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.
KEN BLANCHARDDon’t quack like a duck, soar like an eagle.
More Ken Blanchard Quotes
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Present thinking people kill the future.
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All good performance starts with clear goals.
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Purpose can never be about achievement; it is much bigger.
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Leadership is not something you do to people. It’s something you do with people.
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Empowering means helping teams develop their skills and knowledge and supporting them to use their talents.
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Honesty is telling the truth to ourselves and others. Integrity is living that truth.
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A river without banks is a large puddle.
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The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision.
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Vision is knowing who you are, where you’re going, and what will guide your journey.
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Start your day with good intentions and set yourself up for a good attitude. It’s not what happens to you that matters but how you respond.
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The best way to develop responsibility in people is to give them responsibility.
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Humility does not mean you think less of yourself. It means you think of yourself less.
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Do your best to succeed and push the limits without violating them.
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Empowerment is all about letting go so that others can get going.
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Whether you like it or not, you will leave a leadership legacy.
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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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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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The cure for too much to do is solitude and silence.
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Vision is a lot more than putting a plaque on the wall. A real vision is lived, not framed.
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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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The only job security you have today is your commitment to continuous personal improvement.
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One of the deepest principles of life and leadership: it’s not about you.
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The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.
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As a leader, the most important earthly relationship you can cultivate is your relationship with yourself.
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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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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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