Blanchard LeaderChat
A Forum to Discuss Leadership and Management Issues
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Read ArticleFeel Like You’ve Been Demoted? Ask Madeleine
Hi Madeleine, I have been working for over 15 years in my field and have moved up the ranks. In my last role I was a manager. Six months ago, I left my old job and moved to a company that had a...
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Read ArticleNot Sure How to Handle a Possible Harassment Issue? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I have been assigned to handle a new team and we are currently in the developmental stage. Yesterday as I did a few one-on-one sessions, one of the new hires on my team (let’s...
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Read ArticleWhat to Look for When Building a Servant Leadership Curriculum
“Building a servant leadership curriculum begins by identifying the attitudes, skills, and behaviors of a servant leader,” says Vicki Halsey, vice president of applied learning for The Ken...
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Read ArticleDoing the Work of Two People? Need Help? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I work as a training manager in a large organization. Two years ago my boss was let go. Since then, I have been doing both her job and my old job. I like my current boss (formerly...
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Read Article3 Ways to Combat Perfectionism
When a person goes through leadership coaching it often includes some kind of evaluation, such as a 360-degree assessment. Debriefing the assessment results is typically done during one of the...
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Read ArticleYour Company Is Putting Profit Ahead of People? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I work in sales in a large medical device company. I kill my numbers and have been number one in my region for the last six quarters. I need your advice. My company continually...
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Read Article5 Keys to Organizational Culture Change
In its simplest definition, culture is the way things get done in an organization. It’s about the behaviors and attitudes of employees and management and how that translates into different...
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Read ArticleNeed Help Building Your Brand? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I am a few years in, working on Wall Street. I am a financial analyst and am pretty good at my job. At my recent performance review my boss told me that I need to “build my...
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Read ArticleServant Leadership: 11 Questions to See If People Would Consider You a Servant Leader
Ken Blanchard has a favorite question he asks audiences when he is speaking to them about servant leadership: “Are you here to serve or to be served?” Ken believes the way you answer that question...
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Read ArticleNew Boss Not Walking the Talk? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I got a new boss about six months ago and I have been watching and waiting to see how he is going to pan out. So far, so good, I think—except for one thing that is really burning...
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Read ArticleDon’t Forget Coaching When Transitioning New Leaders
Between 50 and 70 percent of executives fail within the first 18 months of being placed in an executive role, whether they are promoted from within or hired from outside the organization,...
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Read ArticleDepression Possibly Triggered by Work? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I am terrible at my job and it is only a matter of time before I get fired. I don’t like any of my direct reports. I am supposed to do one-on-ones with them, but I find them so...
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Read ArticleThe 1 Factor That Determines How Hard Your Team Works
High performing teams are a joy to watch, aren’t they? Team members are committed to the team’s purpose, each other, and work seamlessly together to achieve the team’s goal. Each person knows his...
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Read ArticleFeeling Overwhelmed in a New Role? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I recently took a director level job with a huge Fortune 50 organization. I have been thrown into the deep end and I am worried about completely bombing out. I have had zero...
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Read ArticleLeaders, Use this Approach for Better Employee Accountability
In his work consulting with business leaders at top organizations around the world, best-selling author Ken Blanchard explains that for best results, leaders need to combine a focus on people with...
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Read ArticleOne of Your Direct Reports Seems Emotionally Unstable? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I am a senior leader in a large nonprofit. My big struggle is with one employee who seems emotionally unstable. One day she is completely reasonable and easygoing, and the next she...
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Read ArticleAre Your Creatives Making You Cranky? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I head up one of several R&D teams at a global consumer goods company. My team is amazing—brilliant, eccentric, creative, fun people who are blowing away their goals. (It takes a...
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Read ArticleServant Leadership: It’s Time for a New Leadership Model
Too many leaders have been conditioned to think of leadership only in terms of power and control. But there is a better way to lead, says best-selling business author Ken Blanchard—one that...
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Read ArticleIs One of Your Direct Reports Out of Touch with Reality? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I am a new manager. I have twelve folks reporting to me and it is going perfectly, except for one person (I will call him “A”). There seems to be a fundamental disconnect between...
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Read ArticleA Coach Approach to Giving Feedback – 4 Lessons Learned from a Coaching Perspective
Those of us who work with or are followers of Ken Blanchard have all heard the expression “Feedback is the breakfast of champions.” We’ve also read dozens of examples of when and how to give...
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