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To Our Australian Clients ...
July marks a busy month for all companies, the start of a new financial year, new budgets and new goals. We have been busy planning our strategy for success, and we are sure you have done the same. We understand now more than ever, you need to see results for your training expenditure, which is why so many organisations are turning to customised solutions.

We have had great success over the past 12 months with clients who have worked with us to create a tailored solution, whether it was focusing on the core Situational Leadership® II program, with additional modules of Situational Team Leadership®, Team Skills®, Legendary Service®, or Gung Ho!®. As well as customising in-house accreditation programs for organisations to teach SLII® internally.

We hope that your new year is off to a positive start, and look forward to helping you achieve your new goals.

Your Blanchard Team.


News!
Blanchard Australia turns 25!
Blanchard International is very excited to announce that this July represents our 25th year in business. We would like to thank all of you for your support over the years!


New Books
Helping People Win at Work
Ken Blanchard and WD-40 CEO Garry Ridge reveal how "Partnering for Performance" and building a tribal culture produce unprecedented levels of engagement and commitment.
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July, 2009
Helping People Win at Work

Most workers do not feel that their employee performance reviews are valuable.

That is what Garry Ridge, CEO of WD-40 Company, discovered when he surveyed students in a business course he teaches at the University of San Diego.

“I recall, in one of my first classes, only 18 percent of the students surveyed said they had a positive, meaningful review in the last 18 months,” Ridge said. “I think that is deplorable."

The problem, according to Ridge, is that most performance systems are used for the wrong reasons. They are either arbitrary, conducted out of habit, or they are used just in case it is ever necessary to document evidence to fire someone. Ridge thinks that performance reviews should be used to develop people—not to evaluate them.
READ THE FULL ARTICLE


Special Feature:
Are You Leading Your People Through Change, Or Putting Them Through It?

Blanchard® research shows that up to 70% of business change initiatives fail, or are derailed - why? Your organisation is populated with intelligent, experienced people and your change goals are clearly linked to its ongoing success ... so what could go wrong? This feature looks at the recently-launched "Leading People Through Change" program, a methodolody derived from researching thousands of change intitiatives and crystallising the key factors in successful implementations.

Hear what the clients who attended the launch had to say. READ THE FULL ARTICLE



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