Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 9, 2014

'Meetings suck, problems persist, and relationships degrade because of cowardice. Mediocrity persists for lack of courage. You begin with a dream, but the real issue is courage.

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Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 27, 2014

'You may be thinking “I don’t lead leaders; I don’t need to read this.” Even if you don’t (yet), there are three important reasons why you need to keep reading: Some day you might lead leaders – and thinking about these ideas now is worth the minimal effort required. You may want to share it […]. The post Five Things That Matter More When Leading Other Leaders appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 1, 2014

'Every act of leadership is an act of service. Anything less is exploitation. The higher you go, the more people you get to serve. People aren’t in organizations to serve leaders.

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 5, 2014

'The status quo makes sense to the fearful. The nobility of leadership is taking action for the good of others. Successful leaders fight through cluttered thinking and excuse-making to find reasonable action.

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Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

Benefits

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 24, 2014

'The four elements of unhappiness are helplessness, paralysis, isolation, and insignificance. You can’t feel happy and feel like you don’t matter. Energy: Successful leaders energize. Happiness is energy. Success always includes making someone feel happy.

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 21, 2014

'The disappointments of the sincere destroy them. The worst thing you can do with disappointment is live with it. 5 disappointment traps: Self-evaluation based on ambiguous standards. You’re not sure what you wanted.

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 27, 2014

'Leaders who neglect people seldom get what they really want. Three essentials for skillful leaders: Produce useful results. Building relationships. Strengthening culture.

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 13, 2014

'Impatient leaders rely on power and authority to get things done. Persistent application of power and authority drains energy from those in it’s wake. Coaching leaders share power.

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 29, 2014

'Wise leaders listen to wise leaders. But, the danger of seeking advice is listening to fools. Avoid advice from arrogant know-it-alls who are eager to tell you what to do.

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Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 20, 2014

'There are all sorts of boundaries in our lives. Boundaries define the playing field for most sports. Fences provide boundaries for homes and farms. Walls keep people in, or out. These are obvious and clear boundaries. There are others that while we know they exist, there isn’t a physical line of demarcation. The boundaries in […]. The post Six Reasons Why Boundaries Help Everyone Be More Successful appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Implementing new tools or business processes in your organization? Lemon Learning put together a practical 3 part guide to prevent the pitfalls of change management. Drive a successful change management project from diagnosis through to measurement.

Change Management

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 4, 2014

'“All in favor say I.” “All opposed say nay.” But, what if you’re “sort of” in favor? Something is very wrong if everyone around the table is in %100 agreement on complex issues.

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 16, 2014

'John Maxwell told me there have been three phases to his leadership journey. The first is having followers. Follower phase: A leader without followers is delusional.

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 11, 2014

'Frazzled ineffective leaders can’t say “no.” Leaders who can’t commit to priorities end up over-committed to trivialities. Over-committed leaders fall short of their potential.

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 14, 2014

'How can you overcome things that prevent you from being at your best? “There are simple, relatively easy steps you can take to pull your life from the brink.

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Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

Engineering

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 7, 2014

'Wrong beliefs sabotage sincere leaders. Sincerity doesn’t compensate for ignorance. You sincerely adopt beliefs and practices that block success. Everyone does. With time and reflection you learn and adapt, or you crash.

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 10, 2014

'Bad leaders only feel good when they’re talking about bad. Problem-centric leaders circle death and neglecting vitality. Focus: Organizations stink when vulture-leaders take over.

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 30, 2014

'Letting down destroys you. Maintaining and sustaining success is harder than achieving it. Humility is your companion on the way up. Arrogance trips you at the top. Three ways to protect success: #1.

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 31, 2014

'You don’t want to understand irritating people. You want to control, correct, or eject them. Leaders who don’t understand irritating people resort to authority and miss opportunity.

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Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

Compliance

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 19, 2014

'A word without an “s” imposes a burden. “What is the solution,” limits options and inflicts unnecessary pressure. “What solutions can we develop,” expands and releases. #1.

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 23, 2014

'Don’t feel bad if you haven’t mastered the shift from serving self to serving others. It’s a journey. I don’t know about you, but self-serving attitudes come naturally to me.

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 12, 2014

'John Maxwell said, “As a young leader … I was always in a hurry. I gave a lot of directions and asked very few questions… I was often wrong but seldom in doubt.

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 25, 2014

'Patterns, not isolated incidents, drive you crazy. Three missed deadlines are worse than one. But, it’s likely you overreacted to the last occurance, if you didn’t respond to the first.

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Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha

Education

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 26, 2014

'Some types of failure should be tolerated, even welcomed; other types should be rejected completely. Failure is good when you’re better for it and others don’t pay too high a price.

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 8, 2014

'A river without banks drifts calmly into oblivion. Constraint makes the river powerful. Tell teams what they can’t do and where they can’t go and they’ll get further, faster.

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 18, 2014

'Isolation limits potential, restricts capacity, and lowers impact. Influence expands exponentially through partnerships. Isolation is the enemy. The first phase of a leader’s journey is having followers. The second is developing leaders.

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 15, 2014

'The worst fight is the one’s that’s unnecessary. People collide over small issues and completely miss the big stuff. Agree on deeper purpose before solving surface problems.

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 2, 2014

'The most frightening thing in life is reaching for what lies deepest in your heart. You won’t get there alone. Mentors ignite courage and fuel progress.

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Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 26, 2014

'It is an important question. What will you learn? Once you determine that, you then need to determine how you will learn those skills. If your how includes a workshop experience, you are in the right place. Because we have released our public workshop schedule for the first half of 2015! If your “what” includes […]. The post What (and Where) Will You Learn in 2015?

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 20, 2014

'The trouble with passion is the cost. Telling people to follow their passion is irrelevant in a world where they actually do.

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Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 28, 2014

'There are three things all leaders need to know in order to successfully move from conflict to resolution. I’ll reveal these below in my latest episode of Remarkable TV. Three Things to Do When in Conflict When resolving conflicts, learn from but don’t live in the past. @KevinEikenberry (Tweet It) You can learn more about […]. The post Remarkable TV: Three Things to Do When in Conflict [VIDEO] appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 12, 2014

'By Scott Eblin Have you ever felt overworked and overwhelmed? That is probably a silly question. The author, Scott Eblin, wants to help. And with this book, that he is uniquely qualified to write (he tells why through a personal story in the introduction and I will leave you in a bit of suspense), he […]. The post Overworked and Overwhelmed: The Mindfulness Alternative appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 13, 2014

'When I read a title like that I immediately start thinking things like: I wonder what he thinks the biggest listening distraction is? Will I agree? Will my guess be correct? Will this article be worth my time? Chances are, you are thinking some version of those things as you read them. […]. The post Harnessing the Power of Your Biggest Listening Distraction appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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