August, 2015

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How to be Authoritative without being a Jerk

Leadership Freak

Fear only works when the big bad leader is present. The sigh of relief when jerk-leaders leave the room signals disengagement. The most effective leaders are authoritative, not authoritarian.

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What I Learned at My Class Reunion

Kevin Eikenberry

Recently I attended my 35th High School Class Reunion. Actually, I did more than attend it; I hosted it at our farm. I graduated with about 115 other kids in 1980, and as Class President, I have been involved in the planning of all of our class reunions (though early on, my role was much […]. The post What I Learned at My Class Reunion appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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The Leadership Behavior Employees Most Want

Leadership Freak

We often search for the most important thing. Christine Porath, associate professor at Georgetown University, along with other researchers, believe the leadership behavior that employees most want is respect.

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How Introverts Succeed in an Extrovert World

Leadership Freak

Introverts succeed when they, “Stop trying to be like extroverts and tap into their strengths.” Jennifer Kahnweiler, author of, The Genius of Opposites. Tap strengths: Listen and paraphrase.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

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!

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The Behavior Leaders Fail at Most

Leadership Freak

The research of Kouzes and Posner indicates that seeking feedback is the behavior leaders fail at the most.* Useful feedback enables you to compare self-perception with the perception of others.

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The Real Work of Leaders

Leadership Freak

Leading begins when the performance of others becomes top priority. The real work of leaders: Create environments where people love coming to work.

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Work Backwards to Fulfill Dreams

Leadership Freak

A dream without expression is a liability. If you can’t grasp a bit of your dream today, it’s a nagging inconvenience. Big dreams that diminish the value of imperfect progress are burdens.

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Stepping into an Open Field

Leadership Freak

Controlling leaders hold back talent, push down, and under utilize. Wouldn’t you love to work with a leader who led you into an open field? Wouldn’t it be great if you were one?

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5 Painful Leadership Blunders Successful Leaders Avoid

Leadership Freak

The sting of doing your best and falling short is a giant kick in the gut. 5 painful leadership blunders: Believe others perceive you the way you perceive yourself. Blind spots prolong frustration.

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How to Succeed with People in Authority

Leadership Freak

Don’t expect advancement while resisting or opposing people in authority. Success within organizations is determined by people with authority. They authorize raises, promotions, and determine who participates in high value projects.

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Change Management 101: A Practical 3 Part Guide

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.

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13 Things That Are Changing My Life and Leadership

Leadership Freak

I’m surprised at how much I want others to change and how much I resist it in myself. Change is exciting when it’s about others. Growth is change. No change; no growth.

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The Seven Laws of the Rut

Leadership Freak

What you do when you’re tires are spinning determines your future. Law #1. Stop spinning your tires. The first law of the rut is the most important.

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12 Secrets for Successful Coaching Conversations

Leadership Freak

You care about coaching because it’s the path to energy, responsibility, fulfillment, and results at work. You also care because the workforce desires opportunity, purpose, development, mentors, and coaching.

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A Little Embarrassed

Leadership Freak

Sometimes I put my foot in my mouth. Upon reflection, I’m a little embarrassed by a question I asked Bill George, author of the new and updated version of, Discover Your True North.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

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.

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Finding Your Greatest Contribution

Leadership Freak

The worst thing in life is recurring frustration that could be avoided. In life, everyone repeats until they learn. Your greatest contributions are the answers you find while navigating tough times – storms.

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4 Things that Drive Employees Crazy

Leadership Freak

We love to think about what drives leaders crazy. But, what about employees? Red tape. The reason red tape drives employees crazy is they want to get things done.

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Solution Saturday: How to Convince the Older Generation to Change

Leadership Freak

The value of not changing is things stay the same. But, “If change is happening on the outside faster than on the inside, the end is in sight.” Jack Welch The question: I was asked at a recent speaking engagement in Chicago, “How can I convince the previous generation to change?

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Succeeding with the Bottom 10%

Leadership Freak

Every organization has a bottom 10% of employees, leaders, and managers who perform poorly. Your goal, if you can’t remove the bottom 10% is to maximize the situation. 7 reasons for poor performance: Negative environments where managers are dictatorial, disconnected, or incompetent. Leadership that tolerates poor performers. No honor for high performers.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

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.

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How to Establishing Connection with Anyone

Leadership Freak

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, works for roses, not people. People don’t like “any other name.” They like their own. I’m terrible with names. It might be genetic. I was the oldest of five children. When mom was upset, she went through my brothers’ names before she finally arrived at, “Danny!

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Connecting with Elders and Power Brokers

Leadership Freak

Know-it-alls never ask real questions. Leaders who always know; dominate, dictate, alienate, isolate, and eventually stagnate. Young and old often know too much and ask too little.

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Coaching Insecure Employees

Leadership Freak

Affirm an insecure person and they explain why your affirmation is false. You talk about their talent. They explain their faults. You celebrate a win. It rolls off their back. Insecurity deflects affirmation.

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Lessons from Abraham and Joseph

Leadership Freak

I asked Facebook followers for a title for today’s post. “How leaders of today can learn from leaders in the Bible,” received the most thumbs up.

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

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

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Five Ways to Create Greater Vision

Kevin Eikenberry

Every leader deals with leading, championing or even driving change. And every book and article about doing that will talk about the importance of the vision for the changed state. There is a good reason for that – a vision of the changed state you want people to move towards is critical to a successful […]. The post Five Ways to Create Greater Vision appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Leading Change in the Digital Age

Kevin Eikenberry

As leaders, we are in the business of change – helping to implement it, leading it, and helping our teams cope with and make sense of it. It is a critical part of our job. And the rate of change has never been faster. That isn’t just how we feel – study after study confirms […]. The post Leading Change in the Digital Age appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Five Ways You Can Learn Something Today!

Kevin Eikenberry

Learning. In a world where change seems to come hurling toward us like a bullet train, we know learning is needed just to survive, let alone thrive. And while most everyone would nod at the idea that we must be lifelong learners, the list of excuses people have for why they aren’t and can’t be […]. The post Five Ways You Can Learn Something Today!

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The Six Habits of Successful New Managers

Kevin Eikenberry

The challenges that new managers and leaders face are immense. They must learn their new role and understand the expectations of them. They must get to know their team and begin to build trust with them. They must communicate with new people in new ways. They must get their new work done. They must delegate […]. The post The Six Habits of Successful New Managers appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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What Leaders Can Learn From Cal Ripken, Jr.

Kevin Eikenberry

If you aren’t a baseball fan, Cal Ripken, Jr. is a Hall of Fame shortstop who played his whole career with the Baltimore Orioles. While over 18,000 have played in the Major Leagues, less than 250 have been elected to the Hall of Fame. And no one who has ever played in 2,632 games in […]. The post What Leaders Can Learn From Cal Ripken, Jr. appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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13 Multipliers that Elevate Average to Remarkable

Leadership Freak

Small multipliers elevate average to remarkable. Last week, due to flight delays, I arrived at the Hilton around 3:30 a.m.

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Remarkable TV: But … There’s a Problem

Kevin Eikenberry

This one simple, three-letter word can absolutely alter the results of your communications – and NOT for the better. Check out today’s video to find out how to avoid this common mistake. Click here for just the audio of this episode. Click to learn more about the Remarkable Leadership Workshop. ‘But’ doesn’t influence others … […].

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The Recency Illusion – What It Is and What It Means to Leaders

Kevin Eikenberry

The recency illusion. It is a phrase most often used in relationship to language usage, but when coined by linguist Arnold Zwicky, he defined it much more broadly as “the belief that things you have noticed only recently are in fact recent.” Here are two interesting language examples: You might think that the use of […]. The post The Recency Illusion – What It Is and What It Means to Leaders appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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The Genius of Opposites

Kevin Eikenberry

By Jennifer B. Kahnweiler, PhD We’ve all heard (and probably experienced) that opposites attract. That doesn’t always make the attraction easy, or long lasting. This book promises to help us find the genius in the pairing of opposites, and does it simply and convincingly. Jennifer Kahnweiler has written, spoken and trained others to see the […].

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Solution Saturday: Dealing with Ms. Rigid

Leadership Freak

Hi Dan, I lead a team of amazing professionals who are passionate and committed to the work we do. One team member is … rigid in her thinking and ambushes me at staff briefings about operational matters that are only a problem to her.