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Refire! Don’t Retire

Lead Change Blog

No matter what viewpoint you have, Ken Blanchard and Morton Shaevitz want to help you make a positive transition from where you are to where you’re going by showing you how to infuse passion and zest into every area of your life. When faced with the prospect of getting older, you can be optimistic, pessimistic, or realistic.

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Be Known Positively

Nathan Magnuson

Recently I shared 9 Leadership themes for the new year , including one: be known positively. So how can we build positive interactions and relationships with others? The positive effects of smiling are so poignant that Dale Carnegie devoted an entire chapter to it in his classic book How to Win Friends and Influence People.

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4 Strategies to Remove Fear from Your Leadership

Leading with Trust

Or a positive sense that something good is about to transpire? Ken Blanchard and I address this topic in our book, Simple Truths of Leadership: 52 Ways to Be a Servant Leader and Build Trust. Your positional authority alone is enough to create a certain amount of anxiety in the hearts of your employees. Is it interest?

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Catch People Doing Something Right

Nathan Magnuson

But to my surprise the bank informed me it would be no problem and they would have an envelope waiting for me in the drive-through. It Builds a More Positive Environment. Imagine a workplace where everyone was quick to accentuate the positive. It’s hard to be negative when you receive positive reinforcement.

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6 Ways Leaders Are Different

Great Leadership By Dan

The Secret , a book I co-authored with Ken Blanchard, outlines what we believe great leaders do -- the skills part of the picture. During his career he has served in corporate communications, restaurant operations, quality and customer satisfaction, and numerous other leadership positions.

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10 Important Questions Leaders Need To Ask

Eric Jacobson

Here are 10 important questions business leaders should ask, according to Ken Blanchard and Garry Ridge , authors of Helping People Win At Work : Does my business have a clear, meaningful, and easily understood vision/mission? Are our products/services creating lasting, positive memories for our customers?

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5 Leadership Lessons: Great Leaders Grow

Leading Blog

Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller have penned another business fable, Great Leaders Grow. I don’t control whether I’ll be in a formal position of leadership. Teaching isn’t just about sharing information, it’s also about helping people draw out new learnings for themselves by the question you ask. If I stop learning, I stop leading.

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