Ken Blanchard

“Too many leaders are so busy exercising their authority that they don't have time to build their influence.”

“What gets measured gets done.”

“As a leader, the most important thing you do is hire people smarter than you.”

“Feedback is the breakfast of champions.”

“A leader's lasting value is measured by succession.”

“Leadership is not something you do to people, it's something you do with people.”

“Don't quack like a duck, soar like an eagle.”

“The best minute you spend is the one you invest in people.”

“None of us is as smart as all of us.”

“People who feel good about themselves produce good results.”

“The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision.”

“Your role as a leader is to bring out the best in others, even when they know more than you.”

“Catch people doing something right.”

“Goals begin behaviors, consequences maintain them.”

“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.”

“Servant leadership is all about making the goals clear and then rolling your sleeves up and doing whatever it takes to help people win.”

“There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses; only results.”

“The simple fact of the matter is that people who are loved and appreciated produce good results.”

“True leadership is an inside-out job.”

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