"For a manager to be perceived as a positive manager, they need a four to one positive to negative contact ratio"
- Ken Blanchard
About this Quote
This quote by Ken Blanchard suggests that for a supervisor to be viewed as a favorable supervisor, they need to have a favorable to negative contact ratio of 4 to one. This suggests that for every single negative interaction a supervisor has with their workers, they need to have four favorable interactions. This might consist of offering positive feedback, recognizing employees for their effort, and supplying assistance and assistance. By having a positive to unfavorable contact ratio of 4 to one, managers can produce a positive workplace and cultivate a culture of trust and respect. This can result in increased employee engagement, enhanced morale, and much better performance. Eventually, having a favorable to negative contact ratio of four to one can help managers be viewed as positive and successful leaders.
This quote is written / told by Ken Blanchard somewhere between May 6, 1939 and today. He was a famous Author from USA.
The author also have 9 other quotes.
"Question: Why are we Masters of our Fate, the captains of our souls? Because we have the power to control our thoughts, our attitudes. That is why many people live in the withering negative world. That is why many people live in the Positive Faith world"
"There must be a positive and negative in everything in the universe in order to complete a circuit or circle, without which there would be no activity, no motion"
"You've done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination"
"I'm a very driven, ambitious, positive person. But I'm a spiritual person as well. I believe in creative visualization. So for me to go to America - which I find such a positive place - well, I took to it like a duck to water"
"The object of my relationship with Vietnam has been to heal the wounds that exist, particularly among our veterans, and to move forward with a positive relationship,... Apparently some in the Vietnamese government don't want to do that and that's their decision"
"It demonstrates to his simple mind in the most positive manner that we have no prejudice against him on account of his race, and that while he behaves himself he will be treated the same as a white man"