Business is like tennis. Those who serve well win.
KEN BLANCHARDVision comes alive when everyone sees where his or her contribution makes a difference.
More Ken Blanchard Quotes
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Purpose can never be about achievement; it is much bigger.
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Successful organizations have one common central focus: Customers.
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The best minute you spend is the one you invest in people.
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Vision comes alive when everyone sees where his or her contribution makes a difference.
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Catch people in the act of doing something right.
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Beware of putting all your focus into results. While results are important, your people should be your number one area of focus.
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The only job security you have today is your commitment to continuous personal improvement.
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Catching people doing things right is a powerful management concept.
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If we want people on the front lines of companies to be responsible for making good business decisions, they must have the same information that managers use to make good business decisions.
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Empowerment is all about letting go so that others can get going.
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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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Everyday do something in relation to everything that’s important to you.
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Your game is only as good as your practice.
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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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For a manager to be perceived as a positive manager, they need a four to one positive to negative contact ratio.
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Leadership is not something you do to people. It’s something you do with people.
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Take a minute: look at your goals, look at your performance, see if your behavior matches your goals.
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If you don’t seek perfection, you can never reach excellence.
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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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A river without banks is a large puddle.
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People don’t mind being challenged to do better if they know the request is coming from a caring heart.
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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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Positive thinkers get positive results because they are not afraid of problems.
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The best way to develop responsibility in people is to give them responsibility.
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Before something can become a habit it must first be practiced as a discipline.
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Knowing where you are going is the first step to getting there.
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