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. These leaders want to make a difference in their organizations and in the lives of their people.

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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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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 30, 2020

The one must-have ingredient of successful change efforts is trust. If the people in an organization don’t trust their leaders, they won’t buy-in to the change. It’s critical that leaders foster a culture of trust before, during, and after a change effort if they want to have any chance of success. Set realistic expectations.

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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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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 8, 2019

No wonder leader credibility suffers in many organizations. Only when senior leaders model desired valued behaviors will the rest of the organization trust those leaders, follow those leaders, and model those desired valued behaviors themselves. Most senior leaders have not experienced successful culture change.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 16, 2020

Often senior leaders who embrace the positive power of culture find themselves in organizations that don’t support this world view. They may choose to leave, to go find a more values-aligned organization. After a 15-year career leading successful teams, Chris founded his consulting company, The Purposeful Culture Group, in 1990.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 9, 2020

In organizations, ducks are those employees who are bogged down in the stupid policies, i.e. rules that no longer serve. Years ago I discovered something about organizations and policy creation. I was teaching a leadership program and participants were very pleased with the models, tools, and techniques the program presented.

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Career Advancement

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

“The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.” ” ~ Ken Blanchard. She felt like she was slipping under the radar and needed to increase her visibility in her organization. Leverage your influence fully throughout the organization. Make their priorities your own.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2017

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 3 of Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager. “Do You are assuming you can’t be successful in your role at work. Su san is the author of by-lined articles, peer-reviewed research, and six books, including the bestselling Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager with Ken Blanchard.

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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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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. Photo by Lukas on Pexels.com. 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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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. After a 15-year career leading successful teams, Chris founded his consulting company, The Purposeful Culture Group, in 1990.

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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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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Complaining about someone’s behavior to a peer, team lead, or boss without going directly to that person to address the concern These and dozens of other similar behaviors happen in organizations every day. After a 15-year career leading successful teams, Chris founded his consulting company, The Purposeful Culture Group, in 1990.

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Leading with Trust

JULY 18, 2021

the newsletter of The Ken Blanchard Companies. I was interviewed about the opportunity to build trust as organizations develop plans to return workers to the office. Organizations were forced to extend trust to their people. The good news is, by all accounts we’ve seen, the ‘experiment’ was a great success!

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Leading with Trust

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

You’re attending a conference to discuss the most important leadership issues of the day, and 96% of the attendees agree that one specific topic needs to be a high priority in relation to all their other business priorities. The high priority business issue that is critically important for success? Here’s four key steps: 1.

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Career Advancement

MAY 25, 2021

“The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.” ” ~ Ken Blanchard. She felt like she was slipping under the radar and needed to increase her visibility in her organization. Leverage your influence fully throughout the organization. Make their priorities your own.

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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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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

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. If you can instill the picture of “why,” the picture of “how” is much easier to paint.

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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?” Leadership and Self-Deception – Arbinger Institute.

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Leading with Trust

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Effective leadership comes down to implementing everyday, commonsense practices to help organizations thrive—and yet so many leaders are still missing these fundamental principles from their personal and professional lives. We believe that leadership is an inside job; it’s a question of the heart.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Everyone in your organization has the right to Work Place Inspiration – WPI’s - as well. 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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Leading with Trust

MAY 22, 2022

In my line of work, I get the opportunity to interact with leaders from a wide variety of organizations from a diverse range industries, including government and non-profits. Many organizations are trying to find the model that works best for their specific needs and goals. The Great Trust Experiment. But old habits die hard.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 9, 2017

In many organizations who want and need more leaders, the actual working definition of leadership is conspicuous in its absence – there is no clarity on what success looks like. Shortly after Ken Blanchard and I published The Secret , I began to receive calls to speak. Your personality as an organization.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Welcome to the February 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! ” As I’ve seen in my own leadership journey, that’s often the choice that leads to new and exhilarating paths. Beth recaps, “Beth Beutler refreshes us on an important leadership skill—saying ‘no’ with grace.” Let’s Get Started.

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QAspire

MAY 25, 2014

One of the skills that Google looks for before hiring is “Emergent Leadership”. In a connected, volatile, networked and virtual world of work, it is crucial for us to step out of traditional definitions of leadership and look at leadership as a role and not as a title. What is emergent leadership?

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 25, 2017

Though 95% reported that teams serve an important function in organizations, less than 24% of respondents prefer to work on teams. Most of the senior leadership teams I work with are teams in name only. After a 15-year career leading successful teams, Chris founded his consulting company, The Purposeful Culture Group, in 1990.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Welcome to the December 2015 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! For our December edition, we took a page out of last December’s Carnival of HR post and asked about books you have read which have made a difference in your leadership journey. Greer contributed Create Your Business Success. Let’s Get Started.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

I ask you--do you have a group of people around you that are committed to your success, who push you to keep learning, and who hold you accountable to your values and purpose? From my best boss , I learned how important a strong board is to the success of an executive's organization - and, personally, to that executive 's success.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 3, 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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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. Step 3: Did I use a leadership style that matched the employee’s development level? It doesn’t have to be that way. Step 1 : Did I set clear goals?

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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. This month, Bill will be releasing his latest book, A Leadership Kick in the Ass: How to Learn from Rough Landings, Blunders, and Missteps.

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Leading with Trust

MAY 6, 2019

And of course in the classic book, Good to Great , author Jim Collins’ discovered that those organizations who moved from average to superior performance shared a common factor of being led by Level 5 leaders, people who possessed a powerful mixture of humility and indomitable will. So how can we develop humility in our leadership?

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 14, 2021

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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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 4, 2012

Welcome to the March 4th, 2012 Leadership Development Carnival Going Green Edition. Nope, it's not sustainable, organic, or renewable. There's a lot 'o good reading here, so why not pour a mug of your favorite green beverage and take in a wee bit of leadership development. not that green. Jennifer V.

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