Kenneth Blanchard Quotes

The best way to teach people is by telling a story.
Kenneth 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.
Kenneth 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.
Kenneth Blanchard

Their No. 1 value is ethics, No. 2 is responding to customers and No. 3 is profits, ... They're saying, 'We won't do anything that will improve our profit if it's not ethical or responsive to customers.
Kenneth Blanchard

I once heard profit is the applause you get for taking care of customers and your people.
Kenneth Blanchard

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

Most companies spend all their time looking for another management concept and very little time following up the one they have just taught their managers.
Kenneth Blanchard

The first principle of ethical power is Purpose. By purpose, I don't mean your objective or intention-something toward which you are always striving. Purpose is something bigger. 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.
Kenneth Blanchard

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

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

Feedback is the breakfast of champions.
Kenneth Blanchard

Don't quack like a duck, soar like an eagle.
Kenneth Blanchard

People who produce good results feel good about themselves.
Kenneth Blanchard

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

None of us is as smart as all of us.
Kenneth Blanchard