Quote by Ken Blanchard
The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority

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

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

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positive
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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

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power
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He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious. – Sun Tzu

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I mean, Emily Harris was his wife. And she seemed to resent his leadership, but on the other hand, she felt like a good soldier, that he had to be the leader. – Patty Hearst

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And this administration and this House leadership have said, quote-unquote, they will stop at nothing to pass this health care bill. And now theyve gotten rid of me and it will pass. You connect the dots. – Eric Massa

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Comrade Deng Xiaoping – along with other party elders – gave the party leadership their firm and full support to put down the political disturbance using forceful measures. – Li Peng

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Your necklace may break, the fau tree may burst, but my tattooing is indestructible. It is an everlasting gem that you will take into your grave. – Verse from a traditional tattoo artist’s song, as quoted on pbs.org, “Skin

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Freedom is what you do with whats been done to you. – Jean-Paul Sartre

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I think top scientists need to be compensated at a different scale in society. Somebody with experience will tell you that true scientists are not motivated by money – they are motivated by the quest itself. That is true. But I think an additional recognition will not hurt. – Yuri Milner

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From the simple stringing together of lemon garlands for the goddess Durga, to dividing the prasadam or blessed foods for the children first, I came to associate food not only with feminity, but also with purity and divinity. – Padma Lakshmi

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