Content about Ken Blanchard

July 25, 2011
Employee Work Passion

There’s a lot of buzz about the factors that lead to an engaging work environment and an equal number of prescriptions for what should be done to improve it. But what factors are most important, and who is actually responsible for creating a motivating work environment in today’s organizations? Is it an immediate manager’s responsibility? Is it senior leadership’s responsibility? What role do individual employees have in the process? These are just some of the questions asked in a recent survey conducted by Trainingmagazine and The Ken Blanchard Companies.

By Drea Zigarmi, Jim Diehl, Dobie Houson, and David Witt

There’s a lot of buzz about the factors that lead to an engaging work environment and an equal number of prescriptions for what should be done to improve it. But what factors are most important, and who is actually responsible for creating a motivating work environment in today’s organizations? Is it an immediate manager’s responsibility? Is it senior leadership’s responsibility? What role do individual employees have in the process?

June 6, 2011
Training Today: The Stabilizing Effect of Great Leadership

Great leadership doesn’t happen by itself. But a recent Ken Blanchard poll of more than 450 leaders revealed that only 16 percent had a comprehensive plan for developing new leaders, and 26 percent said that their company offers very little in the way of training for new managers.

In good economic times and in bad, some companies seem to deal with adversity better than others. What’s their secret? That’s something that The Ken Blanchard Companies has been studying for more than 30 years. In our experience, the companies that best deal with adversity are those that have:

November 1, 1998
Organizing Your Message: Terrible presenter

As you all know, the road to the top isn't an easy one. Getting there can be like climbing one of those rope ladders that dangles from a dangerous precipice, and if you're in high-tech, it's even

As you all know, the road to the top isn't an easy one. Getting there can be like climbing one of those rope ladders that dangles from a dangerous precipice, and if you're in high-tech, it's even