Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 19, 2012

While there have been thousands of books written about leadership, there are a handful of leadership models that have served me well as a leader and leadership development practitioner. These are the tried and true models that have shifted my thinking about leadership and help create teachable leadership moments for others.

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Experience to Lead

JANUARY 29, 2024

To help you find the best resources amidst the endless maze of information, here are our top podcasts focusing on leadership strategy and development. Why Listen to Leadership Podcasts? These podcasts are a valuable resource for anyone looking to refine their leadership skills and strategies.

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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 most effective managers vary their styles depending on the employee’s knowledge and skills, the nature of the task, time constraints, and other factors. The Three Ds.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 16, 2020

Who is responsible to manage an organization’s culture? The assumption is that no one is formally assigned to the role to manage culture. We can cite examples of culture officers but the best answer is that senior leaders have the ultimate responsibility to manage their organization’s culture.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 8, 2019

Too often senior leaders “manage by announcements,” publishing a set of expectations or rules that they declare are to be embraced from that moment forward, yet they do not actively demonstrate those expectations themselves, measure how well others embrace those expectations, etc. No wonder leader credibility suffers in many organizations.

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Chart Your Course

APRIL 28, 2014

The Top 20 Leadership Books: What To Give First To A New Manager. They are ideal for leaders and managers of all types of small to large businesses and organizations. Eighteen months ago, I posted the question “What’s The First Leadership Book You Would Give To a New Manager?” Good to Great – Jim Collins.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 24, 2019

Drama-based organizations and relationships operate at a fraction of their capacity. She teaches at the University of San Diego’s Masters of Science in Executive Leadership, and is also the coauthor of the bestselling Self Leadership and The One Minute Manager with Ken Blanchard. The cost is staggering.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 30, 2020

If the people in an organization don’t trust their leaders, they won’t buy-in to the change. Research from The Ken Blanchard Companies shows that people have predictable stages of concern when faced with a change. Will the organization provide the necessary resources? Address people’s concerns. Will I win or lose?

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 18, 2022

Ken Blanchard You'll also learn why developing effective communication and relationships across generations through mentoring can be a tremendous opportunity for companies and individuals alike. Bestselling author, Ken Blanchard, Ph.D. Blanchard coauthored the legendary, The One Minute Manager. It doesn't have to.

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Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

A new white paper from The Ken Blanchard Companies shows that poor leadership is costing the average company an amount equal to 7% of their annual revenue. That’s over a million dollars a year for any organization with $15 million dollars or more in annual sales. Poor leadership leads to poor employee productivity.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JUNE 4, 2012

Leadership is about a journey – where you’re going and your actions along the way. Leadership behaviors include: Challenging the current way of doing things: searching for opportunities and taking risks. Management is about implementation. Management behaviors include: Goal setting. Organizing resources.

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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. They include: 1. They include: 1.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Posted in Leadership Development [link] As this year winds down, I’m preoccupied with the question of how I can be more effective next year. He teamed up with Ken Blanchard, co-author of The One Minute Manager to write The Secret : What Great Leaders Know and Do. Leadership Development resolutions Servant Leadership'

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Posted in Leadership Development [link] It seems as long as I can remember, I’ve been captivated by men and women who are at the top of their game – whether professional athletes, CEOs, doctors or artists. He teamed up with Ken Blanchard, co-author of The One Minute Manager to write The Secret : What Great Leaders Know and Do.

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Modern Servant Leader

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Becky Robinson and the Weaving Influence team pulled together a great webinar on Servant Leadership. Servant Leadership begins with self-examination. Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership. Highlights from John’s talk include: “If people don’t understand how their work matters, it’s a #leadership failure.”

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Modern Servant Leader

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Becky Robinson and the Weaving Influence team pulled together a great webinar on Servant Leadership. Servant Leadership begins with self-examination. Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership. Highlights from John’s talk include: “If people don’t understand how their work matters, it’s a #leadership failure.”

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Posted in Leadership Development [link] Last week, I had the opportunity to be with John Maxwell at an event to raise money to train leaders around the world. He teamed up with Ken Blanchard, co-author of The One Minute Manager to write The Secret : What Great Leaders Know and Do. Leadership Development personal development'

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 11, 2014

He teamed up with Ken Blanchard, co-author of The One Minute Manager to write The Secret : What Great Leaders Know and Do. Over the years, he’s traveled extensively around the world teaching for numerous international organizations. His topics include leadership, creativity, team building, and more.

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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. Over 800 Learning and Development professionals participated in the survey, comprising a wide cross-section of roles, age, and level of responsibility in organizations. Managing change. Building Trust.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 12, 2021

Ken Blanchard You'll also learn why developing effective communication and relationships across generations through mentoring can be a tremendous opportunity for companies and individuals alike. Bestselling author, Ken Blanchard, Ph.D. Blanchard coauthored the legendary, The One Minute Manager. It doesn't have to.

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Leading with Trust

MARCH 9, 2022

My colleague, Madeleine Blanchard , writes a regular column for the LeaderChat blog titled, “Ask Madeleine.” ” She responds to questions from readers who are facing some sort of leadership/organizational-related predicament, and offers sound perspective based on her expertise as a master certified business coach.

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Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

A new white paper from The Ken Blanchard Companies shows that poor leadership is costing the average company an amount equal to 7% of their annual revenue. That’s over a million dollars a year for any organization with $15 million dollars or more in annual sales. Poor leadership leads to poor employee productivity.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Guest post from William Dann: The concept of servant leadership was introduced by Ancient Chinese philosophers such as Lao-Tzu, then found in the Christian teachings of Mark. It was popularized in modern management writings by Robert Greenleaf in a 1970 essay. Defining Leadership Let’s begin with an operating definition of leadership.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 24, 2018

Connect with people at all levels in your organization every day. Don’t just monitor performance metrics – monitor data that indicates how happy employees are working in your organization. As you embrace proactive relationship management, pay close attention to my “big three” – engagement, service, and results.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 1, 2016

This month we are featuring Eunice Parisi-Carew , Author, Consultant, and Co-Founder of the Ken Blanchard Companies. Most recently, Eunice co-authored Collaboration Begins With You with Ken Blanchard and Jane Ripley. She has also co-authored The One Minute Manager Builds High Performing Teams (Rev.) , High Five! transparency.

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Modern Servant Leader

JANUARY 1, 2013

The Top 10 Twitter Accounts for Servant Leadership. Here they are, The top 10 Twitter accounts for Servant Leadership followers in 2012: 10. James has many books on Leadership that continue to be a great foundation for insights. Jack has an awesome perspective on leadership – largely from Native American history.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Ken Blanchard You'll also learn why developing effective communication and relationships across generations through mentoring can be a tremendous opportunity for companies and individuals alike. Bestselling author, Ken Blanchard, Ph.D. Blanchard coauthored the legendary, The One Minute Manager. It doesn't have to.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

Launchbox365 helps companies and individuals achieve bold success through applying their expertise in cross-generational issues to help organizations bridge the gap between managers and their Gen Y workforce to increase employee engagement, productivity, innovation and profits. Here are highlights of their offerings: Chasing Relevance.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

When organizations find their why, they’ll find their way. When there’s hope in a person’s life, it will roll into the organization. When the organization has hope, the future is unlimited; we believe in ourselves and in what we’re doing. Think about the way you’re thinking as a management team. All are servant-led.

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Leading with Trust

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Rather than viewing Quiet Quitting as a challenge that must be managed, I encourage leaders to look at it as an opportunity to be seized. They just don’t feel or believe the organization appreciates them. Show how their work connects to the greater purpose of the organization. That’s a win-win.

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QAspire

JANUARY 8, 2014

I have been hosting the annual management improvement carnival (organized by John Hunter ) for last 3 years and I am glad to be continuing that streak. She is also the co-author, with Ken Blanchard, of an international bestseller “ Full Steam Ahead: Unleash the Power of Vision ”. Management Improvement Carnival: 2012 Edition.

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Mark Sanborn

OCTOBER 5, 2021

” At a time when leadership was often an aspiration of those who wanted recognition and power, Greenleaf’s ideas were revolutionary. Whether the labor is manual or intellectual, have organizations really changed? Servant leadership is more relevant and applicable than ever. Think about work today. Be a sermon seen.

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leaderCommunicator

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Welcome to my weekly round-up of top leadership and communication blog posts. Kets de Vries, Harvard Business Review I had a CEO in one of my leadership coaching seminars recently who seemed to be quite bitter about life. What were some of the top leadership articles you read this week? It needs to be delicately balanced.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 11, 2020

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 my values driving the behavior I want in my organization?

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Leading with Trust

JULY 10, 2022

Because the process feels uncomfortable and managers don’t have a plan to follow, they either do a poor job at addressing underperformance or they just don’t do it all. Managers can confidently and successfully deal with underperforming employees by following an eight-step plan. It doesn’t have to be that way. Looking out the window.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Part of my mission is to spread servant leadership awareness. Therefore, I greatly appreciate folks on Twitter who spread servant leadership content. Several times this year, they’ve taken a story that may have only been seen by servant leadership proponents and shared it with a broader audience. Ken Blanchard.

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Leading with Trust

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

For some years, we have been taught to believe that leaders are people who have a title or position within an organization that speaks to any and all that they are a leader, such labels as manager, supervisor, vice president, and the like. Leadership is not just about power or position, it’s about relationships.

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