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The Re-Launch of KevinEikenberry.com

by Kevin Eikenberry on April 29, 2012

in Leadership,Learning

In May of 2004, we launched KevinEikenberry.com as a part of the rebranding of my business from The Discian Group to The Kevin Eikenberry Group. Over the years, this site has served us well; many of you first found me from that site, and it served as an integral part of the marketing of the [...]

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Everyone would like to be more productive (well, at least anyone who might be reading these words). Today, some simple and important ideas for raising your productivity, starting immediately. 1. Stop. Multi. Tasking.  Seriously. It is an illusion if you think you can do it without hampering the effectiveness of either task.  Want proof?  When [...]

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Dear Learner, I don`t know why the training is on your calendar. Maybe you are being told to go. Maybe you don`t even really know what it is about. Maybe you’d rather go to training than be at your desk. Maybe training means a chance to get away from home for a day or two. [...]

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Today’s Resource Recommendation is The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism by Olivia Fox Cabane. In leadership workshops, I often ask people to create a list of characteristics or skills of highly successful leaders. Often charisma makes that list. When that item gets mentioned, or when we review the [...]

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I had the chance to meet and hear  the fabulous and wise Daniel Lapin speak yesterday. Daniel is a best-selling author, radio personality and is known as  ”America’s Rabbi.”  He spoke about faith and finances, leaving 1200 people with plenty to think about.  Today’s quotation is one of the final things he said to the [...]

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Have you ever had a problem and needed to vent or just share what you were dealing with? When you are in this situation, are you always necessarily looking for advice, input, or counsel? If you are like most people, probably not. So why is it that when people come to us with their problems or [...]

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The Truth About Influence

by Kevin Eikenberry on April 16, 2012

in Influence,Leadership,Learning

Eight year old Sam Baker was wondering about something, so he asked his parents, “How come our town doesn’t have a Christmas tree lit up for everyone in town to enjoy?” He reasoned that other nearby towns had trees, that they had a tree at the White House, and that he saw them light a [...]

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Two Books On Habit

by Kevin Eikenberry on April 15, 2012

in Books,Leadership,Learning

Over the past few weeks, I have read Habit: The 95% of Behavior Marketers Ignore by Neale Martin. As a business owner (and therefore a marketer), this book provides valuable lessons for me about how and why people buy – and as this book shows using great examples, stories and research, it isn’t always for the reasons [...]

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Your Hopes and Dreams are Real

by Kevin Eikenberry on April 13, 2012

in Achievement,Leadership,Learning,Quotations

In this blog, I have shared quotations from William James, often called the father of American psychology, before (here is an example).  Today, I share another one – this one, full of positive possibility. “Your hopes, dreams and aspirations are legitimate. They are trying to take you airborne, above the clouds and above the storms, if you only let [...]

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Surrender? When you think about surrender, you don’t likely think of great leadership. People who surrender, lose, right? The dictionary tells us that surrender, as a verb, means things like: “to yield possession or power,” “to give (oneself) up,” “to give up, abandon or relinquish.” These are hardly the ideas we connect with leaders we [...]

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