Quotes from Ken Blanchard

Patrick Lencioni, Spencer Johnson, and Stephen Covey are great communicators.

'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.

The first principle of ethical power is Purpose... It is the picture you have of yourself - the kind of person you want to be or the kind of life you want to lead.

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

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

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.

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.

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

A good business book teaches simple truths.

Humility does not mean you think less of yourself. It means you think of yourself less.

I never use notes, they interfere with me.

Servant-leader ship is all about making the goals clear and then rolling your sleeves up and doing whatever it takes to help people win. In that situation, they don't work for you, you work for them.

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

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.

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.

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

I cannot say Who Art in Heaven-If all my interests and pursuits are in earthly things.

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.'

The best way to develop responsibility in people is to give them responsibility.

As a manager the important thing is not what happens when you are there, but what happens when you are not there

Purpose has to do with one's calling - deciding what business you are in as a person.

People love to be appreciated.

Real communication happens when people feel safe.

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