David Witt

David Witt is a Program Director for Blanchard®. He is an award-winning researcher and host of the companies’ monthly webinar series. David has also authored or coauthored articles in Fast Company, Human Resource Development Review, Chief Learning Officer and US Business Review.

  • Four Ways Leaders Can Support Innovation

    Four Ways Leaders Can Support Innovation

    Innovation starts by encouraging people to try new things. Then, if you’re a manager, think about how you can appreciate the learning says Dr. Jay Campbell.

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  • Using Heart As Your Leadership Guide

    Using Heart As Your Leadership Guide

    People come to work with heads, hearts, habits, aspirations, and dreams they want to put to use. Keep that alive with good leadership says Scott Blanchard.

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  • 4 Traits of a Change-Ready Leader

    4 Traits of a Change-Ready Leader

    High-involvement change leaders who possess courage, curiosity, agility, and grit play a pivotal role in creating open, flexible, and adaptive organizations.

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  • Building the Mindset and Skill Set for Change

    Building the Mindset and Skill Set for Change

    Change is a given in today’s work environment. New business models, a changing business landscape, and ever-increasing customer expectations all require agility and adaptability says Judd Hoekstra.

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  • Personal Productivity: 3 Strategies for Getting the Clarity, Time, and Resources You Need to Succeed at Work

    Personal Productivity: 3 Strategies for Getting the Clarity, Time, and Resources You Need to Succeed at Work

    Blanchard thought leaders share practical tips and strategies for gaining clarity, time, and resources for succeeding in a busy workplace.

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  • Self-Awareness, Goals, and Priorities: Improving Personal Effectiveness at Work

    Self-Awareness, Goals, and Priorities: Improving Personal Effectiveness at Work

    Personal effectiveness requires you to be intentional, starting with self-awareness and then challenging yourself to do something different.

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  • Don’t Let Overactive Egos Ruin Your Senior Leadership Team’s Effectiveness

    Don’t Let Overactive Egos Ruin Your Senior Leadership Team’s Effectiveness

    So much is riding on the performance of senior leadership teams. Consider a quick review of how ego-influenced behaviors might be holding back their effectiveness.

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  • Coaching Senior Leadership Teams

    Coaching Senior Leadership Teams

    Even though senior leaders are highly experienced, they often operate as a group of individuals rather than a team say Lael Good and Diana Urbina.

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  • The Proactive Manager: Matching Your Leadership Style to People's Needs

    The Proactive Manager: Matching Your Leadership Style to People's Needs

    Do managers need to be more proactive when it comes to providing direction and support to their team members? Flexibly matching your leadership style to the needs of team members is the key.

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  • A Head and Heart Approach to Next-Generation Leadership

    A Head and Heart Approach to Next-Generation Leadership

    Ken Blanchard and Scott Blanchard share what’s changed and what’s stayed the same when it comes to focusing people’s energy and efforts toward a shared goal.

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  • Improving Engagement and Retention through Better Work Conversations

    Improving Engagement and Retention through Better Work Conversations

    Authentic conversations go a long way toward building trust and showing people you are on their side says leadership expert Vicki Halsey.

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  • Return to the Office? A Complex Issue

    Return to the Office? A Complex Issue

    The stakes are high when companies call remote workers back to the office. This is an ideal time for executives to reimagine their business models says a new Blanchard article.

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  • Managing the Hybrid Work Experience

    Managing the Hybrid Work Experience

    Organizations and their team members can successfully navigate the unique challenges of a hybrid work environment by focusing on the right strategies says virtual work expert John Hester.

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  • Survey Results Help to Define 2023 Hybrid Work Strategy

    Survey Results Help to Define 2023 Hybrid Work Strategy

    Challenges with hiring and retention continue to be top of mind with the HR/L&D professionals who responded to The Ken Blanchard Companies' survey. Engagement in a hybrid world is a key concern.

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  • Making Progress with DEI Initiatives

    Making Progress with DEI Initiatives

    DEI practice leader April Hennessey shares three ways to evaluate progress with integrating DEI initiatives more fully into the fabric of the organization.

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  • Using Temperament to Deepen Work Relationships

    Using Temperament to Deepen Work Relationships

    Understanding our Essential Motivators can be an important addition to self-awareness skill development says program director David Witt.

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  • Discovering Your Authentic Motivators at Work

    Discovering Your Authentic Motivators at Work

    Blanchard’s Essential Motivators learning experience helps people understand themselves—and find their motivation—through the lens of four different temperaments: Fire, Earth, Air, and Water.

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  • 4 Ways to Increase Your Chances of Keeping This Year’s Resolutions—Ask Madeleine

    4 Ways to Increase Your Chances of Keeping This Year’s Resolutions—Ask Madeleine

    Madeleine Homan Blanchard is on holiday break this week and will return with new questions from readers beginning on January 7th. While on break—and as we move into the new year, Madeleine...

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  • Ask Madeleine: The Top 5 of 2022

    Ask Madeleine: The Top 5 of 2022

    2022 will be remembered as a year of continued change as workers adapt to a post-COVID, hybrid work environment. This was reflected in the questions Madeleine received from her readers. Here is a...

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  • Becoming a More Inclusive Leader

    Becoming a More Inclusive Leader

    The more we learn about different identities, the more we realize we’ve only scratched the surface of so many others says DEI expert Jennifer Brown.

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