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

Ken Blanchard

As a leader, the most important earthly relationship you can cultivate is your relationship with yourself.
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Important Leadership Relationship Yourself
The best way to develop responsibility in people is to give them responsibility.
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Development People Responsibility
Everyone knows that not all change is good or even necessary. But in a world that is constantly changing, it is to our advantage to learn how to adapt and enjoy something better.
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Change Enjoyment Learning Necessary World
All good performance starts with clear goals.
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Goal Goodness Inspirational One Liner
Catch people in the act of doing something right.
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Act People Right
Present thinking people kill the future.
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Future Kill People Present Technology Thinking
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
Don’t wait until people do things exactly right before you praise them.
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People Praise Wait
Leadership is not something you do to people. It’s something you do with people.
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Leadership People Team Work
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
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
Take a minute: look at your goals, look at your performance, see if your behavior matches your goals.
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Goal Yourself
Vision comes alive when everyone sees where his or her contribution makes a difference.
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Difference Vision Worth
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
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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Business Company Decision People Responsible
Things not worth doing are not worth doing well.
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Action Worth

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