Ken Blanchard Quotes - Page 3

Leadership is about going somewhere. If you and your people don’t know where you are going, your leadership doesn’t matter.

Successful organizations have one common central focus: Customers.

If you want to know why your people are not performing well, step up to the mirror and take a peek.

Congratulations offer more potential than cash. The amount of available cash is limited, but managers have an unlimited supply of congratulations. It's important to pay people fairly, but managers also should heap on congratulations and feed people's souls.

If becoming a high performing organization is the destination, leadership is the engine.

For a manager to be perceived as a positive manager, they need a four to one positive to negative contact ratio.

The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision.

Whether you like it or not, you will leave a leadership legacy.

Leadership is anytime you seek to influence the thinking, behavior, or development of others.

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.

Positive thinkers get positive results because they are not afraid of problems.

Don't quack like a duck, soar like an eagle.

We are not just our behavior. We are the person managing our behavior.

Asking for other's guidance helps you see what you may not be able to see. It's always important to check your ego and ask for help.

The cure for too much to do is solitude and silence.

As a leader, the most important earthly relationship you can cultivate is your relationship with yourself.

Your game is only as good as your practice.

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.

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.

Do your best to succeed and push the limits without violating them.

Catch people in the act of doing something right.

People with humility don't think less of themselves, they just think of themselves less.

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.

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.

No one can make you serve customers well. That's because great service is a choice.