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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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

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A significant number of pages and sentences that the administration wants to keep in a classified status have already been released publicly, some of it by public statements of the leadership of the CIA and the FBI. – Bob Graham

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Without initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions. – Bo Bennett

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I have spent a lifetime watching kids make mistakes because they were not trained or well led or properly motivated to do well. I never faulted the kids rather, I saw opportunity to train, to motivate, to improve leadership – not to punish the individual. – Eric Shinseki

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Getting in touch with your true self must be your first priority. – Tom Hopkins

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