Blanchard LeaderChat
A Forum to Discuss Leadership and Management Issues
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Read ArticleEntry Level Boss with Alexa Shoen
Trying to land your first job or find your dream job? #ENTRYLEVELBOSS—part memoir, part playbook—lays out an easy-to-follow plan that will get you on the right path quickly. Based on her personal...
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Read ArticleTrouble Making Decisions? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I am in a high potential program at a large global company and am being considered for fast track promotion. As part of the program, everyone did a battery of assessments. I have...
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Read ArticleDeveloping Your Leadership Point of View
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Read ArticleJust Realized Your Old Boss Was a Bully? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I have been on sick leave for the last few months. Before that, I worked as an essential medical worker—administrative, not patient care—in a big city. It was intense. We had big...
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Read ArticleNew Assignment in a Foreign Country Going Poorly? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I am the director of an experimental data analytics group for a global software company. I am an engineer and am good at starting things. I drew the short straw on a job that at...
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Read ArticleCOVID Has Set the Stage for L&D Reinvention
Learning design experts Ann Rollins and Britney Cole encourage L&D professionals to rethink their leadership development plans to create more engaging experiences for learners.
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Read ArticleTired of Being Taken for Granted? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I work on a team that provides specialized services to the sales and marketing groups in a global organization. A lot of our work is time sensitive. My teammates and I pull...
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Read ArticleChange Has You Panicked? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I am a regional director of compliance for a global services company. Covid has been a trial for everyone. Most of my people had never worked from home before and were not set up...
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Read ArticleAre You a Servant Leader and Don’t Know It?
Over the years, I’ve talked with thousands of people about servant leadership. Every so often somebody will come up to me after a speech and say to me, “You know, Ken, the style of leadership you...
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Read ArticleHow to Build High Performance Habits with Brendon Burchard
The quest for high performance may be at an all-time high. With the COVID-19 pandemic turning things upside down, some people are struggling to get through the day—but others continue to thrive....
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Read ArticleMaking the Leap to Executive Leadership? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I just started what is probably the last decade of my career. I am settling into a new role after being promoted to an EVP spot that reports directly to the CEO. Sometimes I sit in...
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Read ArticleConcerned You’re Becoming Impatient with Your Employees? Ask Madeleine
Hi Madeleine, I just got off the phone and immediately realized that I need some help. I spoke to an employee in a way I am ashamed of. I didn’t yell or flip my lid, but I was curt, demanding, and...
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Read ArticleLeadership Development: Finding Your Place in the Digital Future
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Read ArticleBad Attitudes about Working from Home? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I am so frustrated with what I am calling the “in-person addiction” in my new company. I started here two months before COVID sent everyone home. It was very much a traditional...
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Read ArticleStepping into the Future of Leadership Development
The rapid onset of COVID-19 forced all of us in the leadership and talent development space to quickly create new ways of thinking, learning, and working; it affected every fiber of our world. In...
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Read ArticleNot Sure about Adding Pronouns to Your Email Signature? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I am a division leader for a family-owned manufacturing company. The family members have somewhat antiquated views and are not particularly socially sensitive. My challenge is how...
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Read ArticleIt’s Time for a Trust Tune-Up with Your Remote Team
If you’re like millions of other people, you’ve been working remotely either part or full-time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Literally overnight, teams were challenged with finding...
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Read ArticleNot Sure about Attending a Face to Face Drinks Gathering After Work? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, It still will be months until my company invites us all back to work in the office, so until then, we are all WFH. I miss my work friends and the hallway conversations that helped...
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Read ArticleUse the CARE Model to Serve Customers at a Higher Level
The quality of a company’s customer service affects its reputation as well as its bottom line. Customer service done well raises an organization’s image in the public eye and attracts new revenue....
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Read ArticleBringing High Performance Habits into the Corporate World
The Ken Blanchard Companies’ new partnership with bestselling author Brendon Burchard’s High Performance Institute is bringing the concepts from his book High Performance Habits to organizations...
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