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Coaching, Love and Belief

by Kevin Eikenberry on March 10, 2010

in Devloping Others, Leadership, Learning

If you read my newsletter or follow this blog, hopefully you know about our big Remarkable TV online event next week, Tuesday March 16th from 11 am – 3 pm ET.  It is called Coach and Be Coached and is designed to help all of us reach higher levels of performance through, coaching and being [...]

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This week’s Resource Recommendation – Coach and Be Coached: Coaching to Achieve Remarkable Performance – for Others and Yourself! A Remarkable TV Event
We’re are excited to announce that we are tipping off our next Remarkable TV event, Coach and Be Coached, on March 16 at 11am ET.
For 4+ hours I will be interviewing successful coaches [...]

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The first thing I remember purchasing with my own money that I earned was a basketball.
As a boy, when I wasn’t working on the farm, often I was shooting baskets. While my high school career stalled for a variety of reasons (being small, 5′9″, and having mononucleosis as a sophomore didn’t help!), I’ve always loved [...]

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Our members in the Remarkable Leadership Learning System are focusing on the skill of Communicating with Confidence this month.  During our teleseminar last week we were talking our role as leaders to build the confidence of others.
Due to an interactive session with a variety of great questions I wasn’t able to get through all of [...]

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It’s been the second biggest news story of the week – and if not for the horrific disaster in Haiti, it would have been #1.  After 47 years in the hands of a Democrat, the Massachusetts Senate seat of deceased Edward Kennedy will now be occupied by a Republican.
This article isn’t about political posturing, ads [...]

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Will Your Top Performers Stay?

by Kevin Eikenberry on January 18, 2010

in Devloping Others, Empowerment, Leadership, Success, Video

I read something recently that me thinking about a challenge you may have as a leader that you haven’t even thought about, at least not recently.
I talk about it on this video – created with my Livescribe pen.  I hope you will watch, listen, and learn.
Then I hope you will give me some feedback on [...]

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In an airport yesterday I glanced down and saw the title of a book about the legendary comedian Red Skelton.  It was titled, the Mask Behind the Mask.
I had two immediate thoughts – my Dad would have loved that book, and I don’t know about Red, but that title applies to many of us, all [...]

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Don’t Settle!

by Kevin Eikenberry on December 4, 2009

in Achievement, Books, Devloping Others, Leadership, Learning, Responsibility, Success

In my friend Jon Gordon’s most recent book, The Shark and the Goldfish , the hero of the story learns an important lesson:
Don’t Settle.
This lesson struck me as I read this book this week.  Don’t settle.  I thought about the parts of my life where I am settling. 
Beyond me though, I believe that most of us [...]

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Leaders Develop Others

by Kevin Eikenberry on November 12, 2009

in Devloping Others, Leadership, Learning

Perhaps I should keep this post short.  If we all read and took action on the three word title of this post, we would all be more effective starting today and forever.
I was reminded to share this key leadership skill with you today because of the quotation I shared in our Powerquotes Plus newsletter yesterday.
“It [...]

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Recent research on why leaders use executive coaching is instructive for all of us.  the research, cited here, includes the following reasons:
1.  Sharpening the leadership skills of high potential individuals
2.  Correcting leadership skill gaps
3.  Improving success rate, or reducing risk of failure of new leaders
4.  Correcting employee relations problems
5.  Providing leadership skills to those who [...]

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