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title: Inspire Blog | Thought Leadership | Jason Diamond Arnold (7)
description: Jason joined the Inspire team in 2015 to help integrate leadership philosophy into the Inspire software and introduce a new approach, Leadership as a Service, to the leadership development market. He comes to the Inspire product with 15 plus years of experience training and developing leadership concepts in the classroom and virtual learning platforms. He has been mentored by some of the most recognized leadership and business book authors in the leadership development industry and is an experience professional leadership facilitator and instructional designer in leadership theory and application. Jason’s passion for leadership began while working with best-selling business author, Ken Blanchard, as a literary assistant and media director of a small internal media team that served Blanchard’s clients. After graduating with a Masters of Arts and Science degree from California State University and a Professional Degree in Screenwriting from the University of California, Los Angeles, he became the Director of New Media for The Ken Blanchard Companies, where he began to blend leadership concepts learned in traditional workshops, into a sustained an ongoing active learn-by-doing experience. He is a Certified Consulting Associate for The Ken Blanchard Companies and Consulting Partner for Inspire Leadership Genius. He is a co-author of Situational Self Leadership in Action, and asynchronous self-paced leadership model. He is CoFounder of HighWay Media in the Silicon Valley, and CoFounder of DiamondHawk Leadership in Boston, MA. (7)
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###### Featured Post
### [When Performance Drops: How to Help Your Team Discern Their Motivational Outlook](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/performance-drops-help-your-team-discern-motivational-outlook)
### [Jason Diamond Arnold](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/author/jason-arnold)
March 14, 2019
“When you look at people who are successful, you will find that they aren't the people who are motivated, but have consistency in their motivation.” — Arsene Wenger Earlier this year, The Golden ... [Keep Reading](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/performance-drops-help-your-team-discern-motivational-outlook)
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## Jason Diamond Arnold
Jason joined the Inspire team in 2015 to help integrate leadership philosophy into the Inspire software and introduce a new approach, Leadership as a Service, to the leadership development market. He comes to the Inspire product with 15 plus years of experience training and developing leadership concepts in the classroom and virtual learning platforms. He has been mentored by some of the most recognized leadership and business book authors in the leadership development industry and is an experience professional leadership facilitator and instructional designer in leadership theory and application. Jason’s passion for leadership began while working with best-selling business author, Ken Blanchard, as a literary assistant and media director of a small internal media team that served Blanchard’s clients. After graduating with a Masters of Arts and Science degree from California State University and a Professional Degree in Screenwriting from the University of California, Los Angeles, he became the Director of New Media for The Ken Blanchard Companies, where he began to blend leadership concepts learned in traditional workshops, into a sustained an ongoing active learn-by-doing experience. He is a Certified Consulting Associate for The Ken Blanchard Companies and Consulting Partner for Inspire Leadership Genius. He is a co-author of Situational Self Leadership in Action, and asynchronous self-paced leadership model. He is CoFounder of HighWay Media in the Silicon Valley, and CoFounder of DiamondHawk Leadership in Boston, MA.
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#### [When Performance Drops: How to Help Your Team Discern Their Motivational Outlook](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/performance-drops-help-your-team-discern-motivational-outlook)
### [Jason Diamond Arnold](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/author/jason-arnold)
March 14, 2019
[Read](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/performance-drops-help-your-team-discern-motivational-outlook)
#### [Achieving Performance Flow: The Most Dynamic Phase of Performance](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/achieving-performance-flow-dynamic-phase-performance)
### [Jason Diamond Arnold](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/author/jason-arnold)
March 8, 2019
[Read](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/achieving-performance-flow-dynamic-phase-performance)
#### [Proceed with Caution: How to Navigate the Most Unpredictable Phase of Performance](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/caution-navigate-most-unpredictable-phase-performance)
### [Jason Diamond Arnold](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/author/jason-arnold)
March 5, 2019
[Read](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/caution-navigate-most-unpredictable-phase-performance)
#### [Celebrate Employee Appreciation Day by Fueling Employee Work Passion](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/employee-appreciation-day-fueling-employee-work-passion)
### [Jason Diamond Arnold](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/author/jason-arnold)
March 1, 2019
[Read](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/employee-appreciation-day-fueling-employee-work-passion)
#### [Confronting the Challenges of Performance: How to Manage the Lows in Pursuit of Your Objectives](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/confronting-challenges-performance-manage-lows-pursuit-objectives)
### [Jason Diamond Arnold](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/author/jason-arnold)
February 27, 2019
[Read](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/confronting-challenges-performance-manage-lows-pursuit-objectives)
#### [Cultivating a Culture of Curiosity—The First Phase of Performance](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/curiosity-first-phase-performance)
### [Jason Diamond Arnold](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/author/jason-arnold)
February 19, 2019
[Read](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/curiosity-first-phase-performance)
#### [7 Leadership Principles Every Leader Needs to Understand](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/leadership-principles-every-leader-needs-understand)
### [Jason Diamond Arnold](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/author/jason-arnold)
January 18, 2019
[Read](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/leadership-principles-every-leader-needs-understand)
#### [Respond to Performance: The Leadership Practice of Effective and Continual Feedback and Recognition](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/respond-performance-leadership-continual-feedback-recognition)
### [Jason Diamond Arnold](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/author/jason-arnold)
January 4, 2019
[Read](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/respond-performance-leadership-continual-feedback-recognition)
#### [The Two Most Critical Factors for Assessing Continual Performance](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/two-critical-factors-assessing-continual-performance)
### [Jason Diamond Arnold](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/author/jason-arnold)
December 31, 2018
[Read](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/two-critical-factors-assessing-continual-performance)
#### [The Initiate Practice of Leadership: Your Role in Jump-Starting Creativity](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/initiate-practice-leadership-role-jump-starting-creativity)
### [Jason Diamond Arnold](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/author/jason-arnold)
December 14, 2018
[Read](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/initiate-practice-leadership-role-jump-starting-creativity)
#### [The Key to Powerful Leadership Practices: Envision](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/key-powerful-leadership-practices-envision)
### [Jason Diamond Arnold](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/author/jason-arnold)
December 7, 2018
[Read](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/key-powerful-leadership-practices-envision)
#### [Prepare for Leadership: Using the DISC Model and Developing Your Values](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/prepare-leadership-disc-model-developing-values)
### [Jason Diamond Arnold](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/author/jason-arnold)
December 6, 2018
[Read](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/prepare-leadership-disc-model-developing-values)
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