Ken Blanchard Quotes

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

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

"In fact, ... Jesus is mentioned 75 times in the Koran."
-Ken 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."
-Ken 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."
-Ken Blanchard

"Don't quack like a duck, soar like an eagle."
-Ken Blanchard