Kevin Eikenberry is a multiple-time bestselling author and the Chief Potential Officer of the Kevin Eikenberry Group, a leadership and learning consulting company that has been helping organizations, teams and individuals reach their potential since 1993. He has worked with Fortune 500 companies, small firms, universities, government agencies and hospitals.
In early January, Shopify unilaterally canceled all meetings of more than two people, saving a reported 95,000 hours. As is often the case, the specifics tell a slightly...
It is one thing to take a group of individuals and create a team in a shared environment/workplace. It is another when everyone is remote from each other, on a level...
In a world that is changing faster than ever, many leaders are, understandably, looking for the golden ticket—the skill that will change their results significantly....
There is plenty of discussion about negative feedback, and why not? While we have all gotten plenty of it, it isn’t often very effective, so leaders and coaches always...
The lack of everyday face-to-face interaction can be a breeding ground for distrust if you fail to take the time to build trust with your team members.
If you are a leader, odds are greater than 50/50 that you are leading a remote team. And it is very possible, when you began your leadership journey, you were not. For...
Leaders are often telling me they wish they were more innovative. More often though, they tell me they wish their teams were more innovative. Both of these...
We walk through every part of our day doing nearly everything by rote; automatically without thinking. Overall this is very helpful — we are leaving so many things to...
As a leader, you are in the Customer business. Some of you are interacting with external paying customers; all of you have internal customers. Regardless, as a leader...
Curiosity is part of the human condition: all you have to do is look at kids; they are curious! They wonder, explore, touch, smell and ask. Yet by the time kids head to...
In my work as a coach of leaders, and in my general observation, I see many situations that get messy and contentious; and so often these situations are caused by or...
One way to define the role of a coach is to “take people where they can’t go themselves.” I think that is a pretty good definition, because it does two important...
In my experience, most everyone, if asked, wishes they were a better listener.
I put myself in the same camp. I do know that I am much better at it in some situations...
Whatever your specific leadership role, I am confident you find yourself in the role of presenting to others – at least on occasion. And if that is true, I’m...
I’ve been writing a blog here off and on, and mostly off for a long time. While I write very regularly here, I have been remiss here. That is going to change.
While...
Project management training, advice and wise counsel can be found anywhere. Fair less is written about leading projects. This short article won’t put much of a dent in...
Unless you are living under a rock (or don’t have a teenage daughter), you know that a selfie is a photo taken of yourself by yourself — likely with a cell...
Ron Popeil is an American inventor and marketer most famous for his infomercial for the Showtime Rotisserie, where he told users to “set it and forget it.”...
We do work every day and it becomes routine. We have even gotten good at it, and not just from our own measures, but from feedback and results that tell us we are doing...
