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Ken Blanchard (11)

Birth:	6th May, 1939
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Author

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• Real communication happens when people feel safe.

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

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• Don’t quack like a duck, soar like an eagle.

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• Feedback is the breakfast of champions.

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• I never use notes, they interfere with me.

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

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• People who produce good results feel good about themselves.

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• 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.

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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.

  Ken Blanchard