Ken Blanchard

Feedback is the breakfast of champions.

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

I never use notes, they interfere with me.

Ken Blanchard

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.

Ken Blanchard

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

Ken Blanchard

In other words, you’re saying managers should work for their people, and not the reverse.

Ken Blanchard

Leaders empower individuals by building trust and coaching competence in their job roles and networking skills.

Ken Blanchard

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

Ken Blanchard

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

Ken Blanchard

Leadership is not about power. It’s not about control; it’s about helping people live according to the vision.

Ken Blanchard