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Mentoring

It was a typical business trip. I’d spent the day training a group of people from inside an organization. After the training, I was invited to join the group for dinner. After a lovely dinner, a couple of the participants had some additional questions about the training and how to apply what they were learning. [...]

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When my book Remarkable Leadership was published people asked me about the cover. Why acorns they asked? (actually by then 8 year old daughter Kelsey was the first to ask). My answer was two fold. Leaders are in the growth business, as are acorns.  After all, even the tallest, strongest and oldest oak trees on the planet started [...]

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We’ve all heard, and said. that “perception is reality”.  This profound truth, while believed, is sometimes hard to remember or put into practice.  This fact also makes interpersonal communication and interaction far more complex than we wish it were.  Let me take this idea one step further. People tend to operate and behave in the [...]

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In certain situations we all understand and value the importance of encouragement. Take, with kids for example.  When they are learning to walk and talk, there is tons of encouragement from every adult around. We know that if they keep at it they will succeed. Take, our friends as a second example.  When our closest friends [...]

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A Leadership Disconnect

by Kevin Eikenberry on August 3, 2010

in Developing Others,Leadership,Mentoring

July 26, 2010 Fortune Magazine. Two small little snippets on page 20 should cause alarm bells for many. Fact 1:  39% of large company CEO’s and directors say they have zero real internal CEO candidates. Fact 2:  The average number of hours boards spend on succession planning?  Two. Do you see yourself or your company [...]

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Mark Twain wrote, “The man who does not read good books is no better than the man who can’t.” Walt Disney said, “There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.” And, more recently, Theodore Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) taught us, “The more that you read, the more things [...]

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