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The Value of Vision Series – Ken Blanchard

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Ken Blanchard. As I learned from my colleague Jesse Lyn Stoner, a compelling vision tells you who you are (your significant purpose ), where you’re going (your picture of the future ), and what will guide your journey (your values ). Do we know what business we are in as a country? In other words, it answers the question “Why?”

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Change Your Habits

Great Leadership By Dan

What Do You Pay Attention To? In my work with senior leaders and executive teams across a wide variety of industries, one of the most important questions I ask is to learn what those leaders pay attention to. The press’ dashboard did not monitor color requirements perfectly – only a human could do that.

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Building Trust Through Behavioral Integrity

Great Leadership By Dan

In that piece, he described his team’s efforts to examine a specific hypothesis (“Employee commitment drives customer service”) in the US operations of a major hotel chain. and only 7 percent believe their co-workers will do so. Of those employees who do not trust company management, only 3% look forward to coming to work every day!

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When Work Has Meaning, The Culture Changes

Great Leadership By Dan

Mayo and his team focused on two groups – a control group which operated in an unchanging work environment, and a test group which endured the changes to their working conditions, including lighting, such as working hours, rest breaks, food offered during breaks, etc. What do you pay attention to in your work environment?

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Great Leaders Grow. Guest Post By Author Ken Blanchard

Eric Jacobson

On Monday, February 26, Ken Blanchard's and Mark Miller's book, Great Leaders Grow , hits the brick and mortar and online bookstores. In honor of the book release I welcome guest blogger Ken Blanchard. Here's the question: How do you rate as a leader? Seldom do leaders give themselves low marks. Human Relations.

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Everyone has Values

Great Leadership By Dan

Too few do!” He or she is operating on values--they may be different than yours or mine, but they are values nonetheless. I also learned how values-aligned teen gangs are. Have you ever said, “I would never do that. Chris has also served as a senior consultant with The Ken Blanchard Companies since 1995.

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The History of the Situational Leadership® Framework

The Center For Leadership Studies

This article will provide an overview of the primary research that forms the foundation of the Situational Leadership ® framework, as well as a brief synopsis of the collaboration that took place between Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard in its development. Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard. But they always remained friends.