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One of the deepest principles of life and leadership: it’s not about you.

Ken Blanchard

If becoming a high performing organization is the destination, leadership is the engine.
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Business Leadership Success
The first principle of ethical power is Purpose… It is the picture you have of yourself – the kind of person you want to be or the kind of life you want to lead.
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Leadership Life Photograph Principle Purpose
Connect the dots between individual roles and the goals of the organization. When people see that connection, they get a lot of energy out of work. They feel the importance, dignity, and meaning in their job.
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Business Connection Dignity Feeling Goal Inspirational Job
As a manager the important thing is not what happens when you are there, but what happens when you are not there.
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Business Important Management Presence
Take what you do seriously, but yourself lightly.
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Light Serious Yourself
Nice guys may appear to finish last, but usually they are running a different race.
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Different Kindness Motivational Race Run
Feedback is the breakfast of champions.
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Feedback Food Learning
What we give our attention to, grows.
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Attention Growth One Liner
People who feel good about themselves produce good results.
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Feeling Inspirational Morning People Worth
Empowering means helping teams develop their skills and knowledge and supporting them to use their talents.
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Empowerment Knowledge Mean Skill Team
If you want your people to be responsible, be responsive to their needs.
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Need People Responsible
Vision is a lot more than putting a plaque on the wall. A real vision is lived, not framed.
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Live Reality Vision
Customer service should not be a department, customer service is everyone’s job.
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Department Job Service
Learning is defined as a change in behavior. You haven’t learned a thing until you take action and use it.
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Action Behavior Change Learning Yourself
Your mind and a computer have one thing in common: neither of them know the difference between the truth and what you tell it.
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Difference Oneself Technology Truth
The productivity of a work group seems to depend on how the group members see their own goals in relation to the goals of the organization.
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Goal Leadership Organization Vision

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