Ken Blanchard Quotes

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

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.

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

A problem only exists if there is a difference between what is actually happening and what you desire to be happening.

Asking for other's guidance helps you see what you may not be able to see. It's always important to check your ego and ask for help.

You have the power to help people become winners.

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

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.

Don't wait until people do things exactly right before you praise them.

Business is like tennis. Those who serve well win.

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

Customer service should not be a department, customer service is everyone's job.

Catch people in the act of doing something right.

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

Consistency isn't behaving the same way all the time.

Your game is only as good as your practice.

Real communication happens when people feel safe.

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

In fact, .. Jesus is mentioned 75 times in the Koran.

Catch someone doing something right.

A river without banks is a large puddle.

The Hoffman Process brings forth spiritual leadership in a person. It made my spirituality come alive. Through the Hoffman Process I actually brought my faith into my daily actions.

I never use notes, they interfere with me.

Successful organizations have one common central focus: Customers.

Positive thinkers get positive results because they are not afraid of problems.

Trying is just a noisy way of not doing something.

Have I done what is really important today?

Life is special when you reach out beyond yourself to be a true servant leader for others.

All leaders are permanent learners.

Good thoughts not delivered mean squat.

Spouses often point out each other's deficiencies. Instead, we should be each other's motivator. My husband touches my spirit, and I try my best to motivate him, too.

Take what you do seriously, but yourself lightly

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.

Present thinking people kill the future.

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

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

The cure for too much to do is solitude and silence.

Everyday do something in relation to everything that's important to you.

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

Purpose can never be about achievement; it is much bigger.

Things not worth doing are not worth doing well.

Perpetual prosperity comes to those who help others.

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

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

Take yourself seriously but take yourself lightly.

As a leader you provide for people only what they can't provide for themselves.

How many of you would put in front of your house a sign that says gun-free zone?

Unexpressed good thoughts aren't worth squat!

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.

Anything worth doing does not have to be done perfectly - at first.