Articles by Ken Blanchard

Managing negative L&D trends in 2022
A recent survey conducted by The Ken Blanchard Companies revealed three trends learning and development leaders need to address in 2022.

Creating and communicating your leadership point of view
When you share your leadership point of view with team members and colleagues, you’ll build close, trusting connections that will help you, them and your organization flourish together.

Supercharge your learning programs with follow-up coaching
Coaches can be invaluable in helping people apply what they’ve learned.

Four mindsets for adapting to change
The more change-adaptive we are as individuals, leaders and organizations, the better we will be able to meet each change that comes our way.

COVID-19: A turning point for business management
It’s hard to believe it’s been more than a year since the world was blindsided by a global pandemic.

Reflections on 2021 L&D trends survey
The drastic decline of face-to-face training in 2020 is still on the minds of L&D professionals in 2021.

5 keys to ethical leadership
Even in the short term, leaders who choose to do the right thing rather than succeed at any cost are winners.

3 steps to improving conversational capacity
Conversation is commonplace but not always effective. Trained in conversational skills, we can participate in fruitful discussions that lead to extraordinary breakthroughs.

Inspired leaders do this
The best minute of the day is the one you invest in your people. Here are 6 ways to build meaningful connections.

Build commitment to change through high-involvement change leadership
When leading people through change, what you are changing is important — but involving people in the change can be the difference between failure and success.

Connecting during coronavirus
Let the pandemic of 2020 be an opportunity to strengthen your connections with others.

Master the art of change management
Change is inevitable — but failed change initiatives are not. Here are 4 strategies to implement change successfully.

Commit yourself to learning
The only way to grow as a leader is to keep learning — and if you aren’t learning and growing, you’re just wasting away.

No one of us is as smart as all of us
Given the increasing role collaboration plays in today’s workplace, learning officers need to expand their focus from how people are performing to how people are performing together.

Reflecting on the evolving leadership landscape
What’s changed, what’s endured, what lies ahead.