Open Your World At Work | Ken Blanchard

Katie Sheehan Posted by Katie Sheehan, Associate Director of Communications, Berrett-Koehler Publishers Inc.



5 Ways to Open Your World At Work


Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller offer tips to readers in Great Leaders Grow (Berrett-Koehler, 2012)on how to open their world at work by expanding their leadership and life experiences which will ultimately make them better leaders.

  • Serve on a cross-functional team.
  • Meet with leader from other departments to understand their issues.
  • Find a mentor (formal or informal) from another department.
  • Interview recent retirees and seek their counsel on current issues.
  • Lead anything you can. Chances are good, you’ll learn more by leading than anything else.

Great Leaders Grow: Becoming a Leader for Life

By Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller

Berrett-Koehler Publishers

February 2012

Hardcover, $22.95; 144 pages

978-1-60994-303-5