Blanchard LeaderChat
A Forum to Discuss Leadership and Management Issues
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Read ArticleLost Your Motivation? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I am a director in a global manufacturing company. I manage managers and I am responsible for about 300 people around the globe. I was trained as an engineer and I really loved my...
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Read ArticleNeed a New Plan for the Next 18 Months?
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Read ArticleTime to Move Beyond “Winging It”? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I am a senior business leader for a global manufacturing company. I recently was on a panel with an officer of our company—not my boss, but a peer of my boss. He was very impactful...
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Read ArticleBoss Has Gone Silent? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, Ever since the beginning of this work-from-home situation, our entire department feels like it is on hold. The reason? Our seriously old school boss is not at all comfortable with...
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Read ArticleDiversity Beyond Lip Service by La’Wana Harris
Diversity, always a weighty topic, has become a profoundly important concern over the past several weeks. Nevertheless, many people and businesses continue to struggle in their attempts to address...
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Read ArticleStuck with a Problem Employee? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I am a 31-year-old female attorney who was recently promoted to manager of an in-house legal team for a giant global not-for-profit organization. One of my direct reports is a man...
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Read ArticleThe Coronavirus: An Unexpected Opportunity to Change the Way We Change
By Pat Zigarmi and Judd Hoekstra The coronavirus pandemic upended our world in a matter of weeks.Businesses closed. Stores shuttered. Unemployment soared. And worst of all, the virus took our...
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Read ArticlePeople Don’t Want to Use Their PTO? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I manage a large team of creative professionals in a US-based advertising firm. My company went to an unlimited PTO plan 18 months ago. Covid-19 weirdness aside, I am finding that...
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Read Article6-Week Online Class Provides Better Experience than 1-day Classroom Design, says Industry Expert
Recent technology advances have made it a lot easier to create the type of collaborative learning experiences today’s organizations are looking for, says Scott Blanchard, president of The Ken...
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Read ArticleLess People, Same Amount of Work? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I manage a department in a large manufacturing organization. Some parts of our business are going gangbusters, but my area is suffering from a slowdown due to the restrictions and...
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Read ArticleBuilding Your Conversational Capacity®
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Read ArticleReached Your Breaking Point? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I thought I could take it, but now I am not so sure. I live in a state that is just now having an explosion of Covid-19 cases. I thought at this point things would be going back to...
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Read ArticleNot Sure Why Boss Wants You to Develop Your Personal Brand? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I am a director in a small company. My boss (a boomer) keeps mentioning that I need to develop my brand. I really don’t understand what she means. The more I learn about personal...
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Read ArticleLead from the Future with Mark W. Johnson
Ken Blanchard says it is difficult for leaders to plan for the future while they are also managing the day-to-day. For that reason, he suggests organizations have two groups of leaders: one that...
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Read ArticleCreating Authentic Executive Presence
A common coaching objective for executive clients is to exude greater executive presence while also being authentic. Many successful leaders are known for having exceptional executive presence....
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Read ArticleOne of Your Direct Reports Is Lying? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, It has recently become apparent that one of my newer direct reports is lying. In one instance, he told me a presentation was proofed and ready to go and I found out it wasn’t when...
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Read ArticleThe Best Way to Show You Care during Difficult Times
“I’m sure you’ve heard the saying People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. And that is so true for anyone who is in a leadership role today,” says Kathy Cuff, senior...
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Read ArticleRediscovering Servant Leadership: 3 Key Practices
As an antidote to the negative consequences of personality-based leadership theories, new generations of leadership, learning, and talent development professionals are rediscovering servant...
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Read ArticleUnsure How to Help? Ask Madeleine
Dear Readers, This week I am using this space to address my own questions—questions that have been on many people’s minds: How can I help? What can I do? What actions might count? We can no longer...
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Read Article3 Ways to Meet People Where They Are on New Tasks and Processes
“So many of us are dealing with changes to our work routines. It’s generating a mountain of new requests and tasks that require us to get things done using new guidelines, practices, and...
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