All good performance starts with clear goals.
KEN BLANCHARDCatching people doing things right is a powerful management concept.
More Ken Blanchard Quotes
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Have I done what is really important today?
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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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If God had wanted us to talk more than listen, he would have given us two mouths rather than two ears.
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Empowering means helping teams develop their skills and knowledge and supporting them to use their talents.
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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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It never hurts to toot your own horn once in a while.
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Don’t quack like a duck, soar like an eagle.
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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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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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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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Present thinking people kill the future.
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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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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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When you touch – don’t take. Touch people only when you are giving something – reassurance, support, encouragement, whatever
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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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