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Leadership is about going somewhere. If you and your people don’t know where you are going, your leadership doesn’t matter.

Ken Blanchard

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Ken Blanchard
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: May 6
Author
Consultant
Entrepreneur
Motivational Speaker
Writer
Orange
New Jersey
Kenneth H. Blanchard
Kenneth Blanchard
Kenneth Hartley Blanchard
Leadership
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Matter
Going
People
Somewhere

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