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Start With Why

by Kevin Eikenberry on April 26, 2010

in Books,Change Leadership,Leadership,Learning

This week’s Resource Recommendation: Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek Since I already believe in the title’s statement (and say it all the time), I had two thoughts before I even opened this book: I wish I had thought of the title first. I hope the book [...]

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This week’s Resource Recommendation – Switch – How to Change Things When Change is Hard By Chip Heath and Dan Heath This book’s front cover proclaims an important marketing message, “the bestselling authors of Made to Stick“. (I’m guessing you have at least heard of Made to Stick and perhaps read it. If not, I [...]

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I just got off a members-only teleseminar in the Remarkable Leadership Learning Systemwith Patti Ayars, founder of Turning Point Consulting and author of the new book The Art of Leading Transformation Change.  One of the insights she shared during the call was . . . People join a company, but leave a supervisor. I believe [...]

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Ahh, the comfort zone. As humans, this is a place we love. We look for, strive for and have created products and even entire industries to help find and maintain high levels of comfort (hello Lazy-Boy!). You’ll find this desire for the comfort zone in all areas of life – physically, mentally, emotionally and more; [...]

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Consider the Comfort Zone

by Kevin Eikenberry on January 6, 2010

in Change Leadership,Leadership

On the teleseminar for our Remarkable Leadership Learning System Members today (you can get two months months membership free) I talked about how as leaders we must communicate change effectively. During the call we were talking about the role of the comfort zone in our willingness to change. During that conversation I stated what I [...]

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New Year’s Day is the day many people – 40-45% of Americans according to the last research I read – set New Year’s Resolutions.  While some people do succeed with Resolutions, too many people don’t – which frustrates them and sets up a cynical view of goal setting overall. (Even though, as you will see [...]

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Take a minute and mentally put yourself in a place that you love. You love the sights, the sounds, the activity you are engaging in. If there are others around they are people you are excited to be with. Take a minute and put yourself in that situation mentally right now. Now, imagine that I [...]

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46 years ago today, one of the most famous speeches in American history was delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  In it, he told 200,000 gathered on the Mall in Washington D.C. and the world that “I have a dream.” Today I ask you, as a leader, What’s Your Dream? Before you start backtracking or [...]

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I was reminded this morning in the New York Times (here is a link to the article). Baseball players will soon have a new batting helmet available to wear. It is called the Rawlings S100.  It can withstand a baseball at a speed of 100 mph without breaking or impacting the safety of the player [...]

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This post is the eighth of our ten finalist guest posts (place your vote now). Steve is an award-winning writer and speaker on leadership, management, and career management topics, with over 30 years of experience. His skills and services have been utilized by some of the world’s largest organizations and he is also a member [...]

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