If you want your people to be responsible, be responsive to their needs.
KEN BLANCHARDIf you want your people to be responsible, be responsive to their needs.
More Ken Blanchard Quotes
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If becoming a high performing organization is the destination, leadership is the engine.
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Effective team leaders adjust their style to provide what the group can’t provide for itself.
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The only job security you have today is your commitment to continuous personal improvement.
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Empowering means helping teams develop their skills and knowledge and supporting them to use their talents.
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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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Life is special when you reach out beyond yourself to be a true servant leader for others.
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Whether you like it or not, you will leave a leadership legacy.
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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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When you touch – don’t take. Touch people only when you are giving something – reassurance, support, encouragement, whatever
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As a leader, the most important earthly relationship you can cultivate is your relationship with yourself.
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Vision is knowing who you are, where you’re going, and what will guide your journey.
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Connect the dots between individual roles and the goals of the organization. When people see that connection, they get a lot of energy out of work. They feel the importance, dignity, and meaning in their job.
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People who feel good about themselves produce good results.
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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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We are not just our behavior. We are the person managing our behavior.
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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 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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Knowing where you are going is the first step to getting there.
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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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The best way to develop responsibility in people is to give them responsibility.
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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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Real communication happens when people feel safe.
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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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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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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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The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.
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