Vicki Stanford

Vicki Stanford is a marketing director for Blanchard®. She is the producer of the LeaderChat podcast and a contributing writer for the Ignite! newsletter.

  • The Future of Leadership and Learning: A Conversation with Blanchard’s 2026 HR and L&D Trends Team

    The Future of Leadership and Learning: A Conversation with Blanchard’s 2026 HR and L&D Trends Team

    Researchers David Witt and Dr. Jay Campbell share insights into why Blanchard's 2026 study is so pivotal, what they’re curious to learn, and why HR and L&D professionals should participate.

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  • 2024: Trends, Issues, and Challenges for HR / L&D

    2024: Trends, Issues, and Challenges for HR / L&D

    More than 1,200 leadership, learning and talent development professionals participated in Blanchard's 5th annual survey.

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  • Introducing Blanchard Community: An Interview with Scott Blanchard

    Introducing Blanchard Community: An Interview with Scott Blanchard

    Every leader should have the opportunity to become a magnificent leader--and everyone deserves to work for a great leader says Scott Blanchard.

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  • Becoming a Successful and Satisfied Leader: An Interview with Carol Kauffman

    Becoming a Successful and Satisfied Leader: An Interview with Carol Kauffman

    It takes time to learn how to read situations and respond in the most effective way says author Carol Kauffman.

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  • Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders: Meet Terrell Fletcher

    Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders: Meet Terrell Fletcher

    Blanchard Institute’s new executive director, Terrell Fletcher, talks about his vision to grow a program dedicated to enabling future leaders.

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  • Identifying Your Core Needs: An Interview with Dr. Linda Berens

    Identifying Your Core Needs: An Interview with Dr. Linda Berens

    Dr. Linda Berens shares insights and key takeaways from the concepts explored in Blanchard's new Essential Motivators program.

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  • HR/L&D Trend Survey Identifies Top Issues for 2023

    HR/L&D Trend Survey Identifies Top Issues for 2023

    HR and L&D professionals see the overall employee experience as the key to creating an engaging work environment in the 2023 results.

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  • Honoring Women in Leadership

    Honoring Women in Leadership

    In honor of Women’s History Month, I sat down with Debbie Ung, EVP of sales and professional services at The Ken Blanchard Companies, to talk about her experiences being a female leader in various...

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  • Making an Impact with Liz Wiseman

    Making an Impact with Liz Wiseman

    Have you noticed that some people in your organization can be counted on in critical situations to consistently deliver a stellar performance? These people seem to play the game at a higher level....

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  • Give Yourself a Minute to Think with Juliet Funt

    Give Yourself a Minute to Think with Juliet Funt

    Do you ever feel like you just need a minute? A minute to yourself—between calls, Zoom meetings, and appointments—to catch your breath? Juliet Funt believes giving ourselves permission to take...

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  • Creating Psychological Safety with Randy Conley

    Creating Psychological Safety with Randy Conley

    “Five areas contribute to creating a psychologically safe environment in the workplace,” says Randy Conley, expert on building and maintaining trust. He joined Chad Gordon on a recent episode of...

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  • Determining Your Leadership Point of View with Pat Zigarmi

    Determining Your Leadership Point of View with Pat Zigarmi

    “The most successful leaders have a clear understanding of what leadership means to them. They are able to articulate this viewpoint to colleagues and direct reports for the purposes of building...

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  • The Difference Between Employees and Employee Culture with Stan Slap

    The Difference Between Employees and Employee Culture with Stan Slap

    First released in 2015, Under the Hood: Fire Up and Fine-Tune Your Employee Culture by Stan Slap offers a message to leaders that is even more important in today’s work environment. Slap indicates...

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  • Identifying and Managing your Span of Control with Carey Lohrenz

    Identifying and Managing your Span of Control with Carey Lohrenz

    As one of the first female F-14 Tomcat fighter pilots in the US Navy, Carey Lohrenz knows all about pressure. During her intense training, she learned critical lessons about navigating in the most...

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  • A Formula for Doing the Impossible with Steven Kotler

    A Formula for Doing the Impossible with Steven Kotler

    Have you ever thought about how elite performers achieve their level of accomplishment? Steven Kotler has—and in his latest book, The Art of Impossible: A Peak Performance Primer, he shares what...

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  • Design for How People Learn with Julie Dirksen

    Design for How People Learn with Julie Dirksen

    Creating a great learning experience is more difficult than it seems. And when you add rapidly changing work environments and technology to the mix, it might even be overwhelming. Enter learning...

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  • Virtual Training Tools and Templates with Cindy Huggett

    Virtual Training Tools and Templates with Cindy Huggett

    If you are a member of the L&D community, undoubtedly you’ve been delivering virtual training this year—and you are probably looking for ways to improve the experience for yourself and your...

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  • How to Build High Performance Habits with Brendon Burchard

    How 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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  • Leading Without Authority with Keith Ferrazzi

    Leading Without Authority with Keith Ferrazzi

    With his first two books, Never Eat Alone and Who’s got Your Back, Keith Ferrazzi taught us the importance of building collaborative relationships. In his latest book, Leading Without Authority,...

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  • Diversity Beyond Lip Service by La’Wana Harris

    Diversity Beyond Lip Service by La’Wana Harris

    Diversity, always a weighty topic, has become a profoundly important concern over the past several weeks. Nevertheless, many people and businesses continue to struggle in their attempts to address...

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