LUMINARY PERSPECTIVE

Be the Leader People Want and Organizations Need

Ken Blanchard

A while back, I sent out a Facebook post with a photo of a woman carrying a briefcase and jumping a hurdle, with the headline: Hire smart people, train them properly, then get out of their way.

That post received thousands more views than my usual posts. Something about that simple message really resonated with people. Why? I think it’s because people know that at its best, leadership is a side-by-side partnership that involves mutual trust and respect among people working together to achieve common goals. Leaders and their team members influence one another—they ...

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