"The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority." ― Ken Blanchard Topic(s): Teacher More From Ken Blanchard "In the past a leader was a boss. Today’s leaders must be partners with their people… they no longer can lead solely based on positional power." "For a manager to be perceived as a positive manager, they need a four to one positive to negative contact ratio." "I absolutely believe in the power of tithing and giving back. My own experience about all the blessings I’ve had in my life is that the more I give away, the more that comes back. That is the way life works, and that is the way energy works." More In Teacher "I feel really good in the teacher role."― Jimmy Chamberlin "I was raised in New York City and raised in the New York City theater world. My father was a theater director and an acting teacher, and it was not uncommon for me to have long discussions about the method and what the various different processes were to finding a character and exploring character and realizing that character."― Vin Diesel "When I went to college, my goal was to be a college history teacher. I majored in history."― George J. Mitchell