Lead Change Blog

JUNE 11, 2014

It’s never too early to start planning for 2015. He teamed up with Ken Blanchard, co-author of The One Minute Manager to write The Secret : What Great Leaders Know and Do. Career Development Team Dynamics Value Creation opportunities Planning strategies' What do you want to accomplish?

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 25, 2019

Not only do they not typically work, but they are also no guaranteed plan for lasting change. That personal focus and practice were defined beautifully in the seminal book by Ken Blanchard and Jesse Lyn Stoner , entitled Full Steam Ahead: Unleashing the Power of Vision in Your Work and Your Life. Vision and Your Leadership of Change.

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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. One Minute Goals are the first of the book’s three secrets to One Minute Management. The second secret to One Minute Management is the ability to dispense One Minute Praisings.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2019

“Retired in position” refers to an unengaged employee, a term which I first heard used by Ken Blanchard. Is there a function they would like to learn, such as project management? These individuals are just going through the motions, showing up to do the minimum, and would rather be somewhere else. Does this sound familiar?

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 8, 2019

Chris Edmonds : When leading a culture change initiative, scrutiny of senior leaders’ plans, decisions, and actions increases heavily. Finally, hold themselves and all organizational leaders, managers, and staff accountable for both performance and values. Guest post from S.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Note down your top four personal values, the desired principles that guide your day-to-day plans, decisions, and actions. How do you manage competing values? Chris has also served as a senior consultant with The Ken Blanchard Companies since 1995. Or are all of your personal values “tied for first?”

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2013

My historical method, and the process I’ve started for 2014, has been to create a plan – complete with goals, strategies and tactics. He teamed up with Ken Blanchard, co-author of The One Minute Manager to write The Secret : What Great Leaders Know and Do. She said, “If [.] Mark began writing about a decade ago.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JUNE 4, 2012

Management is about implementation. Management behaviors include: Goal setting. Planning work. In 1986 I set out to determine which leadership or management behaviors create high performance teams. High performance teams need both management and leadership. Managers need to lead and leaders need to manage.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 24, 2018

She’s constantly checking to see whether her plans, decisions, and actions build relationships effectively NOW – and she refines those actions if they don’t. As you embrace proactive relationship management, pay close attention to my “big three” – engagement, service, and results. Refine your approaches, then monitor the impact.

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Leading with Trust

JANUARY 17, 2024

According to a recent survey , 33 percent of managers lead with fear. As the study’s authors point out, if you were to ask a manager if they lead with fear, most will say no. Ken Blanchard and I address this topic in our book, Simple Truths of Leadership: 52 Ways to Be a Servant Leader and Build Trust. Well, it’s fear.

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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.

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Leading with Trust

JULY 12, 2020

Address people’s concerns – Research from The Ken Blanchard Companies shows that people have predictable stages of concern when faced with a change. Share information liberally – Ken Blanchard is fond of saying, “People without information cannot act responsibly. People take ownership over plans they create and implement.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 25, 2019

Navy SEALS Lead & Win”, “They must believe in the cause for which they are fighting, they must believe in the plan they are asked to execute, and most important, they must believe in and trust the leader they are asked to follow.” But as Navy SEALs Jocko Willink & Leif Babin remind us in their book, “Extreme Ownership: How U.S.

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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. Managing change. Managing Change —’Change’ has officially been added to the list of things that are inevitable in life (joining the famous ‘death’ and ‘taxes’).

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 10, 2020

Those authors, Ken Blanchard and Garry Ridge, recommend you ask the following six essential questions whenever you do a project review : What did we set out to do? Continually planning and executing without the value of a review can blindside you. Here is some great advice from the authors of, Helping People Win At Work.

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Leading with Trust

JULY 21, 2019

Based on research from The Ken Blanchard Companies, procedural justice was ranked as the most important organizational factor for employee retention. People who plan the battle rarely battle the plan. Putting all your cards on the table eliminates doubt and mistrust.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 9, 2017

Shortly after Ken Blanchard and I published The Secret , I began to receive calls to speak. If you have a point-of-view on planning, teach all your leaders. I believe EVERY leader should have an individual development plan that is updated regularly (at least annually) and discussed often with her or his supervisor.

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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. That’s why we included simple truth #22 in our book: “People who plan the battle rarely battle the plan.” An obvious area is how rewards and recognition programs are managed.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

Those authors, Ken Blanchard and Garry Ridge , recommend you ask the following six essential questions whenever you do a project review : What did we set out to do? Continually planning and executing without the value of a review can blindside you. Just a little more advice from the authors of, Helping People Win At Work.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 16, 2015

Whatever that team is called - an executive team, a leadership team, a management team, etc. Do they willingly engage with their team peers in strategic discussions and plan how to inspire aligned behavior across the company’s leaders and associates? that core team must model, reinforce, coach, and drive their desired culture.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 30, 2015

Plan ahead, be of service, and dive in. After a 15-year career leading and managing teams, Chris began his consulting company in 1990. Since 1995, Chris has also served as a senior consultant with The Ken Blanchard Companies. Since 1995, Chris has also served as a senior consultant with The Ken Blanchard Companies.

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Leading with Trust

APRIL 18, 2023

Productivity Paranoia ” has taken hold in a large number of organizations as leaders struggle to adjust to new ways of managing remote workers. People who plan the battle rarely battle the plan.” ~ Simple Truth #22 Simple Truths of Leadership, by Ken Blanchard & Randy Conley 3. Training opportunities?

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 10, 2015

Those authors, Ken Blanchard and Garry Ridge, recommend you ask the following six essential questions whenever you do a project review : What did we set out to do? Continually planning and executing without the value of a review can blindside you. Here is some great advice from the authors of, Helping People Win At Work.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 9, 2013

Here are some of my favorite pieces of advice from Ken Blanchard's and Garry Ridge's book, Helping People Win at Work : All good performance starts with clear goals. Continually planning and executing without the value of review and learning can blindside you. If you can't measure something, you can't manage it.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Once defined, leaders must align all plans, decisions, and actions to that constitution. Leaders have never been asked to manage their team’s culture. Chris has also served as a senior consultant with The Ken Blanchard Companies since 1995. They don’t know how.

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CoachStation

MARCH 22, 2019

It also remains one of the most challenging for many new and experienced managers. In order to free up space to be more strategic, have a greater impact, be more efficient, and achieve work/life balance, delegating appropriate tasks to others is necessary and even required for managers today. Many managers struggle with this.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 27, 2013

Those authors, Ken Blanchard and Garry Ridge, recommend you ask the following six essential questions whenever you do a project review : What did we set out to do? Continually planning and executing without the value of a review can blindside you. Just a little more advice from the authors of, Helping People Win At Work.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Those authors, Ken Blanchard and Garry Ridge, recommend you ask the following six essential questions whenever you do a project review : What did we set out to do? Continually planning and executing without the value of a review can blindside you. Here is some great advice from the authors of, Helping People Win At Work.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Those authors, Ken Blanchard and Garry Ridge, recommend you ask the following six essential questions whenever you do a project review : What did we set out to do? Continually planning and executing without the value of a review can blindside you. Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Leadership' What actually happened?

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 6, 2014

Those authors, Ken Blanchard and Garry Ridge, recommend you ask the following six essential questions whenever you do a project review : What did we set out to do? Continually planning and executing without the value of a review can blindside you. Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Leadership Project Reviews'

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Those authors, Ken Blanchard and Garry Ridge, recommend you ask the following six essential questions whenever you do a project review : What did we set out to do? Continually planning and executing without the value of a review can blindside you. Here is some great advice from the authors of, Helping People Win At Work.

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Project Blanchard Review Advice 50

Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2015

I will split the journey into two phases: the planning and designing phase and then the building and sustaining phase. The ultimate goal of the leader is getting the team to be self-managing. Step 1: Know Characteristics of a High Performing Team. Know the characteristics of a High Performing Team (see my previous blog on PERFORM ).

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 27, 2014

Those authors, Ken Blanchard and Garry Ridge, recommend you ask the following six essential questions whenever you do a project review : What did we set out to do? Continually planning and executing without the value of a review can blindside you. Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management' What actually happened?

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Those authors, Ken Blanchard and Garry Ridge, recommend you ask the following six essential questions whenever you do a project review : What did we set out to do? Continually planning and executing without the value of a review can blindside you. Here is some great advice from the authors of, Helping People Win At Work.

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Project Review Blanchard Advice 50

Skip Prichard

MARCH 13, 2020

I recently spoke with Olivier Blanchard, one of the co-authors. ” -Olivier Blanchard. If we manage the growth of smart automation properly, and plan for it adequately, it can be relatively painless. meaning that they can already perform key business management functions. Machines can prepare meals now.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 2, 2013

Those authors, Ken Blanchard and Garry Ridge, recommend you ask the following six essential questions whenever you do a project review : What did we set out to do? Continually planning and executing without the value of a review can blindside you. Just a little more advice from the authors of, Helping People Win At Work.

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Nathan Magnuson

MARCH 7, 2016

Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller detail this point in depth in their bestseller The Secret. I value relationships, but during my work day I often operate with an ongoing project plan in my head. Manage by Walking Around. A smile says, “I’m happy to see you.” Value Results AND Relationships.

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