Ken Blanchard

Kenneth  Blanchard (born May 6, 1939) is an American author and management expert.

His book The One Minute Manager has sold over 13 million copies and has been translated into 37 languages.

 He has coauthored over 30 other best-selling books, including Raving Fans: A Revolutionary Approach To Customer Service (1993), Leadership and the One Minute Manager: Increasing Effectiveness Through Situational Leadership (1985) (in which he coined the term seagull manager), Gung Ho! Turn On the People in Any Organization (1997), Whale Done! The Power of Positive Relationships (2002) and Leading at a Higher Level: Blanchard on Leadership and Creating High Performing Organizations (2006).


Some quotes from Ken Blanchard to help you manage.....

Feedback is the breakfast of champions.

For a manager to be perceived as a positive manager, they need a four to one positive to negative contact ratio.

I absolutely believe in the power of tithing and giving back. My own experience about all the blessings I've had in my life is that the more I give away, the more that comes back. That is the way life works, and that is the way energy works.

In the past a leader was a boss. Today's leaders must be partners with their people... they no longer can lead solely based on positional power.


People who produce good results feel good about themselves.


The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.

Too many leaders act as if the sheep... their people... are there for the benefit of the shepherd, not that the shepherd has responsibility for the sheep.