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For the non football fans reading this, please read on – the lesson is well worth the football example. I am an Indianapolis Colts fan and I am writing this just a few hours after they came from 13 points behind in the fourth quarter to beat their nemesis the New England Patriots 35-34.  With [...]

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Leadership Thoughts on Risk

by Kevin Eikenberry on November 5, 2009

in Creativity,Innovation,Leadership

In my most recent issue of our email newsletter Powerquotes , I shared this quotation from the legendary management thinker Peter Drucker. People who don’t take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.There is a tremendous two fold leadership lesson here [...]

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Below is a popular YouTube video, which shows a leader, taking action (even if it is a kinda goofy action), and through his passion and example, creating followers.  To get the full effect, watch the full video, but at a minimum watch at least past the one minute mark. Is this guy exhibiting executive leadership [...]

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233 years ago tomorrow, 56 men, ranging in age from 26 to 70, leaders every one, signed a piece of paper. They signed it because they believed in a vision of a better future. When they signed it they knew they could be convicted of treason against the country of their birth. Yet they signed [...]

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A lesson that we all tend to forget and overlook in regards to leadership: You don’t always have to follow what people did before you. That should be simple right? But if you look at some examples, lots of people tend to follow in the footsteps of those before them. So maybe it’s not so [...]

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So the stock market dropped again on Wednesday… GREAT! You may laugh, and think who in the world would say this about the DOW dropping 184 points. However, the drop provided me with an opportunity. I have the option to buy prime stocks that I could never afford before. For instance, Procter and Gamble is [...]

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Innovation in Progress

by Kevin Eikenberry on May 12, 2009

in Innovation,Leadership,Learning

Our world moves quickly, and innovation and innovative leadership is all around us, if we just take time to notice. I noticed something today – early enough that we can all watch. Unless you are living under a rock, you’ve heard of Twitter.  (if you are on Twitter and not following me please do and [...]

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