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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.

Ken Blanchard

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 BLANCHARD

Humility Inspirational Leadership Responsibility
Leadership is anytime you seek to influence the thinking, behavior, or development of others.
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Development Inspirational Leadership Thinking
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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Company Management Time
Leadership is not something you do to people. It’s something you do with people.
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Leadership People 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
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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Business Connection Dignity Feeling Goal Inspirational Job
People don’t mind being challenged to do better if they know the request is coming from a caring heart.
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Care Challenge Heart Leadership
What we give our attention to, grows.
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Attention Growth One Liner
Empowerment is all about letting go so that others can get going.
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Empowerment Let Go Success
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
Don’t wait until people do things exactly right before you praise them.
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People Praise Wait
It never hurts to toot your own horn once in a while.
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Advice Hurt Yourself
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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Business Important Management Presence
Perpetual prosperity comes to those who help others.
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Generosity Help Prosperity
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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Body God Humility Listening Talk
Business is like tennis. Those who serve well win.
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Business Sports Win

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