Ken Blanchard
A little flattery makes people feel good about themselves. When you notice someone looking great, give them a compliment.Collection: People
We can't control everything in life, that's for sure, but we can reach out to the people we love to tell them we love and care about them.Collection: People
No one can make you serve customers well. That's because great service is a choice.Collection: Choices
A problem only exists if there is a difference between what is actually happening and what you desire to be happening.Collection: Differences
I grew up in New England. I think I was brought up with the Puritan ethic: that if you worked really hard in life, then good would come to you. The harder you work, the luckier you get. I've come to believe that it's the smarter you work, the better.Collection: Success
As a leader you provide for people only what they can't provide for themselves.Collection: People
Your business should be defined, not in terms of the product or service you offer, but in terms of what customer need your product or service fulfills. While products come and go, basic needs and customer groups stay around, i.e., the need for communication, the need for transportation, etc. What market need do you supply?Collection: Communication
Everyday do something in relation to everything that's important to you.Collection: Everyday
Nice guys may appear to finish last, but usually they are running a different race.Collection: Motivational
If we want people on the front lines of companies to be responsible for making good business decisions, they must have the same information that managers use to make good business decisions.Collection: People
When you touch - don't take. Touch people only when you are giving something - reassurance, support, encouragement, whateverCollection: Encouragement
The Hoffman Process brings forth spiritual leadership in a person. It made my spirituality come alive. Through the Hoffman Process I actually brought my faith into my daily actions.Collection: Spiritual
As a servant leader the way you serve the vision is by developing people so that they can work on that vision even when you're not around. The ultimate sin of an effective servant leader is what happens when you are not there. That was the power of Jesus' leadership-the leaders He trained went on to change the world when He was no longer with them in bodily form.Collection: Inspiring
In fact, .. Jesus is mentioned 75 times in the Koran.Collection: Jesus
Purpose can never be about achievement; it is much bigger.Collection: Achievement
Life is special when you reach out beyond yourself to be a true servant leader for others.Collection: Leader
All leaders are permanent learners.Collection: Leader
Take yourself seriously but take yourself lightly.Collection: Humor
Present thinking people kill the future.Collection: Thinking
Things not worth doing are not worth doing well.Collection: Wells
If you don't toot your own horn, someone else will use it as a spittoon.Collection: Use
Catch someone doing something right.Collection: Management
To ensure that your work is also a play, I recommend that you develop a personal mission statement. This will help you find what it is to enjoy so much that you lose track of time when you're doing it.Collection: Learning
Good thoughts not delivered mean squat.Collection: Mean
Consistency isn't behaving the same way all the time.Collection: Consistency
It never hurts to toot your own horn once in a while.Collection: Hurt
A river without banks is a large puddle.Collection: Rivers
Perpetual prosperity comes to those who help others.Collection: Helping Others
Spouses often point out each other's deficiencies. Instead, we should be each other's motivator. My husband touches my spirit, and I try my best to motivate him, too.Collection: Husband
Anything worth doing does not have to be done perfectly - at first.Collection: Doe
How many of you would put in front of your house a sign that says gun-free zone?Collection: Gun
Unexpressed good thoughts aren't worth squat!Collection: Squat
Help People Reach Their Full Potential Catch Them Doing Something RightCollection: People
It's really hard to be a servant leader because we come into this world as a baby in a self-survival mode. Life is a journey toward service.Collection: Baby
Customer service is not a department, it's everyone's job.Collection: Jobs
I cannot say Who Art in Heaven-If all my interests and pursuits are in earthly things.Collection: Art
Purpose has to do with one's calling - deciding what business you are in as a person.Collection: Purpose