Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

3 Needs of Motivation. 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. Her latest book is Master Your Motivation. In it, Susan tackles motivation in a fresh way.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 1, 2021

Check out the definitive book on servant leadership. It's a curated collection of incredibly insightful and motivational perspectives on servant leadership via essays by 44 servant leaders. Servant leadership is about always putting others first. Each of the 44 stories/chapters stands strong on its own.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 3, 2018

Guest post by Ken Blanchard: Most people who consider themselves servant leaders spend the majority of their time thinking about how to help their people get what they need to achieve their goals and live according to the organizational vision. Fortunately, there are antidotes for these conditions.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 26, 2021

Years ago when I started my leadership and management blog, I posted the question “ What’s The First Leadership Book You Would Give To a New Manager ?” within a leadership discussion forum on LinkedIn. o Mentoring the person for a period of time before recommending a leadership book. Maxwell · Kenneth H.

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Leading with Trust

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Leadership is a complex endeavor, but it doesn’t have to be complicated. We often tend to make things more complicated than they need to be and that’s true in the field of leadership. Ken Blanchard and I hold that belief and we’ve seen it proven throughout our careers. Effective leadership is an inside job.

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Leading with Trust

MARCH 13, 2022

You may not want to hear this, but your leadership needs to be turned inside out and upside down, too. I mean you can’t approach today’s leadership challenges with yesterday’s solutions. The tired and worn command and control style of leadership doesn’t work in today’s fast paced workplace. Inside Out Leadership.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

“Feedback is the breakfast of champions.” - Ken Blanchard Yes, feedback can be motivational and developmental. Read my latest post over at About.com Management and Leadership for 12 positive and negative examples of how to provide employee feedback. But it can also be a cold, harsh slap in the face.

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Leading with Trust

JULY 10, 2022

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. Their development level on a task is a combination of competence (knowledge and skills) and commitment (confidence and motivation).

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Chart Your Course

APRIL 28, 2014

The Top 20 Leadership Books: What To Give First To A New Manager. Eighteen months ago, I posted the question “What’s The First Leadership Book You Would Give To a New Manager?” within the discussion forum for the LinkedIn group Linked 2 Leadership. Leadership and Self-Deception – Arbinger Institute.

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leaderCommunicator

MARCH 20, 2015

Welcome to my weekly round-up of top leadership and communication blog posts. The Naked Truth: How to Uncover an Insecure Leader By Lolly Daskal, Inc. “ The Power of Your Leadership Story By Tim Tobin, SmartBlog on Leadership “ Stories have power. What were some of the top leadership articles you read this week?

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leaderCommunicator

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Welcome to my weekly round-up of top leadership and communication blog posts. 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. What were some of the top leadership articles you read this week?

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Eric Jacobson

JUNE 10, 2014

A couple years ago, I posted the question “ What’s The First Leadership Book You Would Give To A New Manager ?” within the discussion forum for the LinkedIn group Linked 2 Leadership. Covey Leadership and Self-Deception – Arbinger Institute The First 90 Days – Michael Watkins The One Minute Manager – Kenneth H.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 2, 2017

He has designed leadership and succession programs for emerging and experienced leaders for NASA, Saks Fifth Avenue, UBS Bank, Walsh Construction, Spanx, the Pittsburgh Pirates, the U.S. Bill’s Books Motivate and Inspire. And sooner or later they reach a moment of reckoning that Bill calls a leadership kick in the ass.

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Leading with Trust

OCTOBER 9, 2022

This is a prime opportunity for leaders to engage team members in heartfelt, open dialogue about their growth and development goals and how the leader can partner with them in pursuit of those goals. However, it’s important to uncover the motivation behind that thinking. I’d argue that no, there’s nothing wrong with that.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Welcome to the February 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! In a recent webinar, Jack Quarles, author of Expensive Sentences , talked about the trap of “we’ve always done it that way” and how that can adversely impact productivity and morale. Unlimited provided How to Say No Graciously.

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Nathan Magnuson

MARCH 17, 2014

One of the big mistakes we can make as leaders is to assume we know what motivates other people. Here’s the method Ken Blanchard recommends in his book Whale Done! And there you have it – how to catch people doing something right. And there you have it – how to catch people doing something right.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 28, 2013

Guest post from Great Leadership regular contributor Paul Thornton: Management style greatly affects employees’ motivation and capacity to learn. The basic concepts presented in this article are derived from the “Situational Leadership Theory Model,” developed by Ken Blanchard and Paul Hersey.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 1, 2012

Happy New Year, and welcome to the January, 2012 Leadership Development Carnival! This month's edition is a special "Best of 2011" collection of leadership development blog posts from many of our regular Carnival contributors. Sharlyn Lauby, HR Bartender : The Definition of Leadership. This one's been a big hit.". Jennifer V.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Eighteen months ago, I posted the question “ What’s The First Leadership Book You Would Give To a New Manager ?” within the discussion forum for the LinkedIn group Linked 2 Leadership. Covey Leadership and Self-Deception – Arbinger Institute The One Minute Manager – Kenneth H. Some people suggested more than one book.

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leaderCommunicator

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Welcome to my weekly round-up of top leadership and communication blog posts. Do You Have These 4 Requirements for BOLD Leadership? By Randy Conley, Leading with Trust “When you think of bold leadership, what comes to mind? 8 Leadership Attributes That Make Employees Go the Extra Mile By Drew Greenblatt, Inc.

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

For myself, this September also marks a special milestone in my writing career – specifically, it marks the one-year anniversary of the launch of my first leadership book, “ Leadership Vertigo ”.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 26, 2015

Over the past decade or so, there have been numerous studies and books that have helped us to better appreciate the emotional nature of successful leadership, a fact that has helped to bring about a transformation in leadership attitudes from the old command-and-control approach to one that’s more outward-focused and collaborative.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 4, 2017

Many sales organizations try to motivate their sales forces with talk of raising the bar and hitting even bigger numbers. As I considered how to invest my time, I regularly asked myself, “ Is this helping me hit the glove? ” He is a leadership and human performance author, consultant and speaker. The scoreboard’s back to zero.

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LDRLB

AUGUST 11, 2010

A few weeks ago I got into a conversation about whether situational leadership was more appropriate for top-level or front-line leadership. I argued that situational leadership is most appropriate for front-line leadership. and Blanchard, K. Leadership: Theory and practice (4 th ed.). Buckingham, M.

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Leading with Trust

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

That’s simple truth #46 in my book, Simple Truths of Leadership: 52 Ways to Be a Servant Leader and Build Trust , co-written with Ken Blanchard. In the world of motivation theory, it’s commonly accepted that humans have three core psychological needs: autonomy, relatedness, and competence. They resent not having a choice.

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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 1, 2018

We know how crucial it is to having talent who love working for us and who will offer discretionary effort and innovation. We even know how to quantify all this stuff. The one who really should be studying how to move that needle is, well, you. It’s more than simply clumsy leadership. How to Be a Soul-Sucking CEO.

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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. The part of this section of the book that most struck home for me was the discussion of how to home in on a One Minute Goal. It is being released for sale today, May 5th.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 17, 2016

I know how to be super careful with a knife” as she carefully cut each cookie. If you lead as a confident partner and not as a doting parent you’ll receive motivation, not movement; commitment, not compliance. When leaders ask, “How do I empower my employees?” Sensing her mother’s discomfort, she said, “Mom, I got this!

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Skip Prichard

MARCH 13, 2020

One new book that thoughtfully approaches these topics of how we will work symbiotically with machines and how we can all evolve to benefit together is HUMAN/MACHINE: The Future Of Our Partnership with Machines. I recently spoke with Olivier Blanchard, one of the co-authors. ” -Olivier Blanchard.

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Roundtable Talk

AUGUST 12, 2010

And, who needs leadership to be harder? Share this: This entry was posted in Leadership , Motivation , Communication and tagged Ken Blanchard , demotivation , One Minute Manager , setting expectations. Which, let’s face it, makes your job as a leader harder the next time. Happy leading! Bookmark the permalink.

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Leading with Trust

OCTOBER 27, 2019

If any of these describe your leadership style, you might want to take a look in the mirror and examine the face that’s peering back at you…you might have bolts growing out the sides of your neck. Lose your temper – Some leaders think by yelling or cursing at employees they are motivating them. You might be a Frankenboss if you….

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 19, 2010

Filed under: Leadership Tagged: | champions , feedback , listening , process , success « Book Review: Here Comes Everybody Commitment » Like Be the first to like this post. 2 Responses davidburkus , on July 19, 2010 at 1:57 pm said: The quote comes from Ken Blanchard, and he is dead on.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

MAY 1, 2011

Leadership is a very big and often complex topic. There is a plethora of Leadership blogs out there. First, Wally Bock ’s Three Star Leadership Blog is an excellent place to go for reference material and practical down to earth advice about how to be a good boss. Photo by Erik Johansson.

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Steve Farber

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

The Ultimate Lesson of True Leadership. It’s a wonderful message wrapped in a highly entertaining, well-written story.&# – Ken Blanchard , coauthor of The One Minute Manager and Leading at a Higher Level. Steve Farber illustrates the three principles of GREATER THAN YOURSELF and instructs how to put them into action.

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Leading with Trust

JUNE 12, 2022

The importance of being an empathetic leader starts with the simple truth that leadership is about people. The topic of empathetic leadership has been getting a lot of press lately, mostly due to the adverse effects of the pandemic. If empathetic leadership were part of a college curriculum, it would be a 200-level class.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2012

From @Leadershipfreak " The 12 Toughest Challenges of Leadership ". 65% of Americans Choose a Better Boss Over a Raise— Here's Why Compelling information for motivation By @tykiisel. Begin Leadership Development on Day One by @FaKalman. 10 Barriers to Great Leadership Beware of the pitfalls before they come by @bevje.

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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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