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Your Farmer List

by Kevin Eikenberry on February 6, 2010

in Building Relationships,Leadership,Learning,Success

The title and idea for this post comes from social media superstar and super good guy (I’m pleased to call him a friend) Chris Brogan, who recently wrote a post called, Your Farmer List . In the post Chris shares things that should be on a blogger’s daily task list. Of course, as a farm kid, I [...]

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A Major Lesson in Leadership From the Massachusetts Election

by Kevin Eikenberry on January 23, 2010

in Developing Others,Leadership,Learning,Success

It’s been the second biggest news story of the week – and if not for the horrific disaster in Haiti, it would have been #1. After 47 years in the hands of a Democrat, the Massachusetts Senate seat of deceased Edward Kennedy will now be occupied by a Republican. This article isn’t about political posturing, [...]

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A Remarkable Leader’s Response to “I don’t have time.”

by Kevin Eikenberry on November 13, 2009

in Accountability,Leadership Communication,Responsibility,Success

Yesterday, on the Guest conversation Call as a part of the Remarkable Leadership Learning System, my guest Timothy Johnson was asked how to deal with resistance to process improvement efforts in the form of “I don’t have time.” His answer was brief, to the point, and completely correct. He pointed out that we all have [...]

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To Create or Co-Create, That is the Question

by Kevin Eikenberry on August 5, 2009

in Leadership,Learning,Remarkable Leadership Learning System,Setting Goals,Teams

On our monthly Remarkable Leadership teleseminar yesterday (titled Remarkable Leaders Create Team Alignment) I was able to answer many of the questions raised by our over 250 registrants. But I ran out of time before I could answer this one that came in from Colorado: How much/how often is it wise for teams to be [...]

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Newspaper Changes – Leadership Lessons

by Kevin Eikenberry on March 17, 2009

in Creativity,Leadership,Learning

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, is moving from a regular newspaper to an online only presence. According to the New York Times this morning, it is the first major newspaper to take this action. Other media outlets will describe this as a sign of our economic times, a commentary on the shifting of the media landscape, and the [...]

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What are You Looking For?

by Kevin Eikenberry on January 10, 2009

in Leadership,Leadership Communication,Learning

Last night I watched Jim Carrey in Bruce Almighty. The premise is that Bruce Nolan (Jim Carrey) is given God’s powers. As you might imagine, this leads to some funny scenes that are all Jim Carrey – as you may have seen Jim Carrey many times before – sight gags, voices and uses of the incredible [...]

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