#40—Ken Blanchard: Becoming a Servant Leader

Ken Blanchard is one of the world’s most influential leadership experts. A prominent, sought-after author, speaker, and business consultant, Ken is respected for his lifetime of groundbreaking research and thought leadership that has influenced the day-to-day management and leadership of people and companies throughout the world.

In 2005, he was inducted into Amazon’s Hall of Fame as one of the top 25 best­selling authors of all time. He is the co-author of more than sixty-five books, including the iconic The One Minute Manager, with combined sales of over 23 million copies in forty-seven languages. He and Randy Conley are also co-authors of Simple Truths of Leadership.

He is co-founder of The Ken Blanchard Companies, a leading international training and consulting firm.

In this podcast, he shares:

• Why you want to be an servant leader and how to know you actually are
• The first step to take when seeking to transform your culture
• Why you should be focused on your employees before your customers

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"People think to think that reason to be in business is to make a profit. No, profit is the applause you get for creating a motivating environment for your people so they take good care of your customers."

-Ken Blanchard

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Episode Timeline:

00:00—Introducing Ken + The topic of today’s episode

1:58—If you really know me, you know that....

2:28—What is your definition of strategy?

4:20—How has your business model changed over time?

5:00—Could you tell us about servant leadership?

7:15—How can a leader know that they're not using their title and position as a servant leader?

8:45—Do you have any advice for someone who doesn't have a ton of influence, but is a leader?

10:20—Are there any highlights about trust you could point us to from your book?

11:28—Do you have any frameworks or tips you like to point to in transforming company culture?

12:31—What's something that you've changed your mind about?

14:01—What's something you wish you had learned earlier?

15:48—What are you working on now?

16:55—How can people connect with you?

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Additional Resources:

Personal Page: https://www.kenblanchard.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kenblanchard

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenblanchard1

Thank you to our executive producer Zach Ness, our producer Nazanin Homayoun Jam and our editor James Pearce. If you enjoyed this episode, please follow, download, and subscribe. I’m your host, Kaihan Krippendorff—thank you for listening.

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