Simple truths of leadership playbook : A 52-week game plan for becoming a trusted servant leader / Ken Blanchard, Randy Conley, with Renee Broadwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blanchard, Kenneth H., author.

Conley, Randy, author.

Contributor:

Broadwell, Renee, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leadership.

Servant leadership.

Trust.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., [2024]

Summary:

Leadership legend and bestselling author Ken Blanchard returns with trust expert and thought leader Randy Conley to present a structured playbook based on the bestselling Simple Truths of Leadership.The companion playbook to Simple Truths of Leadership expands on the book's 52 essential principles of servant leadership and trust building. This structured playbook provides weekly prompts and exercises to help you track your progress toward your leadership goals. It focuses on one Simple Truth per week and includes: A summary of each Simple Truth A game plan for using each truth in your workplace, including thought-provoking questions and exercises to challenge your thinking and cause you to consider new ideas about leadership A Call to Action to Try It This WeekWith so much of today's workforce feeling disengaged from the work they do, it's critical for leaders to move away from self-serving methods and embrace servant leadership to put their followers' needs before their own. And by journaling alongside servant leadership principles, you will be able to turn the common sense behind these simple truths into common practice for you and your organization.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

Introduction: Dear Trusted Servant Leader

Part One: Servant Leadership

1. Servant leadership is the best way to achieve both great results and great relationships.

2. Every great organization has a compelling vision.

3. Servant leaders turn the traditional pyramid upside down.

4. All good performance starts with clear goals.

5. The key to developing people is to catch them doing something right.

6. Praise progress!

7. When people are off track, don't reprimand them-redirect them.

8. The best minute servant leaders spend is the one they invest in people.

9. Effective servant leaders realize they have to use different strokes for different folks.

10. Effective servant leaders don't just use different strokes for different folks, they also use different strokes for the same folks.

11. Profit is the applause you get for creating a motivating environment for your people so they will take good care of your customers.

12. Create autonomy through boundaries.

13. You get from people what you expect.

14. The best use of power is in service to others.

15. Never assume you know what motivates a person.

16. People with humility don't think less of themselves, they just think of themselves less.

17. It's okay to toot your own horn.

18. Don't work harder

work smarter.

19. "No one of us is as smart as all of us."

20. Love is the answer. What is the question?

21. Servant leaders don't command people to obey

they invite people to follow.

22. People who plan the battle rarely battle the plan.

23. Servant leaders love feedback.

24. People who produce good results feel good about themselves.

25. "It's not about you."

26. Great leaders SERVE.

Part Two: Building Trust

27. Leadership begins with trust.

28. Building trust is a skill that can be learned and developed.

29. "Self-trust is the first secret of success."

30. Someone must make the first move to extend trust. Leaders go first.

31. "People admire your strengths, but they respect your honesty regarding your vulnerability."

32. There's no trust without us.

33. Fear is the enemy of trust.

34. A relationship with no trust is like a cell phone with no service or internet-all you can do is play games.

35. People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.

36. "People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

37. "Your actions speak so loudly I cannot hear what you are saying."

38. Tell the truth. Always. It's that simple.

39. Don't ever make a promise you can't keep.

40. "There's nothing so unequal as the equal treatment of unequals."

41. #Trust is always trending. Doing the right thing never goes out of style.

42. True servant leaders admit their mistakes.

43. Since we were given two ears and one mouth, we should listen more than we speak.

44. The most important part of leadership is what happens when you're not there.

45. The opposite of trust is not distrust-it's control.

46. People don't resist change

they resist being controlled.

47. People without accurate information cannot act responsibly, but people with accurate information are compelled to act responsibly.

48. Building trust is a journey, not a destination.

49. A successful apology is essential in rebuilding trust.

50. Apologizing is not necessarily an admission of guilt, but it is an admission of responsibility.

51. Choosing not to forgive someone is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

52. Forgiveness is letting go of all hope for a better past.

Closing Thoughts

Resources

Works Cited

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Connect with Blanchard

Join Ken and Randy Online.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-5230-0612-9

OCLC:

1378936910