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.
If you have read a lot of my posts here or on my other blog, you have seen me write about the fact that too much emphasis can be placed on goal setting. Not because...
One of the commonalities among all highly creative people is that they believe they are creative. The belief itself, along with strategies, techniques, structures and...
I’m taking a different approach this week. When I start teleseminars (like the ones at RemarkableLearning.com), I often begin with quotations from others to...
I thought today I would give a short answer to a question I get asked regularly. It gets asked in a variety of forms, but it all comes down to something like this...
Last week, I asked you to walk in the shoes of your Customers for a minute — and closed by asking you four questions with easy answers … but without helping...
Let’s say you decided to start a business (I know, some of you have, stay with me). There are lots of things to think about — marketing, sales, production,...
This week, I had the incredible opportunity to tour one of the most productive coal mining operations in the United States. The River View Mine outside of Waverly, Ky.,...
Because you are reading these words, I am confident you are a believer in ongoing learning and development for yourself and those you lead. Precisely because this is...
Let me get personal and direct and maybe even get in your face a bit. If you want change to happen in your organization, you’ve got to be willing to change too....
Perhaps the oldest conundrum of all is — which came first, the chicken or the egg? Perhaps the oldest in the minds of savvy leaders is what is more important, my...
As we plan for the annual goal-setting process (if yours isn’t upon you yet, it will be soon), this is an important question for both your team and for you...
I mean no disrespect here, but my bet is, based on my experience and observation, that you don’t completely finish your projects. The lack of completion comes on...
The truth is there is probably as much training available on project management as there is on any leadership topic or skill I could ever write about here. Of course...
It’s been a few weeks since I have mowed a lawn. When you have a soon to be college senior doing his internship but living at home, the job gets delegated. I was...
Leadership Learning — two words that I believe belong together. My company blog is called Leadership and Learning with Kevin. We call our business a...
39 years ago today, I, along with 60 other campers at Camp Brethren Heights in central Michigan, were ushered into a room with a small black and white television to...
Last week, I wrote about some of the challenges that keep us from delegating important work to others (and why John Wayne was part of the problem). Once you get past...
When I ask people to list the qualities of great leaders, micromanager never makes the list. But if I ask people to list mistakes leaders make, micromanagement is...
We see commitment and engagement all around us, yet, inside of our organizations we seem to ignore or forget the lessons. As a leader, our job is to encourage support...
