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RIP: Retired in Position

Lead Change Blog

“Retired in position” refers to an unengaged employee, a term which I first heard used by Ken Blanchard. Adding insult to injury, 52 percent of those workers are sleepwalking through their day or retired in position. Don’t wait until after the expiration date to realize you are retired in position. Well, it should.

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Change Your Habits

Great Leadership By Dan

Accountability means the prompt application of POSITIVE consequences (when folks do the right things the right way) and NEGATIVE consequences (when they don’t). Chris has also served as a senior consultant with The Ken Blanchard Companies since 1995. Chris Edmonds is a sought-after speaker, author, and executive consultant.

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Be Known Positively

Nathan Magnuson

Recently I shared 9 Leadership themes for the new year , including one: be known positively. So how can we build positive interactions and relationships with others? The positive effects of smiling are so poignant that Dale Carnegie devoted an entire chapter to it in his classic book How to Win Friends and Influence People.

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The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do

Lead Change Blog

When Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller collaborated on The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do , they created a story line based on simple insights that had the potential to make a major impact on those who read—and applied—the principles. If you feel frustrated because you haven’t figured out how to get ahead, this webinar is for you!

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Are You a Culture Change Skeptic?

Great Leadership By Dan

Numerous studies have proven the positive impact of culture on performance and how fulfilling employees see their work. How do you know the Positive Impact was due to culture change? Often senior leaders who embrace the positive power of culture find themselves in organizations that don’t support this world view.

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Refire! Don’t Retire

Lead Change Blog

No matter what viewpoint you have, Ken Blanchard and Morton Shaevitz want to help you make a positive transition from where you are to where you’re going by showing you how to infuse passion and zest into every area of your life. When faced with the prospect of getting older, you can be optimistic, pessimistic, or realistic.

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Servant Leadership: Each of Us Has an Opportunity to Serve

Joseph Lalonde

A Guest Article By Ken Blanchard Sometimes when I’m leading a session for a big group of managers, I’ll ask, “How many of you think of yourself as a leader?” Somehow they think the word leader is reserved for high-level positions like president or CEO. Usually, only about one-third of them raise their hands.

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