service—helping people accomplish the agreed-upon goals. Your responsibility is to help them accomplish their goals through training, feedback, listening, and communication.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 9, 2017

Shortly after Ken Blanchard and I published The Secret , I began to receive calls to speak. Your goals. Formal training – A simple scope and sequence can be created to ensure EVERY leader in your organization speaks the same leadership language. So, why not skip formal training and do everything in mentoring relationships?

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Leading with Trust

JANUARY 12, 2020

The Ken Blanchard Companies recently unveiled the results of their 2020 HR Learning and Talent Development Trends Survey. When I conduct training sessions and ask participants to describe their ‘best boss’ to me, they frequently mention their best boss was a great listener. Photo by Lukas on Pexels.com. Managing change.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 2, 2017

Top leadership expert Ken Blanchard calls the book “a wake-up call for leaders at every level.” In addition, Giant Leap delivers unique training solutions that elevate individual and organizational performance. As Steve jobs famously said, “Getting fired was the best thing that ever happened to me.”

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leaderCommunicator

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Motivation Isn''t Enough By Tim Houlihan, Training magazine It''s no secret that to maximize results you have to drive focus, support personal goal setting, and facilitate emotional commitment. Engagement 2.0:

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 5, 2015

Today we congratulate Instigator Ken Blanchard and his co-author, Spencer Johnson, on the launch of their book, The New One Minute Manager. Here are a few highlights that stood out for me: One Minute Goals. One Minute Goals are the first of the book’s three secrets to One Minute Management.

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Leading with Trust

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Despite this critical dependence on teams, many organizations don’t invest in the upfront training and tools to equip their teams for success. In 2017, The Ken Blanchard Companies, in partnership with Training Magazine , surveyed 1,300 people about teams and team leadership. But it doesn’t happen by accident.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Some leaders focus on interpersonal relationships and skills to build trust, others on vision or chartering, and others on performance goals and workflow. A complete charter includes a clear purpose, values, norms and the key initiatives with specific goals and roles people must play to reach them. It is the same for builders of teams.

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Leading with Trust

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Descriptions vary widely, with elements that include commitment, goal alignment, enjoyment and performance, to name a few. Clearly identify its purpose, goals, norms, communication strategies, and decision-making processes. Yet when it comes to engagement there isn’t even a commonly accepted definition of the term.

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LDRLB

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

In the time since its inception, situational leadership II has become a standard model for use in training managers and leaders. Path-Goal Theory. Leadership blanchard hersey situational theory' Useful Lies. Trait Theory. Skills Theory. Style Theory. Contingency Theory. Situational Leadership Theory. Servant Leadership Theory.

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CoachStation

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Training in itself is one source of development, however this learning must be supported and reinforced in practice based on individual situations, needs, understanding and capability. Ongoing support ‘makes the learning real’ within the work environment, reinforcing the content and context provided during training.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 1, 2012

Guy Farmer, Unconventional Training : Leadership Training: Are You an Insecure Leader? Reason: "I've trained many leaders and employees over the years and I keep hearing about insecure leaders working out their stuff on everyone and making everyone miserable. Nick McCormick, Joe and Wanda on Management : Are Your Goals HARD?

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

David Dye of Trailblaze submitted 9 Ways to Motivate Employees When You Don’t Set the Goals. Mary Ila Ward of Horizon Point Consulting contributed Are Your Goals Comfortable, Delusional or Somewhere in Between? In this post Mary Ila looks at how we should step outside our goal comfort zones to achieve peak performance in 2017.

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Tim Milburn

JANUARY 19, 2012

Tim knew the goal was winning – not his QB rating. Mark Miller, co-author of Great Leaders Grow: Becoming a Leader for Life, is vice president, training and development, for Chick-fil-A. He is the author of The Secret of Teams and the coauthor of The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do with Ken Blanchard. Author Bio.

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Leading with Trust

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Ken Blanchard likes to say that selfless leaders don’t think less of themselves, they just think about themselves less. Meeting on a quarterly basis to review the employee’s goals and their progress towards attaining those goals is a good performance management practice. The source of micromanagement comes from several places.

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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. She outlines how to rid yourself of failed motivational tactics and shares ways to go beyond discipline, willpower, and goal setting. Do I feel the goal or situation was imposed on me? 3 Needs of Motivation.

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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 1, 2018

They have to go to the trainings, and then report up line to their managers annually to account for why that needle hasn’t budged. And then the result is a company that meets – or even surpasses – all its critical goals. The problem here is that the responsibility is conventionally assigned to the direct supervisors of employees.

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Leading with Trust

JUNE 12, 2022

Investing in training is an example. But remember: organizations have goals that must be accomplished. Ken Blanchard and I share how to navigate this tricky intersection in our new book, Simple Truths of Leadership: 52 Ways to Be a Servant Leader and Build Trust. Senior executives play a pivotal role in this. Be Compassionate.

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Leading with Trust

MARCH 20, 2022

Brock is a Channel Partner with The Ken Blanchard Companies, an executive leadership coach, servant leader, and a man of integrity. HIRE FOR CHARACTER, TRAIN FOR COMPETENCE,” I have said it a thousand times. Early in my career, I took such training from that very person who modelled good character for me and eventually became a mentor.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

“You want to have specific, concrete goals to shoot for, including revenue targets and [desired] social impact.” Your goal, adds Gulati, is to make the case: “This side project is a form of learning that helps me do my day job.” Is it a large, scalable company? Is it a small company? ” Save money.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

MAY 16, 2010

Feedback is the breakfast of Champions” or so says Ken Blanchard. I use it often at my speeches and trainings, as well as teach it to people in organizations to use internally. → May 17, 2010 · 12:04 am ↓ Jump to Comments Feedback ~ Criticism or Opportunity? → Like Be the first to like this post.

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CoachStation

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

10 Ways Leaders Aren’t Making Time for their Team Members (Infographic): Blanchard LeaderChat. The discussion is meaningful in that it maintains flow and momentum in actions, progress and meeting goals. Identifying why the results are what they are has purpose and potential for goal establishment. It’s trust.

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