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Feedback is a Gift

by Kevin Eikenberry on April 8, 2009

in Leadership, Learning

Last week, The New York Times published an interview with John Donahoe, President and CEO of eBay.  While the entire article is instructive, in the opening section he talked about how he has dealt with and uses feedback.
In short, he says that he finds that about 1/3 of the feedback he receives is in alignment [...]

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I have had several recent conversations that raised questions about 360 Assessments.  Really, more than questions, these were concerns people had or have heard about the use of, and implementation of leadership assessments.
While you may not share these concerns, they are real to the people who have them.  In some cases these concerns are based [...]

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The big news this week is that Yankee baseball player Alex Rodriguez admitted to using steroids. Almost everyone is shocked that this particular athlete resorted to performance enhancing drugs – even though so many others have already admitted or have been strongly accused of this behavior.
But really, I’m not.
Here’s why…
When it comes to anything competitive [...]

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Focusing Your Leadership Focus

by Kevin Eikenberry on January 7, 2009

in Leadership, Learning, Setting Goals

My article in my newsletter Unleashing Your Remarkable Potential (please subscribe!) this week was titled 5 Leadership Actions to Kick Start a New Year.  One of those actions was “find a focus.”
As I was thinking about our focus or theme for The Kevin Eikenberry Group this year, I read a post from my very smart [...]

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New Leadership Role? Your Best First Steps

by Kevin Eikenberry on November 5, 2008

in Leadership, Learning

Across the country there are many people about ready to take on new leadership roles.  A couple are very obvious and prominent; Senators Obama and Biden who will soon have new jobs. But there are hundreds of others - new Senators, Representatives, Governors, Mayors, Town Council Members and more. 
Of course over the next few months many other [...]

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