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In our Bud to Boss Workshop, designed to help leaders successfully navigate the transition to leadership, we talk about the importance of relationships between leaders and their team members. Within the least year or so I have been frequently asked two related questions: “When we were peers I was friends with people on Facebook. Now [...]

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It’s Not Just Who You Know

by Kevin Eikenberry on August 8, 2011

in Books,Leadership,Learning,Relationships

Today’s Resource Recommendation is It’s Not Just Who You Know by Tommy Spaulding. I was introduced to the author, Tommy Spaulding, a few weeks ago when he was guest co-hosting a radio show when I was a guest. (Mondays at 3 in Denver Colorado). I quickly liked him as I listened in to the segment [...]

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This week’s Resource Recommendation is How to Click With People: The Secret to Better Relationships in Business and in Life by Rick Kirschner. I get lots of books in the mail because people want me to review them in this space. I received an advance proof of this book a few weeks ago and I was [...]

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If you are a long time reader of this blog and my other work, you probably know that my new book, From Bud to Boss: Secrets to a Successful Transitions to Remarkable Leadership, co-authored by Guy Harris, comes out soon. Actually the official pub date is February 15th (though it is availabe now at your [...]

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Lots of people set goal for the New Year (or some other time period).  We at the Kevin Eikenberry Group do that too.   Beyond that however we did something this year that I have done personally in the past, and has in recent years become popularized online by my friend Chris Brogan – here is [...]

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Leadership is About Engagement

by Kevin Eikenberry on December 29, 2010

in Leadership,Learning,Relationships

Ok, this title should be self evident, especially to long time readers of this blog.   Here’s some data to “prove” it though.   It comes from Tim Sanders and his great blog – in a post a few weeks back.  Here is the research he cited : A 2004 Yale study found that a highly likeable [...]

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We all meet new people, in all phases of our lives. In some of those situations we may not be consciously thinking about the importance of making a good first impression; however, conscious or not, we are always making an impression. Sometimes – be it the person we are meeting, the situation we are in [...]

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Connection is My Lesson of the Day

by Kevin Eikenberry on May 18, 2010

in Leadership,Learning,Relationships

The picture is of part of our booth at the American Society for Training and Development’s (ASTD) International Convention this week.  Four of us from the Kevin Eikenberry Group are here talking about leadership with learning professionals from around the world.  It is an exhilarating opportunity.  The air is thick with passion and purpose.  AS [...]

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Members of the Remarkable Leadership Learning Systemare focusing on the skill of Nurturing Relationships all this month.  In our teleseminar on Monday I explored differences between the words building and nurturing and why those differences matter when thinking aobut relationships, especially as a leader. When we build something we form or construct or assemble it.  [...]

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Why is it that some leaders have no problem gaining compliance from those he or she is trying to lead and some leaders have such difficulties? What leadership skills are necessary for successfully leading a team? The answer to these questions will bring a plethora of thoughts and ideas to your head as to what [...]

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