Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 2, 2017

Top leadership expert Ken Blanchard calls the book “a wake-up call for leaders at every level.” As Steve jobs famously said, “Getting fired was the best thing that ever happened to me.” ” This book is a survival guide, coach, and morale booster to help readers use that kick to more forward instead of fall down.

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Leading with Trust

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

As our friend Ken Blanchard has said, “Leadership isn’t something we do to people but with people.” More specifically, leadership occurs when we engage others in an “influence relationship” that moves those individuals or groups toward the achievement of a particular goal or objective.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

The objective was to create deep respect, trust, and an egalitarian community for sustaining innovation. The life cycle of a team is more like the cycle of maturity (dependence, counter dependence, independence, interdependence or some might prefer the Blanchard labels—forming, storming, norming and performing).

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Leading with Trust

MAY 6, 2019

Yet a number of research studies have shown that humble leaders are more effective at bringing people together, marshaling resources toward a common goal, and accomplishing organizational objectives. As Ken Blanchard likes to say, “Being humble doesn’t mean thinking less of yourself, it means thinking about yourself less.”

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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 1, 2018

Only 44 percent say that they can see a connection between what they do and their company’s objectives. Having strong values protects you from measuring and rewarding the wrong behaviors and objectives. the job they signed up for in the first place). They’re free to innovate and create market-differentiating, competitive ideas.

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Change Starts Here

JUNE 3, 2014

In my own digging into this topic, I’ve found experts like Ken Blanchard and Daryl Conner also referenced their own research and estimates that 70% of change initiatives fail, without citing specific evidence. The remaining 59% missed at least one objective or failed completely. It’s hard to argue with the experts!

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2019

We have a goal or objective, which is to walk. Clearly communicate the overarching objective. Follow The Ken Blanchard Companies STRAM; A New Twist on SMART Goals. My friend again grabs the book from my hand, flips the pages, and asks, “What’s taking you so long?”. How frustrating this would be if it actually took place.

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 9, 2015

This means we shift from feeling objective to making a positive difference. The Secret: What Great Leaders Know And Do by Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller – The Secret hit it’s 10th anniversary with over half a million copies sold. Blanchard and Miller have a unique way to deliver leadership lessons.

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Rajesh Setty

MARCH 12, 2012

Chris Edmonds is a speaker, author, and senior consultant with the Ken Blanchard Companies. As Blanchard’s culture guru, Chris has helped dozens of organizations create high performing, values-aligned work environments. First, quick bios of the authors: S. Whereas happiness is the opposite of sadness, well-being is not.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2018

3: Try to be objective. We focus on remaining objective during the interaction. In the classic leadership book The One Minute Manager , Blanchard and Spencer use a symbol — the face of a digital watch — to remind us to regularly look into the faces of the people sitting across from us and realize they are important.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The models concluded — in a sort of "divine coincidence," as the MIT economist Olivier Blanchard and a colleague quipped — that if central banks merely maintained steady, low inflation, they would achieve economic stability and the best growth possible. Washington and London espoused this orthodoxy.

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CoachStation

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

10 Ways Leaders Aren’t Making Time for their Team Members (Infographic): Blanchard LeaderChat. In research conducted by The Ken Blanchard Companies and Training Magazine, over 60% of respondents say the most important factor influencing the effort they give to a team is how much they trust their fellow teammates. It’s trust.

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CO2

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The Essence of Team Leadership: Beyond Individual Brilliance “None of us is as smart as all of us,” famously stated by Ken Blanchard, captures the essence of collaborative team leadership. Clear objectives prevent confusion and align team efforts towards a common goal.

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