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Are you concerned about your leadership bench strength? Is turnover among your leadership and supervisory ranks too high? Is recruitment to fill these jobs harder than it should be? Do you worry about your succession plans (if they exist at all)? If your answer to any of these questions is yes, you have a problem. [...]

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In the Money Section of USA Today on Monday May 19th, an interview with 3M CEO George Buckley ran (here is the online copy). According to a recent survey by The Hay Group and Chief Executive magazine, 3M ranked first in organizational leadership development. Given that standing, the thoughts of the CEO would be valuable.  While [...]

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Friday Inspiration – What About Me?

by Kevin Eikenberry on May 1, 2009

in Leadership,Learning

Each Friday I present something inspirational here and try to connect the dots to our leadership role – and aid in our personal or even our organizational leadership development. Today that takes the form of a simple couplet that I first read in David Schwartz’s classic The Magic of Thinking Big. What kind of world [...]

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Ask anyone to give a list of roles or tasks of a leader, especially in the context of organizational leadership, and coaching and mentoring will quickly rise to the top. This is no surprise, and even the most novice supervisor recognizes the importance of coaching.  Any yet for a variety of reasons, we don’t always [...]

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Review Your Resolutions

by Kevin Eikenberry on January 29, 2009

in Leadership,Learning,Video

New Year’s Resolutions.  There was a lot of talk about them just a few weeks ago.   But now?  A scant 4 weeks into the 2009? Not so much. There is a reason for that, which I address in this video I recorded just before the New Year began. In this video (2:44) you will find answers to [...]

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A couple of days ago President-Elect Obama gave his first speech since being elected.  Without getting into the all of the political details, from a leadership communication perspective, I believe his goals were to: 1.  Recognize the current economic situation as less than desirable. 2.  Create a sense of urgency 3.  Outline a plan of [...]

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Watch the Rose Bowl, Learn a Leadership Lesson

by Kevin Eikenberry on December 31, 2008

in Influence,Leadership,Learning

Tomorrow, Joe Paterno will coach his Penn State Nittany Lions against Southern California in the Rose Bowl.  In case you don’t know, JoePa as he is known is 82 years old, has been coaching at Penn State for 59 seasons and has been the Head Coach since 1966. He hold in numerous records and his [...]

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