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Five Ways to Recognize – and Value – Your Expertise

by Kevin Eikenberry on January 17, 2011

in Developing Others,Leadership,Learning,Personal Development

If this title has you scratching your head, wondering if I am suggesting you become an egomaniac, relax! That is the furthest thing from my mind (though I’ll talk about it before I’m through). The truth is, while there are people with super-high self images related to their expertise and knowledge, many more people don’t [...]

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The Differences Between Feedback and Advice, and Why It Matters

by Kevin Eikenberry on January 10, 2011

in Developing Others,Leadership,Learning

Feedback and advice. In modern organizational life they are related terms. When you look at them grammatically, they are connected, but not as related as I thought before I researched them a bit. From Dictionary.com here are the relevant definitions for each word, and some synonyms too: Feedback: noun – (3) a reaction or response [...]

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Rules of Thumb

by Kevin Eikenberry on March 8, 2010

in Books,Leadership,Learning

This week’s Resource Recommendation – Rules of Thumb: 52 Truths for Winning at Business without Losing Your SelfBy Alan M. Webber Among other things, Alan Weber has served as Editor of the Harvard Business Review and is the co-founder of Fast Company magazine. In this book he has taken his experiences from these roles and [...]

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