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As a manager the important thing is not what happens when you are there, but what happens when you are not there.

Ken Blanchard

The best minute you spend is the one you invest in people.
KEN BLANCHARD

Investment People Yourself
Leadership is about going somewhere. If you and your people don’t know where you are going, your leadership doesn’t matter.
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Journey Leadership Path People
Effective team leaders adjust their style to provide what the group can’t provide for itself.
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Leadership Style Team
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
When you touch – don’t take. Touch people only when you are giving something – reassurance, support, encouragement, whatever
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Encouragement Generosity Kindness People Touch
Take a minute: look at your goals, look at your performance, see if your behavior matches your goals.
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Goal Yourself
When you stop learning you stop growing.
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Growth Learning Yourself
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
Honesty is telling the truth to ourselves and others. Integrity is living that truth.
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Honesty Integrity Ourselves Truth
In the past a leader was a boss. Today’s leaders must be partners with their people. They no longer can lead solely based on positional power.
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Company Leadership Past Power Team Work
Too many leaders act as if the sheep. Their people are there for the benefit of the shepherd, not that the shepherd has responsibility for the sheep.
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Humility Inspirational Leadership Responsibility
Business is like tennis. Those who serve well win.
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Business Sports Win
If becoming a high performing organization is the destination, leadership is the engine.
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Business Leadership Success
None of us is as smart as all of us.
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Inspirational Leadership Teamwork
Successful organizations have one common central focus: Customers.
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Focus Success
We can’t control everything in life, that’s for sure, but we can reach out to the people we love to tell them we love and care about them.
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Care Gratitude Life Love People

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