Ken Blanchard Quotes

Here, we’ve compiled a list of the best Ken Blanchard Quotes. The wide variety of quotes available makes it possible to find a quote to suit your needs. You’ve likely heard some of the Ken Blanchard Quotes before, but that’s because they truly are great.

The biggest obstacle that stalls leaders‘ growth is the human ego. When leaders start to think they know it all, they stop growing.

Ken Blanchard

One of the topics I’m most passionate about is servant leadership – the greatest leaders recognize that they’re here to serve, not to be served.

Ken Blanchard

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.

Ken Blanchard

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

Feedback is the breakfast of champions.

Ken Blanchard

Leadership is not about you; it’s about investing in the growth of others.

Ken Blanchard

‘One Minute Mentoring’ is written in the parable style Spencer Johnson and I popularized in ‘The One Minute Manager.’ It’s an entertaining story about the mentorship between a young salesperson, Josh, and a seasoned executive named Diane. As the characters learn about mentoring, so does the reader.

Ken Blanchard

I never use notes, they interfere with me.

Ken Blanchard

At my company, we have 300 employees spread across offices all over the world, and I send them all a voicemail each morning with a message from me about why our work is important and a reminder about one of our values. I call myself our company’s ‘chief spiritual officer.’

Ken Blanchard

All good performance starts with clear goals.

Ken Blanchard

Values-based business behavior is no longer simply an interesting option – it’s crucial to your survival. Once you understand your mission and values, you have a strong basis for evaluating your practices and aligning them accordingly.

Ken Blanchard

Many companies claim they have core values, but typically what they’re referring to are generic beliefs: having integrity, making a profit, responding to customers and so on. These values only have meaning when they’re defined in terms of how people behave and are ranked to set priorities.

Ken Blanchard

Managing by values – not by profits – is a powerful process that will set your business on the path to becoming what I call a ‘Fortunate 500′ company.

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

When you write a business fable, people get caught up in the story and don’t get judgmental about what you’re teaching them. If you’re teaching a bunch of concepts, people get skeptical and say, ‘Where’d you get that research?’ But if you tell them a story, they get caught up in it while they learn.

Ken Blanchard

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.

Ken Blanchard

People will resist change when it’s done to them, not with them.

Ken Blanchard

It’s been true in my life that when I’ve needed a mentor, the right person shows up.

Ken Blanchard

Age is rarely a limitation to being a mentor.

Ken Blanchard

People who produce good results feel good about themselves.

Ken Blanchard

As a leader, you absolutely must expend your energy engaging your frontline employees so that they will take care of customers, who will tell stories about how great your company is to other people, who will become new customers.

Ken Blanchard

If people aren’t clear on what business you’re in, what you’re trying to accomplish, your values, your goals, then shame on you. It doesn’t mean you shouldn’t involve them. It’s just your responsibility to make sure that that’s clear.

Ken Blanchard

If your employees are disengaged, and they don’t take care of your customers, it doesn’t matter how good your strategy is – your customers will still go somewhere else.

Ken Blanchard

People love to be appreciated.

Ken Blanchard

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

Ken Blanchard

Ken Blanchard Quotes

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE