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Did You Learn Your Lesson?

by Kevin Eikenberry on November 3, 2011

in Developing Others,Leadership,Learning

Flashback to my kidhood  . . .  I’ve just made some error or mistake, and I am being made aware of that error by one of my parents.  At the end of the conversation, they ask me . . . Did you learn your lesson? I’m guessing that my flashback is your flashback too – [...]

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To lead someone or something means, literally, to be in front, so that others can see and follow in that direction.  Stated another way, if you think you are leading, but no one is following, you are just taking a walk. In yet other words, leaders are leaders because of what they do, not because [...]

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When?

by Kevin Eikenberry on April 5, 2011

in Change,Leadership,Learning

I woke up this morning with this question emblazoned in my mind. When? Perhaps it is because I feel like there are a number of projects I’m not making progress on, perhaps it is because I feel that recently I’ve not been leading my team as effectively as I could be, perhaps it is because [...]

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Two Books to Better Organizational Results

by Kevin Eikenberry on February 7, 2011

in Books,Leadership,Learning

These books both showed up in my mail this week because both authors are partnering with us to promote From Bud to Boss, launching February 15. Because of our relationship, they moved to the top of my reading stack. Because they are good, I am sharing them with you. Acting Up Brings Everyone Down: The [...]

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Become a Question Collector

by Kevin Eikenberry on October 15, 2010

in Developing Others,Leadership,Learning

On a teleseminar for our future Remarkable Leadership Certified Coaches and Resellers (if that thought intrigues you, let us know and we will tell you about the benefits and when the next session starts) last night I urged them to become collectors of questions. This is an important idea, one that few coaches and leader [...]

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This short post is prompted by Dan Rockwell’s great post yesterday on his fine Leadership Freak Blog. In it he proposes that “what’s important to you” is the most powerful question of all (read it, it is less than 300 words  – and the comments are awesome too).  While I’m not not great at “give [...]

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Inspiration From a Place

by Kevin Eikenberry on June 2, 2010

in Leadership,Learning

Yesterday, I wrote about Four Ways Location Influences Results, and last week I wrote about the Five Practical Reasons Values Matter to Leaders.   Consider this a mashup – I’m putting those two sets of ideas together in this post with a personal example. This picture was taken earlier this spring on the farm I grew up [...]

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I’m guessing that nearly half of those reading have been in a situation to ask some to a high school prom.  Until a few days ago, I thought everyone had to basically do the same thing.  Walk up to, or call, the intended and ask them, in one way or another “Would you like to [...]

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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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