Ken Blanchard Quotes

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• There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses - only results.

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  Success, Work, Adventure

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• Servant-leader ship is all about making the goals clear and then rolling your sleeves up and doing whatever it takes to help people win. In that situation, they don't work for you, you work for them.

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  Winning, Goal, People

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  The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.

  Ken Blanchard

  Inspirational, Leadership, Basketball

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• None of us is as smart as all of us.

  Ken Blanchard

  Inspirational, Leadership, Teamwork

  Twitter post from Dec 13, 2012

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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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  Attitude, Matter, Good Intentions

  Twitter post from Jul 14, 2015

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• Leadership is not something you do to people. It's something you do with people.

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  People

  Twitter post from Sep 27, 2013

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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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  Use, Action, Behavior

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• Humility does not mean you think less of yourself. It means you think of yourself less.

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  Inspirational, Wisdom, Courage

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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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  Inspirational, Jobs, Organization

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• Many people measure their success by wealth, recognition, power and status. There's nothing wrong with those, but if that's all you're focused on, you're missing the boat...if you focus on significance -using your time and talent to serve others -that's when truly meaningful success can come your way.

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  Meaningful, People, Focus

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• What we give our attention to, grows.

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  Giving, Attention, Grows

  Ken Blanchard (2010). “The Heart of a Leader”, p.8, David C Cook

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• Vision is knowing who you are, where you're going, and what will guide your journey.

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  Journey, Knowing Who You Are, Vision

  Ken Blanchard, Colleen Barrett (2013). “Learn How to Lead and Succeed (Collection)”, p.164, FT Press

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• All good performance starts with clear goals.

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  Clear Goals, Goal, Clear

  Ken Blanchard, Garry Ridge (2013). “Improve Your Career Performance (Collection)”, p.390, FT Press

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• When you stop learning you stop growing.

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  Growing

  Ken Blanchard (2010). “The Heart of a Leader”, p.29, David C Cook

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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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  Business, Important, Management

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• Your role as a leader is even more important than you might imagine. You have the power to help people become winners.

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  Teacher, Business, Learning

  Ken Blanchard (2010). “The Heart of a Leader”, p.13, David C Cook

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• The only job security you have today os your commitment to continuous personal improvement.

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  Leadership, Jobs, Commitment

  Ken Blanchard (2010). “The Heart of a Leader”, p.142, David C Cook

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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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  Leadership, Power, Past

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• The most important habit is solitude, quiet time. People who enter their day by taking 45 minutes or an hour for themselves - meditation, prayer, inspirational reading, taking a walk - before they go for it in the real world do best.

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  Prayer, Real, Reading

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• Vision comes alive when everyone sees where his or her contribution makes a difference.

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  Differences, Vision, Making A Difference

  Ken Blanchard, John P. Carlos, Alan Randolph (2001). “Empowerment Takes More Than a Minute”, p.48, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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• If you don't seek perfection, you can never reach excellence.

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  Perfection, Excellence, Ifs

  Ken Blanchard (2010). “The Heart of a Leader”, p.105, David C Cook

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• Effective team leaders adjust their style to provide what the group can't provide for itself.

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  Team, Leader, Style

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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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  Humility, Two, Ears

  Ken Blanchard (2010). “The Heart of a Leader”, p.102, David C Cook

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• Empowering means helping teams develop their skills and knowledge and supporting them to use their talents.

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  Team, Mean, Skills

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• When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results.

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  Commitment, No Excuses, Accepting

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