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Five Leadership and Life Lessons from the Wisdom of John Wooden

by Kevin Eikenberry on June 14, 2010

John Wooden passed away on June 4, 2010, at age 99. If you are a basketball fan, just saying the name John Wooden is all that is needed to know you are speaking of coaching excellence. If you don’t know basketball, I could go on longer than any of us want giving you Coach Wooden’s [...]

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Rework

by Kevin Eikenberry on June 1, 2010

in Books,Leadership,Learning

This week’s Resource Recommendation: Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson. Normally there are some hot or trendy books that the business world is talking about. You see reviews like “must read;” you hear about the books online and at parties. This is one of those books right now. (It has been out for [...]

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Start With Why

by Kevin Eikenberry on April 26, 2010

in Books,Change Leadership,Leadership,Learning

This week’s Resource Recommendation: Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek Since I already believe in the title’s statement (and say it all the time), I had two thoughts before I even opened this book: I wish I had thought of the title first. I hope the book [...]

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Keep Your Eyes Open and Get on With It

by Kevin Eikenberry on April 1, 2010

in Leadership,Learning

This title is part of a quotation I read from Sir Laurence Olivier, the talented actor. Here is the full quotation, for context. “I take a simple view of life: keep your eyes open and get on with it.” I know that Sir Laurence was a great actor, but based on that view of life, he could have [...]

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