New Releases by Kenneth H. Blanchard

Leadership legend and bestselling author Ken Blanchard returns with trust expert and thought leader Randy Conley to present a structured playbook based on the bestselling Simple Truths of Leadership. The companion playbook to Simple Truths of Leadership expands on the book''s 52 essential principles of servant leadership and trust building. This structured playbook provides weekly prompts and exercises to help you track your progress toward your leadership goals. It focuses on one Simple Truth per week and includes: A summary of each Simple Truth A game plan for using each truth in your workplace, including thought-provoking questions and exercises to challenge your thinking and cause you to consider new ideas about leadership A Call to Action to Try It This Week With so much of today''s workforce feeling disengaged from the work they do, it''s critical for leaders to move away from self-serving methods and embrace servant leadership to put their followers'' needs before their own. And by journaling alongside servant leadership principles, you will be able to turn the common sense behind these simple truths into common practice for you and your organization.

Leadership legend and bestselling author Ken Blanchard and trust expert and thought leader Randy Conley present this carefully curated collection of fifty-two essential leadership principles that are easy to implement and practice. Effective leadership is an influence process where leaders implement everyday, commonsense approaches that help people and organizations thrive. Yet somehow, many of these fundamental principles are still missing from most workplaces. In Simple Truths of Leadership, legendary servant leadership expert Ken Blanchard, whose books have sold millions of copies worldwide, and his colleague Randy Conley, known and recognized for his many years of thought leadership and expertise in the field of trust, share fifty-two Simple Truths about leadership that will help leaders everywhere make commonsense leadership common practice. Readers will discover profound, memorable, and in some cases counterintuitive leadership wisdom such as • Who should make the first move to extend trust • What role a successful apology plays in building trust • When to use different strokes (leadership styles) for different folks—and for the same folks • Where the most important part of leadership happens • How to create autonomy through boundaries • Why the key to developing people is catching them doing something right A fun, easy read that will make a positive difference in leadership and organizational success, Simple Truths of Leadership will show readers how to incorporate simple but essential practices into their leadership style, build trust through servant leadership, and enhance their own lives and the lives of everyone around them.

With a new foreword by Ken Blanchard The original, bestselling blockbuster which has transformed businesses world wide. The blockbuster number one international bestselling phenomenon is back ... not that it ever really went away. This easily-read story quickly demonstrates three very practical management techniques: One Minute Goals, One Minute Praisings and One Minute Reprimands. The One Minute Manager also includes information on several studies in medicine and in the behavioural sciences, which help readers understand why these apparently simple methods work so well with so many people. The book is brief, the language is simple, and best of all ... it works.

This book shows that collaboration begins with you. It is an inside-out process that starts with your heart (who you are) and head (what you know and believe), then moves to your hands (what you do). The authors help people develop a collaborative culture by utilizing differences, nurturing safety and trust, instituting clear purposes and goals, talking openly, and empowering themselves and others. When people recognize and change erroneous beliefs and actions regarding collaboration, failures can be turned into successes and breakthrough results achieved at every level.

Bestselling author Ken Blanchard brings you the tie-in guide to accompany his TrustWorks! training program.

Successful leaders don''t rest on the laurels. Leadership must be a living process, and life means growth. "Great Leaders Grow" shows leaders and aspiring leaders precisely which areas to focus on so they can remain effective throughout their lives.

You''ve heard of the Power of Positive Thinking. There''s no doubt about it...the human mind is an amazingly powerful computer, capable of transforming our lives. But achieving what you want in life isn''t accomplished by sitting in your comfy chair and visualizing all day long. Far too many people neglect to ACT on their own behalf in order to bring their dreams to life. As cosmetics company founder and CEO Estee Lauder put it so well, \"I didn''t get here by dreaming about it or thinking about it - I got here by doing it.\" In The Power of Positive Doing, BJ Gallagher has captured the \"secret\" no one is talking about - you can actually change your thoughts and attitudes by taking positive ACTION, no matter what you''re thinking or feeling! She calls it the \"The Power of Positive DOING\" - the title of her latest book. B.J. is no stranger to Simple Truths'' readers. The author of more than 20 books, including Friends, Oil for Your Lamp, and The Best Way Out is Through, her engaging stories and original poetry have put her on our best-seller list.

Colleen Barrett began her career as an executive secretary, yet Southwest Airlines'' founder chose her to succeed him as president. When asked why, he said, "Because she knows how to love people to success." --

Every day organizations around the world launch change initiatives often big, expensive ones - designed to improve the status quo. Yet 50 to 70 percent of these change efforts fail. A few perish suddenly, but many die painful, protracted deaths that drain the organization`s resources, energy and morale.So, Who or what is killing change? That`s what you`ll find out in this delightful whodunit. The story features a Columbo-style detective named Agent who`s investigating the murder of yet another Change. One by one, Agent interviews thirteen prime suspects, including a myopic leader named Vision; a chronically tardy manager named Urgency;an executive named Communication whose laryngitis makes communication all but impossible;and several other dubious characters. The suspects are sure to sound familiar, and you`re bound to relate them to your own workplace.In the end, Agent solves the case in a way that will inspire you to become an effective ChangeAgent in your own organization.

The first work in the new Leading at a Higher Level series offers in-depth, specific examples of how leaders and their organizations have successfully implemented Blanchard''s leadership techniques.

In the now classic business fable, The Secret, Debbie, a struggling leader finds herself about to lose her job due to poor performance. In a desperate attempt to save her career, she enrolls in a new mentoring program offered by her company. Much to her surprise, Debbie finds her mentor is the president of the company (Jeff Brown). Debbie decides that all she needs is the answer to one question, ''What is the secret of great leaders?'' Over the next 18 months Jeff explains to Debbie that the secret is rooted in an attitude. He tells her that she must be willing to become a serving leader rather than a self-serving leader. The secret is that all great leaders Serve. The story unfolds as Debbie learns and applies each of these imperatives with her team. As a result, Debbie''s team goes from worst to first. They become the highest performing team within the company. In the end, Debbie understood that all the changes and improvements were the result of the choices she made as a leader. She realized that to Serve is a choice. Debbie decided once and for all, she would no longer be a self-serving leader, she would be a serving leader!

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Ken Blanchard & Stephen Covey et. al. present an exceptional compilation of resourceful people who will tell you how they learned how to be successful. They will share with you their secrets and reveal some remarkable insights on how to set goals in life and how to accomplish those goals.

Bogen giver en omfattende gennemgang af anvendte ledelsesformer og ideer om ledelse, der har været anvendt i erhvervslivet samt i akademiske - og administrative miljøer. Bl.a. behandles situationsbestemt ledelse, motivation og adfærd, relationer mellem ledelse og medarbejdere, planlægning og gennemførelse af nødvendige ændringer samt ledelsesstrategier.

The inspirational fable of young entrepreneur Jud McCarley as he struggles to make a success of his business while balancing his work and personal life shares the secrets of developing and making a success of a small business, in a volume that incorporates the hard-won wisdom of noted entrepreneurs and business leaders. 200,000 first printing.

L''auteur à succès Ken Blanchard et les leaders prisés du monde des affaires Don Hutson et Ethan Willis présentent une histoire inspirante révélant les secrets pour devenir un entrepreneur prospère. Dans L''Entrepreneur Minute, Ken Blanchard (coauteur du grand classique d''affaires Le Manager Minute), Don Hutson (PDG de U.S. Learning) et Ethan Willis (PDG de Prosper Learning) racontent l''histoire inspirante d''un homme devant relever certains défis dans la création de sa propre entreprise. Par une narration puissante et engageante, nous affrontons plusieurs des problèmes types auxquels tout entrepreneur doit faire face lorsqu''il lance son entreprise, allant de la nécessité de trouver de nouvelles sources de revenu jusqu''à gagner l''engagement de ses effectifs et à fidéliser sa clientèle. Plus important encore, nous y découvrons le secret pour devenir un entrepreneur prospère, y compris l''art de jeter des fondations solides, d''assurer une rentrée de fonds continue et de créer un service légendaire. De plus, ce livre offre des conseils inestimables, sous forme de " Conseils Minute ", provenant d''entrepreneurs et de penseurs comme Sheldon Bowles, Peter Drucker, Michael Gerber et Charlie " Tremendous " Jones. L''Entrepreneur Minute offre aux gens d''affaires et aux futurs entrepreneurs une mine de sagesse pour les aider à réfléchir, à agir et à réussir de manière à leur permettre de créer et d''entretenir une entreprise florissante, et cela, quel que soit leur domaine.

Oftentimes we spend all our energy on learning new skills and better habits, but lack effective strategies for retaining and applying all the helpful information we take in.

All of us in the today''s workforce are called upon more and more to work effectively in teams. But do you know how to build a team that truly takes advantage of the knowledge, experience, and motivation of its members? Most of us don''t, and we quickly become frustrated, give up, and opt to go it alone-not a good solution in today''s business environment. Fortunately, there is a better way. Here, expert authors Ken Blanchard, Alan Randolph, and Peter Grazier outline a 3-step process that will help you transform any kind of team into a Next-Level Team-one that uses all team members'' ideas and motivation more effectively, makes better use of team members'' and team leaders'' time, and generates benefits for individual team members, the team, and the organization. Designed as a working guide filled with detailed instructions for people who want to build high performing teams, Go Team! will lead you, step by step, to great results. Through discussions, case examples, and questions to consider, you and your teammates will learn how to share information to build high levels of trust and responsibility; set clear boundaries to create the freedom for team members to act responsibly; and develop self-managing skills to make good team decisions. With Go Team! as a guide, you''ll find that working in a team can be fun, satisfying, and highly productive.

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Ken Blanchard''s phenomenal bestselling classic The One Minute Manager explores the skills needed to become an effective self leader. Now, Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager clearly and thoroughly reveals how power, freedom, and autonomy come from having the right mind-set and the skills needed to take personal responsibility for success. In this captivating business parable, number one New York Times bestselling author Ken Blanchard, with coauthors Susan Fowler and Laurence Hawkins, tells the story of Steve, a young advertising executive who is about to lose his job. During a series of talks with a gifted magician named Cayla, Steve comes to realize the power of taking responsibility for his situation and not playing the victim. Passing along the knowledge she has learned from the One Minute Manager, Cayla teaches Steve the three skills of self leadership. These three techniques not only empower him to keep his job but show him what he needs to know in order to keep growing, learning, and achieving. For twenty-five years, millions of managers in Fortune 500 companies and small businesses nationwide have followed Ken Blanchard''s management method, thus increasing their productivity, job satisfaction, and personal prosperity. Now, discover Ken Blanchard''s newest techniques in Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager and experience the profitability that has been achieved by applying his management lessons.

This title reveals how a ''Last-Minute'' manager conquered procrastination.

Impact the lives of those around you by becoming a person of influence. Let one of the most revered leadership and management experts in the world show you how!

The Fortune 500 list, defined by size and volume, is the current measure of success in the corporate world. This timely book suggests instead a "Fortunate 500" list, based on the quality of service available to customers and the quality of life accessible to employees.