86. Leading Like Jesus, with Ken Blanchard

Leading like Jesus means healthy leadership. Ken Blanchard has been writing and teaching about healthy leadership for a long time.  In this interview, Ken shares about his youth, how he came to faith, what it was like when The One-Minute Manager became a massive success (including how it impacted his faith journey), and what it means to lead like Jesus.


THIS EPISODE'S HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

• Ken Blanchard is the Co-founder and Chief Spiritual Officer of the Ken Banchard Companies, as well as the author of Lead Like Jesus, Leading at a Higher Level, and The One-Minute Manager.
• “Great leaders are great because people trust and respect them, not because they have power.” 
• Ken Blanchard wrote Management of Organizational Behavior: Leading Human Resources with Paul Hersey.
• Ken Blanchard wrote The One Minute Manager as a parable with Spencer Johnson, who had written children’s books.
• Ken Blanchard’s mission statement is: “To be a loving teacher and an example of simple truths that help myself and others to awaken to the presence of God in their lives, and to help us realize we’re here to serve, not to be served.”
• Ken shares how he came to faith in Jesus.
• Ken Blanchard explains the concept of situational leadership (SL2) and how it relates to leading like Jesus.
• If you use only one leadership style all the time, it will be effective sometimes and very ineffective most of the time. Leading like Jesus requires us to vary our leadership style.
• Our ego can get in the way of healthy leadership and in the way of leading like Jesus.
• Ken defines EGO as “Edging God Out.” When we surrender to God we can turn our EGO into “Exalting God Only.”
• To find out more about Ken Blanchard, go to www.kenblanchard.com and www.leadlikejesus.com.

RELEVANT RESOURCES AND LINKS:

• Ken Blanchard:
  • www.kenblanchard.com
  • www.leadlikejesus.com
• Books mentioned:
  • Lead Like Jesus, by Ken Blanchard
  • Leading at a Higher Level, by Ken Blanchard
  • The One-Minute Manager, by Ken Blanchard
  • Management of Organizational Behavior, by Ken Blanchard
• Episodes mentioned:
  • Episode 65: Why Don't People Go to Church Anymore?
  • Episode 66: The Improbably Growth of the Early Church
  • Episode 67:  How the Church Lost Its Missionary Identity

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