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A Leadership Disconnect

by Kevin Eikenberry on August 3, 2010

in Developing Others,Leadership,Mentoring

July 26, 2010 Fortune Magazine. Two small little snippets on page 20 should cause alarm bells for many. Fact 1:  39% of large company CEO’s and directors say they have zero real internal CEO candidates. Fact 2:  The average number of hours boards spend on succession planning?  Two. Do you see yourself or your company [...]

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If you have been a long time reader of this newsletter, I hope you are aware of The Most Remarkable Free Leadership Gift Ever. It was introduced here last fall, and the graphic you see here is often in the right hand column. While we would hope you know about it, the reality is there [...]

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In any area of skill, to be the best, you need the best inputs: the best coaches, the best advice, and the best ideas. And the very best want something more; they want to be on the inside. They want access; they want secrets; they want the very best tools. That is true for anything, [...]

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The Haitian Earthquake / A Leadership Opportunity

by Kevin Eikenberry on January 14, 2010

in Leadership

I don’t need to post of picture of the description, and don’t need to flex my admittedly limited journalistic muscles to try to explain the size and scope of the devastation. If you have seen any news in the last 48 hours you know it is bad.  Really bad. And from what I have read, [...]

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Disclaimer – the title of this post contains an inherent flaw.  You see, by using the word, “non-Leader” I am implying that leadership is a role a title or is some how granted to you. Nothing could be further from the truth. The reality is that everyone can be a leader, when they behave like [...]

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Recent research on why leaders use executive coaching is instructive for all of us.  the research, cited here, includes the following reasons: 1.  Sharpening the leadership skills of high potential individuals 2.  Correcting leadership skill gaps 3.  Improving success rate, or reducing risk of failure of new leaders 4.  Correcting employee relations problems 5.  Providing [...]

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In the Tuesday August 18th edition of The Wall Street Journal (article not available online), in an article about Max Kepler-Rozycki, a 16 year old baseball prospect from Germany, came a profound truth. The prospect’s parents are both dancers, and his mother Kathy Kepler was a former star ballerina in the Berlin ballet.  The profound [...]

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What is Lulling You To Sleep?

by Kevin Eikenberry on July 24, 2009

in Leadership,Learning,Video

I’m not talking about a lullaby.  I’m talking about our productivity! This video speaks directly to all of us as leaders, I’m trying to wake you from your slumber and get you to think about what you don’t think about. It is those unconscious things – the habits, the processes the things we’ve-always-done-that-way that I’m [...]

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This post is the eighth of our ten finalist guest posts (place your vote now). Steve is an award-winning writer and speaker on leadership, management, and career management topics, with over 30 years of experience. His skills and services have been utilized by some of the world’s largest organizations and he is also a member [...]

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This is the final guest blog post from our finalists in this year’s Best of Leadership Blogs competition (make your pick for best blog here) John Baldoni is an exceptional leader in the fields of leadership and communications. Inaddition to being a leadership consultant, he is a coach, motivational speaker, and author. John has written [...]

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