Kenneth H. Blanchard > Quotes

“The key to successful leadership is influence, not authority.”
― Ken Blanchard

“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.”
― Ken Blanchard

“None of us is as smart as all of us”
― Ken Blanchard

“There is a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results.”
― Ken Blanchard

“Take a minute: look at your goals, look at your performance, see if your behavior matches your goals.”
― Ken Blanchard, The One Minute Manager

“None of us is as smart as all of us.”
― Kenneth H. Blanchard

“Secret #1 : One minute Goal Setting
"People who feel good about themselves produce good results”
― Ken Blanchard, Spencer Johnson, The One Minute Manager

“Feedback is the breakfast of champions”
― Ken Blanchard

“Help People Reach Their Full Potential
Catch Them Doing Something Right”
― Kenneth H. Blanchard, The One Minute Manager

“There’s a difference between interest and commitment. When you’re interested in something, you do it only when it’s convenient. When you’re committed to something, you accept no excuses; only results.”
― Kenneth H. Blanchard

“The best minute you spend is the one you invest in people”
― Ken Blanchard

“Secret #3 : One minute Reprimand
"We are not just our behavior. We are the person managing our behavior”
― Ken Blanchard, Spencer Johnson, The One Minute Manager

“Secret #2 : One Minute Praising
Help People to Reach Their Full Potential. Catch Them Doing Something Right”
― Ken Blanchard, Spencer Johnson, The One Minute Manager

“If you don't blow your own horn, someone else will use it as a spittoon. ”
― Kenneth H. Blanchard

“Goals begin behaviors, consequences maintain them.”
― Kenneth H. Blanchard, The One Minute Manager

“A clear purpose will unite you as you move forward, values will guide your behavior, and goals will focus your energy.”
― Kenneth H. Blanchard, Collaboration Begins with You: Be a Silo Buster

“If you can´t tell me what you'd like to be happening, you don't have a problem yet. You're just complaining. A problem only exists if there is a difference between what is actually happening and what you desire to be happening.”
― Kenneth H. Blanchard, The One Minute Manager

“Effective managers,” he thought, “manage themselves and the people they work with
so that both the organization and the people profit from their presence.”
― Kenneth H. Blanchard, The One Minute Manager

“The best way to teach people is by telling a story”
― Kenneth H. Blanchard

“We can’t always control what happens in our lives- things will go well, things will go poorly-but what we can control is our response to those events.”
― Kenneth Blanchard

“The people who work with you as their manager will look to you as one of their sources of wisdom”
― Kenneth H. Blanchard, The One Minute Manager

“The best minute I spend is the one I invest in people.”
― Kenneth H. Blanchard, The One Minute Manager

“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.”
― Ken Blanchard

“Knowing where you're going is the first step to get there.”
― Ken Blanchard

“People who feel good about themselves, produce good results.”
― Kenneth Blancard

“When people don't know what’s going on, it’s human nature for them to imagine a version that’s ten times worse than the truth!”
― Kenneth H. Blanchard, Collaboration Begins with You: Be a Silo Buster

“الناس تحتاج أن ترتبط بمن يهتمون بهم، ليشعروا بأنهم مقبولون وذوو قيمة لمجرد أنهم بشر (..) أيضاً أن الناس يحتاجون إلى معين ليجدوا من يهتم بهم، عندما يجانبهم الصواب ص 91”
― Kenneth H. Blanchard, The One Minute Manager

“A problem only exists if there is a difference between what is actually happening and what you desire to be happening.”
― Kenneth Blancard

“Some of the greatest advances happen when people are bold enough to speak their truth and listen to others speak theirs.”
― Kenneth H. Blanchard, Collaboration Begins with You: Be a Silo Buster

“Empowerment requires a major shift in attitude. The most crucial place that this shift must occur is in the heart of every leader.”
― Kenneth H. Blanchard, Leading at a Higher Level, Revised and Expanded Edition: Blanchard on Leadership and Creating High Performing Organizations