The key to successful leadership today is influenc... -Ken Blanchard

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

Ken Blanchard , Businessman
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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....
Growing, for leaders, is like oxygen to a deep sea diver. Without learning and growing, leaders die in terms of their effectiveness....
One of the topics I'm most passionate about is servant leadership - the greatest leaders recognize that they're here to serve, not to be served....
Leadership is not about you; it's about investing in the growth of others....
The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority....
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 aw...
For a manager to be perceived as a positive manager, they need a four to one positive to negative contact ratio....

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The Washington leadership has put aside non-proliferation programmes and devoted its energies and resources to driving the country to war by extraordi...
What happens with a lot of leaders is that their leadership style is like ADD; they are all over the place with different ideas. They could be driving...
I fell in love with the topic of leadership. For three decades, that has been a major focus of my hands-on work: listening to and working with leaders...
Why would I be willing to challenge my Republican leadership? Because my allegiance will always be to the Constitution and the American people first a...
I've never worried about payback. People are hungry for leadership that's not afraid of political consequence....
I hope telling the story of how I went from being a single mom to serving in the Texas State Senate to running for governor will remind others that wi...
The Chinese public is deeply nationalist, which matters to China's unelected political leadership as much as U.S. nationalism does to American politic...
In politics, Joseph Smith was something of a radical. He preached, instead of democracy, a version of theocratic rule within a framework given by his ...
In an age when stagecraft, gauzy themes, and sound-bites have too often been substituted for leadership, Bill Clinton as a candidate made it essential...
Anyone can show exceptional leadership ability in easy times. When all's going to plan, anyone can be inspirational/excellent/innovative and strong. T...