Ken Blanchard

Grand Canyon University

July 20, 2009 | Ken Blanchard

I was recently at Grand Canyon University in a strategic planning meeting with several different organizations, as this university moves forward in their drive to be excellent both online and on their campus. One of the things I learned is that within the year, all the online students at GCU will not have any textbooks… Read More

Being the Best You Can Be

July 13, 2009 | Ken Blanchard

I had a real treat when I recently got to spend some time with Henry Blackaby and his son, Richard. Henry’s been a really important mentor to me. He’s a wonderful theologian and philosopher of life. One of the things I think is relevant to all of us is when they talked a little bit… Read More

Confidence in Your Team

July 6, 2009 | Ken Blanchard

There are always some wonderful lessons, I think, from sports. I remember back watching the L. A. Lakers playoff run. It was interesting because the Lakers were really down and out several times—they were losing by 12 at halftime, then they came back, then they got behind again. Right at the buzzer with four seconds to… Read More

Starting to Make a New Ending

June 29, 2009 | Ken Blanchard

I got up really early a few times in the last month to do TV shows with Garry Ridge about our book Helping People Win at Work: A Business Philosophy called “Don’t Mark My Paper, Help Me Get an A. I was also up early doing radio shows all over the country for Who Killed Change? You… Read More

The Meaning of Life

June 22, 2009 | Ken Blanchard

Laura Berman Fortgang, a friend of my son Scott and his wife Madeleine, wrote a book recently called The Little Book of Meaning that really made me think. I think it’s really an interesting topic, because I think one of the gnawing questions people have is: What’s the meaning of life? What’s our reason for… Read More

Dealing With Anger

June 15, 2009 | Ken Blanchard

In my weekly men’s group we recently were studying anger. Anger is a really interesting thing, you know. I think we can all get angry for a cause—you know, something that upsets us. But the really interesting question is: How do you express your anger? Do you attack other people? Are you completely out of… Read More

Optimism

June 8, 2009 | Ken Blanchard

Today I came across a wonderful quote from Winston Churchill, who I always felt was quite a guy. He said, “An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity. A pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.” I guess I’m an optimist. I’m always looking for the lemonade from the lemons. That’s the way my mom… Read More

Ethical Leadership

June 1, 2009 | Ken Blanchard

I recently had an interesting experience—I spoke to the Better Business Bureau of the whole Phoenix valley. Normally, you know, the BBB is a group that deals with whether businesses are doing the best practices. They started this night a number of years ago where they recognize companies in the area who are leading in… Read More

My Interview with Richard Morris at Simple-Talk

May 29, 2009 | Ken Blanchard

http://www.simple-talk.com/content/article.aspx?article=721