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Even though most people would say we are in the training business, we don’t see it that way. Yes, we deliver training, and so we are intimately aware of both the benefits and the limitations of that method of transferring skills and knowledge. There are many benefits training can provide.  Here are just a few: [...]

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New Supervisor Training in Anaheim California

by Kevin Eikenberry on August 20, 2010

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On September 27-28, we will be conducting a Bud to Boss Training workshop in Anaheim, California.  All of the details can be found in this video,  or you can go directly to this page. If you, a colleague or members of your team need to build their leadership and supervisory skills, this is the place [...]

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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, [...]

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It is one of those times here at Remarkable House, where there are a number of projects coming to a close.  I sent off the last of the first draft for the training modules based on Remarkable Leadership (that will be available through Pfeiffer in 2010). If you are a reader of this blog or [...]

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This may seem like a strange subject for a post from a guy who writes, speaks and talks about leadership development.  But there are definitely problems with the approach that many take to leadership development programs and training of all types. Wayne Turmel, famous as the Cranky Middle Manager, got me talking about some of my [...]

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The Nobel Prize winning author Albert Camus once noted, “You cannot create experience, you must undergo it.” This points to a problem inherent in most all training programs, and perhaps especially in leadership development programs; workshops and seminars don’t provide experience (and therefore don’t prepare people with skills). To build your leadership skills (or to build [...]

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One of the competencies in my book Remarkable Leadership is Influencing with Impact.  In order to be a highly effective leader we must be able to successfully influence and persuade others. While we all know how powerful our actions are in influencing others, we cannot lose sight of how powerful our words are as well.  Ralph Waldo Emerson [...]

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Over the past few weeks I have been asked by a variety of people how the recession is affecting my business.  In every case I have told people that our business has never been better.  (In fact, I typically tell people that we’ve chosen not to participate in the recession, but that comment is for [...]

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As part of her goal to eat healthier this year, my wife Lori has found a site called Sparkpeople. Let me quote part of the article she received in email on Saturday (read the full article here): Researchers from Kaiser Permanente’s Center for Health Research kept tabs on 1,685 overweight and obese adults (men and [...]

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