David Witt

David Witt is a Program Director for Blanchard®. He is an award-winning researcher and host of the companies’ monthly webinar series. David has also authored or coauthored articles in Fast Company, Human Resource Development Review, Chief Learning Officer and US Business Review.

  • The Proactive Manager: Matching Your Leadership Style to People's Needs

    The Proactive Manager: Matching Your Leadership Style to People's Needs

    Do managers need to be more proactive when it comes to providing direction and support to their team members? Flexibly matching your leadership style to the needs of team members is the key.

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  • A Head and Heart Approach to Next-Generation Leadership

    A Head and Heart Approach to Next-Generation Leadership

    Ken Blanchard and Scott Blanchard share what’s changed and what’s stayed the same when it comes to focusing people’s energy and efforts toward a shared goal.

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  • Improving Engagement and Retention through Better Work Conversations

    Improving Engagement and Retention through Better Work Conversations

    Authentic conversations go a long way toward building trust and showing people you are on their side says leadership expert Vicki Halsey.

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  • Return to the Office? A Complex Issue

    Return to the Office? A Complex Issue

    The stakes are high when companies call remote workers back to the office. This is an ideal time for executives to reimagine their business models says a new Blanchard article.

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  • Managing the Hybrid Work Experience

    Managing the Hybrid Work Experience

    Organizations and their team members can successfully navigate the unique challenges of a hybrid work environment by focusing on the right strategies says virtual work expert John Hester.

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  • Survey Results Help to Define 2023 Hybrid Work Strategy

    Survey Results Help to Define 2023 Hybrid Work Strategy

    Challenges with hiring and retention continue to be top of mind with the HR/L&D professionals who responded to The Ken Blanchard Companies' survey. Engagement in a hybrid world is a key concern.

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  • Making Progress with DEI Initiatives

    Making Progress with DEI Initiatives

    DEI practice leader April Hennessey shares three ways to evaluate progress with integrating DEI initiatives more fully into the fabric of the organization.

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  • Using Temperament to Deepen Work Relationships

    Using Temperament to Deepen Work Relationships

    Understanding our Essential Motivators can be an important addition to self-awareness skill development says program director David Witt.

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  • Discovering Your Authentic Motivators at Work

    Discovering Your Authentic Motivators at Work

    Blanchard’s Essential Motivators learning experience helps people understand themselves—and find their motivation—through the lens of four different temperaments: Fire, Earth, Air, and Water.

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  • 4 Ways to Increase Your Chances of Keeping This Year’s Resolutions—Ask Madeleine

    4 Ways to Increase Your Chances of Keeping This Year’s Resolutions—Ask Madeleine

    Madeleine Homan Blanchard is on holiday break this week and will return with new questions from readers beginning on January 7th. While on break—and as we move into the new year, Madeleine...

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  • Ask Madeleine: The Top 5 of 2022

    Ask Madeleine: The Top 5 of 2022

    2022 will be remembered as a year of continued change as workers adapt to a post-COVID, hybrid work environment. This was reflected in the questions Madeleine received from her readers. Here is a...

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  • Becoming a More Inclusive Leader

    Becoming a More Inclusive Leader

    The more we learn about different identities, the more we realize we’ve only scratched the surface of so many others says DEI expert Jennifer Brown.

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  • Take a Quiet Approach to Reengaging Your People

    Take a Quiet Approach to Reengaging Your People

    Open up a conversation with your manager—and be sure to encourage your people to have this same discussion with you says researcher David Witt.

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  • Asking for Help When You’re Overextended

    Asking for Help When You’re Overextended

    As a manager, it’s important to address burnout in yourself or in others as soon as possible. Look for signs of exhaustion, withdrawal, negativity, or feelings of inadequacy says Vicki Halsey.

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  • Quiet Quitting:  A Step Down the Path Toward Complete Burnout?

    Quiet Quitting: A Step Down the Path Toward Complete Burnout?

    If you look closer, the root causes that lead to quiet quitting may be deeper than just too much work says researcher David Witt.

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  • Don’t Let Power Dynamics Derail Work Communications

    Don’t Let Power Dynamics Derail Work Communications

    Leaders can learn to carry their authority in a way that lifts, rather than lowers, the conversational capacity of their team says communication expert Craig Weber.

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  • New Blanchard Survey Explores Top Manager Challenges

    New Blanchard Survey Explores Top Manager Challenges

    The shift to hybrid work arrangements, and heightened turnover have been adding to an already long list of managerial challenges says Jay Campbell of The Ken Blanchard Companies

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  • Building a Better Organization

    Building a Better Organization

    We are standing at an important place and time says Scott Blanchard. We have the technology to create powerful, human-driven learning experiences in an ever-changing work environment.

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  • Leveraging the Power of Diversity

    Leveraging the Power of Diversity

    Diverse teams generate better decisions and outcomes by leveraging varied thoughts, backgrounds, and inputs. Learn how to make team diversity your edge to being more competitive and innovative.

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  • Bringing Coaching Skills into Your Organization

    Bringing Coaching Skills into Your Organization

    Coaching expert Madeleine Homan Blanchard looks at a four-step process for conducting a coaching conversation and four essential skills for managers to be more coach-like in their discussions.

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