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December 15, 2017 by Tricia Goyer Leave a Comment

#WALKITOUT 006: Ken Blanchard

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In today’s episode we’re chatting with Dr. Ken Blanchard.

Few people have influenced the day-to-day management of people and companies more than Ken Blanchard. A prominent, sought-after author, speaker, and business consultant, Dr. Blanchard is universally characterized by his friends, colleagues, and clients as one of the most insightful, powerful, and compassionate individuals in business today. Ken is one of the most influential leadership experts in the world and is respected for his years of groundbreaking work in the fields of leadership and management.

Dr. Ken Blanchard is the cofounder and Chief Spiritual Officer of The Ken Blanchard Companies, an international management training and consulting firm that he and his wife, Margie Blanchard, began in 1979 in San Diego, California. In addition to being a renowned speaker and consultant, Ken also spends time as a visiting lecturer at his alma mater, Cornell University, where he is a trustee emeritus of the Board of Trustees.

Ken has received many awards and honors for his contributions in the fields of management, leadership, and speaking. The National Speakers Association awarded him its highest honor, the “Council of Peers Award of Excellence.” He was inducted into the HRD Hall of Fame by Training magazine and Lakewood Conferences, and he received the Golden Gavel Award from Toastmasters International. Ken also received The Thought Leadership Award for continued support of work-related learning and performance by ISA–The Association of Learning Providers. Ken has been inducted into Amazon’s Hall of Fame as one of the top 25 best-selling authors of all time. The business school at Grand Canyon University bears his name. In addition, Ken teaches students in the Master of Science in Executive Leadership Program at the University of San Diego.

Born in New Jersey and raised in New York, Ken received a master’s degree from Colgate University, and a bachelor’s and PhD from Cornell University. An avid golfer, Ken belongs to the Loch Lomond Golf Club in Scotland.

I hope you enjoys today’s show. You can listen above or on iTunes! I’d love it if you shared with your friends!

Links from the show

Lead Your Family Like Jesus
DVD Study
Lead Like Jesus
Lead Your Family Like Jesus Excerpt
Servant Leader
The One Minute Manager
Twitter for Good
One Minute Mentoring
When the Game is Over, It All Goes Back in the Box
UnGame
Proverbs 3:5-6
The Mulligan
The Red Letters of Jesus

This Week’s Walk It Out Scripture
Luke 2:11-14

For today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a [b]manger.” And suddenly there appeared with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,

“Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among men with whom He is pleased.”

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August 2, 2014 by Tricia Goyer Leave a Comment

Video Encouragement: Lead Your Family Like Jesus

Happy Saturday! Here’s a collection of my favorites from my ‘Lead Your Family Like Jesus’ video series based on the book I wrote with Ken Blanchard and Phil Hodges.

Make Every Day Count

Showing Servant Leadership with Tricia Goyer

Showing Sacrifice

Here’s some video encouragement for your Saturday! @TriciaGoyer

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June 5, 2014 by Tricia Goyer 1 Comment

When Your Child Makes a Costly Mistake

When it comes to parenting, what’s more important God or money? It may be easy to say “God” until our kids make a costly mistake . . . it’s then our true colors come out.

It happened to us just a year or so ago. Our teenage daughter was right behind us in her car, driving home from church, when we received a phone call. She’d been cresting a hill just five houses down when she hit the back of a parked car. Thankfully, she and her brother—who was in the car with her—didn’t get a scratch. The other car had some damage, but my daughter’s car was totaled. (Can you hear the dollar signs?)

John and I had sacrificed by giving her our old car instead of selling it or trading it in. Not only that, we’d just spent nearly a thousand dollars in engine repairs, and since we only had minimal insurance on it, it was all gone. Add to it, we had to buy another (used) car since we had two teen drivers who needed to get to school and work.

In Luke 16:15 Jesus said, “You like to appear righteous in public, but God knows your hearts.” John and I strive to be good, godly, loving, forgiving parents, but inside I wanted to rant. Our daughter should have been paying better attention. Her irresponsibility just robbed us of that money we’d worked so hard to save.

Grace-filled family leadership is turning mistakes into opportunities for growth. @TriciaGoyer

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Steps You Can Take

When your child makes a mistake, take a moment to cool down and think about your reaction.
Ask yourself what is really bothering you: money, inconvenience, etc.?
Extend the same grace you received from Christ to your child.
Explain why you are frustrated, but make sure to offer forgiveness, grace, and love.
Ask your child what he/she learned in the process.

Daily Prayer

Dear Heavenly Father,

When those moments come where my children make costly mistakes, help me react in grace rather than anger. Help me see the child and not the dollar signs adding up. May I look for those teachable lessons, so we both walk away having learned an important lesson. Continue to mold me into the parent you would have me be and help my lead my family like Jesus!

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Resources You Might Like:

Lead Your Family Like Jesus by Ken Blanchard, Tricia Goyer, and Phil Hodges
Lead Your Family Like Jesus Group Experience Participant’s Guide by Ken Blanchard, Tricia Goyer, and Phil Hodges

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November 8, 2013 by Tricia Goyer 1 Comment

Lead Your Family Like Jesus DVD Curriculum: Sneak Peek

If you’re going to be my friend, you need to know a few things.

I remember everything. For example like the story my friend Marie told me about her first week of dating, and how she was hospitalized, and how her not-yet boyfriend took care of her while she had the flu. Stories like that make it into my books.
I confess my shortcomings . . . and sometimes yours. For example I’ve written often about how I kept arm’s distance from a woman named Tara because I thought I couldn’t compare with her. She did the same with me, until we finally got together . . . then we became best friends.
I might ask you to come on one of my research trips as a nanny. Right, Twyla? What we hadn’t counted on is my baby having the flu!
Or I might just ask you to spill your guts on the camera for video curriculum from Lead Your Family Like Jesus. I recently asked some friends to do that. We filmed one Saturday in MY HOME. Yes, that is a glimpse of my real life house in the background of these photos. It was a fun day! Here are a few of those who said yes.

It can be WONDERFULLY dangerous to be my friend! You never know what I’ll drag you into. But I AM so thankful for what God enables me to do. I’m also thankful that God has given me awesome friends to join me!!

Be careful being @TriciaGoyer’s friend. You might just end up as book material!

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Mark your calendars and watch for the Lead Your Family Like Jesus DVD curriculum and participants guide to be released January 1, 2014! It’s a great series for small groups and Sunday classes. Add it onto your schedule for the new year!

Coming soon to a bookshelf near you: the DVD curriculum for #LeadLikeJesus. @TriciaGoyer

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