Ken Blanchard
Ken Blanchard

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

Ken Blanchard
Ken Blanchard

Feedback is the breakfast of champions.

Ken Blanchard
Ken Blanchard

Leadership is not about you; it's about investing in the growth of others.

Ken Blanchard
Ken Blanchard

As a leader, you absolutely must expend your energy engaging your frontline employees so that they will take care of customers, who will tell stories about how great your company is to other people, who will become new customers.

Ken Blanchard
Ken Blanchard

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

Ken Blanchard
Ken Blanchard

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
Ken Blanchard

People who produce good results feel good about themselves.

Ken Blanchard
Ken Blanchard

It's been true in my life that when I've needed a mentor, the right person shows up.

Ken Blanchard
Ken Blanchard

Growing, for leaders, is like oxygen to a deep sea diver. Without learning and growing, leaders die in terms of their effectiveness.

Ken Blanchard
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
Ken Blanchard

One of the topics I'm most passionate about is servant leadership - the greatest leaders recognize that they're here to serve, not to be served.

Ken Blanchard
Ken Blanchard

I absolutely believe in the power of tithing and giving back. My own experience about all the blessings I've had in my life is that the more I give away, the more that comes back. That is the way life works, and that is the way energy works.

Ken Blanchard
Ken Blanchard

I think a great leader is somebody who realizes it's not about them, it's about the people that they're serving, that they're really other-directed rather than self- directed.

Ken Blanchard
Ken Blanchard

People will resist change when it's done to them, not with them.

Ken Blanchard
Ken Blanchard

The biggest obstacle that stalls leaders' growth is the human ego. When leaders start to think they know it all, they stop growing.

Ken Blanchard
Ken Blanchard

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

Ken Blanchard
Ken Blanchard

All good performance starts with clear goals.

Ken Blanchard
Ken Blanchard

People love to be appreciated.

Ken Blanchard
Ken Blanchard

If people aren't clear on what business you're in, what you're trying to accomplish, your values, your goals, then shame on you. It doesn't mean you shouldn't involve them. It's just your responsibility to make sure that that's clear.

Ken Blanchard
Ken Blanchard

Managing by values - not by profits - is a powerful process that will set your business on the path to becoming what I call a 'Fortunate 500' company.