The first principle of ethical power is Purpose. By purpose, I dont 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. – Ken Blanchard
The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority. – Ken Blanchard
As a manager the important thing is not what happens when you are there, but what happens when you are not there. – Ken Blanchard
In the past a leader was a boss. Todays leaders must be partners with their people… they no longer can lead solely based on positional power. – Ken Blanchard
Ive made movies that I thought were good. Ive made movies that I thought were okay, but then I was very good. And sometimes youre in a movie and you think, I wish more people saw that – because youre good. And it just works out that the movie gets lost. But thats show business. – Christopher Walken