Ken Blanchard
Ken Blanchard
Kenneth Hartley Blanchardis an American author and management expert. His extensive writing career includes over 60 published books, most of which are co-authored books. His most successful book, The One Minute Manager has sold over 13 Million books and translated into many languages...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth6 May 1939
CountryUnited States of America
organization goal groups
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.
jobs organization goal
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.
clear-goals goal clear
All good performance starts with clear goals.
goal looks behavior
Take a minute: look at your goals, look at your performance, see if your behavior matches your goals.
winning people goal
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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Our 'franchises' never talk to each other. They compete with each other and criticize each other. We've got to stop this ridiculous fighting over rituals and regulations.
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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.
applause care customers heard profit taking
I once heard profit is the applause you get for taking care of customers and your people,
leader important our-relationship
As a leader, the most important earthly relationship you can cultivate is your relationship with yourself.
use horns ifs
If you don't toot your own horn, someone else will use it as a spittoon.
achievement purpose bigger
Purpose can never be about achievement; it is much bigger.
firsts doe done
Anything worth doing does not have to be done perfectly - at first.
successful organization focus
Successful organizations have one common central focus: Customers.
rivers puddles
A river without banks is a large puddle.