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Take what you do seriously, but yourself lightly.

Ken Blanchard

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
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
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
Most companies spend all their time looking for another management concept and very little time following up the one they have just taught their managers.
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Company Management Time
Business is like tennis. Those who serve well win.
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Business Sports Win
Don’t wait until people do things exactly right before you praise them.
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People Praise Wait
The best way to develop responsibility in people is to give them responsibility.
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Development People Responsibility
A problem only exists if there is a difference between what is actually happening and what you desire to be happening.
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Desire Difference Existence Problem
Leadership is not something you do to people. It’s something you do with people.
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Leadership People Team Work
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
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
Humility does not mean you think less of yourself. It means you think of yourself less.
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Courage Deep Inspirational Wisdom Yourself
Leadership is anytime you seek to influence the thinking, behavior, or development of others.
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Development Inspirational Leadership Thinking
You have the power to help people become winners.
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Motivational People Win Yourself
Things not worth doing are not worth doing well.
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Action Worth
People don’t mind being challenged to do better if they know the request is coming from a caring heart.
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Care Challenge Heart Leadership

Take what you do seriously, but yourself lightly.

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