David Witt

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Drawing on key principles from their new book, Simple Truths of Leadership, authors Ken Blanchard and Randy Conley recommend that leaders focus on psychological safety and empathy when managing.

Leadership expert Vick Halsey shares a simple retention plan template featuring five content areas—Energy, Communication, Appreciation, Relationships, and Career.

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...

Ken Blanchard and Randy Conley share some of the key principles from their new book, Simple Truths of Leadership.

2021 will be remembered as a year of change and it was certainly reflected in the questions Madeleine received from her readers. Here is a list of the top five most-viewed columns. They tell a...

As a part of The Ken Blanchard Companies’ 2022 HR / L&D Trends Survey, respondents were asked to rank the effectiveness of various training reinforcement strategies. Email Reminders/Newsletters,...

An ongoing challenge associated with the shift to virtual classrooms has been a perception that current virtual learning designs are not as effective as the face-to-face designs they are...