Blanchard LeaderChat

A Forum to Discuss Leadership and Management Issues

  • 3 Pitfalls Along the Journey to Change and How to Avoid Them

    3 Pitfalls Along the Journey to Change and How to Avoid Them

    Like leadership, change is something you do with people, not to people, says Ken Blanchard.

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  • Just Promoted—and Drowning? Ask Madeleine

    Just Promoted—and Drowning? Ask Madeleine

    Dear Madeleine, I was recently promoted and I am drowning. I am still supporting the person who took my former job while trying to get my head around my new job. My new team is huge, and I didn’t...

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  • Four Practices for Adapting to Change

    Four Practices for Adapting to Change

    Master certified coach Madeleine Homan Blanchard shares four tried-and-true techniques for adapting to change that anyone can use.

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  • Looking for a Mentor? Ask Madeleine

    Looking for a Mentor? Ask Madeleine

    Dear Madeleine, You have answered many questions about being a mentor—but as a young person in my first job, I wonder how I can find a mentor. How do I go about it? How do I know if someone is the...

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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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  • Looking to Develop Leadership Influence? Ask Madeleine

    Looking to Develop Leadership Influence? Ask Madeleine

    Dear Madeleine, I am a senior analyst at an insurance company. I want to start building my leadership influence. I know my position is not at manager level yet, but I think leadership can happen...

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  • 7 Ways to Improve Your Personal Effectiveness

    7 Ways to Improve Your Personal Effectiveness

    Personal effectiveness begins by identifying needs and taking intentional actions to meet them says Britney Cole, head of Blanchard's Innovation Lab.

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  • Social Media Connections More Trouble Than They’re Worth? Ask Madeleine

    Social Media Connections More Trouble Than They’re Worth? Ask Madeleine

    Dear Madeleine, How should I deal with LinkedIn? Everyone who wants to “connect” with me ends up trying to sell me something. Sometimes it appears that a person has done their homework and has...

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  • 9 Laws of Personal Effectiveness

    9 Laws of Personal Effectiveness

    We all deserve to honor our own genius by taking full responsibility for it. No one can do it for us says master certified coach Madeleine Blanchard.

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  • Boss Is Having a Hard Time Letting Go of the Details? Ask Madeleine

    Boss Is Having a Hard Time Letting Go of the Details? Ask Madeleine

    Dear Madeleine, I am the director of ecommerce marketing for a fairly new and innovative global digital logistics company. The marketing team is huge; there are three other directors for other...

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  • 4 Tips for Maintaining a High Level of Personal Effectiveness

    4 Tips for Maintaining a High Level of Personal Effectiveness

    Personal effectiveness can apply to every part of life—on the job, at home with family, and visiting with friends says leadership expert Ken Blanchard.

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  • Work Colleague Said Things at a Party She Shouldn’t Have? Ask Madeleine

    Work Colleague Said Things at a Party She Shouldn’t Have? Ask Madeleine

    Dear Madeleine, I am a partner in a medium-sized professional services organization headquartered in a large metropolitan city. I was recently at a private social function that some employees of...

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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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  • Direct Report Needs to Work on Executive Presence? Ask Madeleine

    Direct Report Needs to Work on Executive Presence? Ask Madeleine

    Dear Madeleine, I am director of client services for a global financial consulting group. I have a direct report who has a lot going for her. She is a hard worker, always organized and prepared,...

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  • 4 Strategies for Building Trust Within Senior Leadership Teams

    4 Strategies for Building Trust Within Senior Leadership Teams

    Trust starts at the top with senior leaders. When they authentically embrace and embody trustworthy behavior, it sets the tone for the rest of the organization to follow suit.

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  • Afraid Your Team Is Going to Be Replaced by AI Technology? Ask Madeleine

    Afraid Your Team Is Going to Be Replaced by AI Technology? Ask Madeleine

    Dear Madeleine, I am really worried that my company is going to replace my entire team of graphic artists with AI. What can I say to people who have spent decades to get really good at their craft...

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  • 3 Rules for Successful Senior Leadership Teams

    3 Rules for Successful Senior Leadership Teams

    While senior leadership teams are like regular teams in several ways, they face challenges that ordinary teams do not says Ken Blanchard.

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  • Exiting Employee Labeled You as a Toxic Leader? Ask Madeleine

    Exiting Employee Labeled You as a Toxic Leader? Ask Madeleine

    Dear Madeleine, I manage an operations department for the headquarters of a large media company. I have six direct reports and about 70 workers who report to them. One of my direct reports...

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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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