Ken Blanchard Quotes

First of all, you've got to have a vision of 'What kind of program do I want to have?' Then you've got to have a plan to implement it. Then you've got to set the example that you want, develop the principles and values that are important, and get people to buy into it.

A leader is the one who can outline the broad vision and the direction, and say here's where we are going to go, here's why we need to go there, and here's how we are going to get there. A manager is the one who actually gets up under the hood and tunes the carburetor.

Leadership is working with goals and vision; management is working with objectives.

True leadership isn't about having an idea. It's about having an idea and recruiting other people to execute on this vision.

Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts.

The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy.

Leadership is having a compelling vision, a comprehensive plan, relentless implementation, and talented people working together.

As a manager, you need to have your own vision and what you want to do with the team.

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out.

Management is different from leadership..

Leadership is an individual sport, one that has to be fine-tuned to each of the people that reports to you. Leaders also need to provide the direction, energy, encouragement and inspiration for each person who reports directly to the leader as well as for the overall organization.

Leaders tend to focus on 'what to do,' but the real issue is more often 'how to do it.'

As a leader, your job is to share your vision with your followers and either warn them of danger or highlight opportunities coming in the future.

Good managers ensure good outcomes, but great leaders can deliver a vision by getting people to work together.

As a leader, you have to have a vision that inspires people around you.

Leadership is influence.

Being a manager is about getting into the minds of the people you represent.

I kept my speeches short as captain. I focused on the key points of the opposition of the day. As coach, I was never afraid to give long speeches to the players throughout our preparations. It was important they had all the information possible.

Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.

The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.

There's no way a director can communicate with every single person on the set and yet they need to motivate and instill an ambition to want to do their best work.

Turnaround or growth, it's getting your people focused on the goal that is still the job of leadership.

To me, success in the job is setting a vision, guiding an organization through change - which is exactly what I did at Digitas, and I'm very proud of that - and bringing people together and with you. That, to me, is what it takes to be successful.

Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there.