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Last weekend my wife and I were at a conference in Cleveland.  As I walked through the hotel, I noticed a pair of shoe shine chairs – with no one to do any shining. Later in the day I noticed the chairs still unmanned. Then I looked up and saw the sign above the chairs. Since [...]

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I got an email yesterday mentioning that a recent post of mine, Nine Great Questions for Leaders to Ask, was included in a round up of great blog post for leaders. I was flattered to be included, and after looking at the list, I felt even more honored.  The 50 recommended posts are divided into [...]

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What is Your Mount Everest?

by Kevin Eikenberry on May 29, 2010

in Leadership,Learning

57 years ago today Mount Everest was conquered as Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and sherpa Tenzing Norgay of Nepal.  They were the first two people to reach the summit of the world’s tallest mountain.   (Here is the New York Times story from the image to the right.) You may not aspire to climbing a mountain.  [...]

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Monday 17th, I saw a morning news report that included a commercial for Dale Peterson running fro Commissioner of Agriculture in Alabama.  After seeing it, I went online to find it.  On YouTube I found it with about 3000 views. Here is the video: As of this writing, 8 days later, this video has over [...]

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Before I begin, let me give you a Rant Alert. When I’m done you may feel like I’ve been ranting a bit.  I’m not going to apologize for it, I feel strongly about the point I am about to make.  I’ve decided after thinking about this post for two days, that perhaps a rant is [...]

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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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I Love Snow – and Why That Matters to You

by Kevin Eikenberry on February 5, 2010

in Learning,Video

Watch this video, and take the action I suggest – it might be your most important leadership activity of the day – and I might make you smile too!

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Leadership Lesson Potpourri

by Kevin Eikenberry on February 3, 2010

in Leadership,Learning

There are at least two significant leadership lessons in this post, each somewhat unrelated to the other.  First the back story.  I have been fortunate over the past few years to get to know and spend some unstructured time with Byron Ernest, a High School teacher in Lebanon Indiana.  Byron is one of the smartest [...]

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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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One of my winter memories as a kid was doing jigsaw puzzles – especially at the holidays or on “snow days” those wonderful times in western Michigan when there was more snow than the plows could handle and there was no school because of it. While I haven’t really worked on a jigsaw puzzle for [...]

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