Ken Blanchard Quotes

You have the power to help people become winners.

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

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.

The best minute you spend is the one you invest in people

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.

It's really hard to be a servant leader because we come into this world as a baby in a self-survival mode. Life is a journey toward service.

If you don't toot your own horn, someone else will use it as a spittoon.

Help People Reach Their Full Potential Catch Them Doing Something Right

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

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

Good thoughts not delivered mean squat.

Have I done what is really important today?

If you want your people to be responsible, be responsive to their needs.

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.

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.

Nice guys may appear to finish last, but usually they are running a different race.

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.

I never use notes, they interfere with me.

I cannot say Who Art in Heaven-If all my interests and pursuits are in earthly things.

Beware of putting all your focus into results. While results are important, your people should be your number one area of focus.

All good performance starts with clear goals.

Customer service is not a department, it's everyone's job.

[Marriage is] like signing a 356-page contract without knowing what's in it.

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

It never hurts to toot your own horn once in a while.

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

Perpetual prosperity comes to those who help others.

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

Empowerment is all about letting go so that others can get going.

Business is like tennis. Those who serve well win.

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

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

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

One of the deepest principles of life and leadership: it's not about you.

If God had wanted us to talk more than listen, he would have given us two mouths rather than two ears.

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.

Before something can become a habit it must first be practiced as a discipline.

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

A little flattery makes people feel good about themselves. When you notice someone looking great, give them a compliment.

None of us is as smart as all of us.

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.

Vision is a lot more than putting a plaque on the wall. A real vision is lived, not framed.

Take what you do seriously, but yourself lightly

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

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.

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

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

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