June, 2015

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Don’t be Boring When You Talk About Yourself

Leadership Freak

You’re at a conference and someone asks, “What do you do?” What they really mean is, “Who’s the big dog?” Reject the need to impress. Ignite imagination, instead. Boring: I’m VP of … I’m Director of… I’m the new … When someone asks, “What do you do,” don’t tell them! Don’t try to impress.

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Ten Questions to Ask After Setting Your Goals

Kevin Eikenberry

Lots of people set goals. Far fewer achieve them. There are lots of reasons that happens, not the least of which is that people treat the goal setting process as an achievement; which it isn’t really. We don’t set goals as the outcome. We set goals to get goals. (Tweet That) Yes, setting them is […]. The post Ten Questions to Ask After Setting Your Goals appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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The Most Important Thing About Us

Leadership Freak

Incompetent leaders are pushed around by negative environments. Skillful leaders create positive environments and manage emotion. The way people feel, while they work, is leadership’s opportunity.

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15 Surprising Ways to Expand Leadership

Leadership Freak

Leadership expands when you learn and contracts when you know. “If you stop learning, you might as well lie down and let them throw the dirt on you.” Ken Blanchard. Humility learns.

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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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7 Secrets to Getting Results Through Others

Leadership Freak

Brag about what you’ve helped others do, not what you’ve done. Managers who maximize talent, produce results through others. Talent that doesn’t produce remarkable, reflects poor management.

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Solution Saturday: I can’t focus

Leadership Freak

Lack of focus means you’re out of control. Distraction drains energy and dilutes potential. Unfocused leaders: Struggle to trust others. Don’t have hobbies. Say yes too much. Eat poorly.

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You Want Excellence But Others Don’t

Leadership Freak

The pursuit of excellence offends those who like things as they are. Excellence is an unwelcome disruption to insecure leaders, comfortable teams, and stagnant organizations. The pursuit of excellence hurts at first.

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One Minute to Make a Difference

Leadership Freak

Leave a comment on this post to become eligible for one of twenty free copies of, “The New One Minute Manager,” by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson. Big egos move slowly.

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A Dripping Faucet on a Quiet Night

Leadership Freak

The statement, “Everything rises and falls on leadership,” nags me like a dripping faucet on a quiet night. I told John Maxwell that I feel the weight of his statement.

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7 Powerful People-Tasks You can do Today

Leadership Freak

Great people accomplish great things. The question is, how to develop and maximize greatness in others. 5 things you can do with people: Understand and accept them. Correct and punish them. Honor and reward them.

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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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15 Ways to Invite and Ignite Commitment

Leadership Freak

The ability to inspire commitment is the ability to create the future. Poor leaders invite apathy. Successful leaders ignite commitment. Uncommitted people: Lack energy. Pull back. Hang around for selfish reasons.

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Solution Saturday: My Head Hurts

Leadership Freak

Dear Dan, I feel so frustrated. I just keep banging my head against the wall. Any suggestions are appreciated. Sincerely, Head Hurts Dear Hurts, Opportunities hinge on personal growth and open handed service.

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Want to Stop Being Foolish and Grow Wise?

Leadership Freak

A leader with wisdom seems foolish to fools. I called a businessperson for advice. He made some good points. But, I wasn’t sure I wanted to take his advice. It felt awkward.

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The Power of Awkward

Leadership Freak

People view the world through the eyes of their strength. Ms. Organization believes systems and structure are the answer. Mrs. Truth believes you should confront issues and kick some butt. Mr.

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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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10 Ways to Find More Energy Today

Leadership Freak

Energy comes to you from your inner world and the world around you. Find energy by respecting it. 10 Ways to Find More Energy Today #1.

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The Ultimate Pursuit

Leadership Freak

The ultimate pursuit of life isn’t happiness, love, or success, it’s wisdom. Thankfully, wisdom isn’t information, intelligence, or talent. Wisdom is practical know how. (Nothing more, nothing less, nothing else.

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The Seven Judgements All Leaders Face

Leadership Freak

You may not like it, but you’re being judged all the time. Get used to it. Understand it. Understand how people judge you, if you expect to succeed.

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Solution Saturday: How Organizations Become Great at Developing Great People

Leadership Freak

Four organizations recently asked me how they might enhance their people-development efforts. In the end, it’s a question about the future. The people on your team reflect the future of your organization.

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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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When it’s Time to Adapt Rather than Persist

Leadership Freak

Persistence is one reason problems persist. More specifically, persisting in behaviors that don’t work, is one reason problems persist. Smart, motivated people, do this all the time. Persistence has a dark side.

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Overcoming the Shoe Drop Syndrome

Leadership Freak

Shoe drop syndrome: Waiting for the bad news, after receiving the good. Manipulative leaders use praise as the channel to give the bad news that’s really on their mind.

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One Day You Begin to Believe

Leadership Freak

One day you begin to believe and everything changes. “Everything you will ever do as a leader is based on one audacious assumption. It’s the assumption that you matter.

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The Greater Challenge

Leadership Freak

Problems are roadblocks to results. Exceptional leaders lean into problems; mediocre turn away. If you want to lead, solve a problem, the bigger the better. But, solving problems doesn’t produce results.

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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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The New One Minute Manager

Kevin Eikenberry

By Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson In 1982, a book was published that helped create a category of business books. Yes, there were business books before that, but The One Minute Manager helped make them cool, interesting, and worthy of discussion at dinner parties. That same book popularized the business parable – using a storytelling […]. The post The New One Minute Manager appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Your Development Belongs to You

Kevin Eikenberry

Yep, I’ve stated my premise in the title. Your development is yours. It doesn’t belong to your boss or your organization, it belongs to you. I’ve stated my premise, now let me state my case. Who Benefits Most? When we think about you becoming more effective at work, whether that is technical skills, interpersonal skills […]. The post Your Development Belongs to You appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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16 Ways to Get to the Truth

Leadership Freak

Insulated leaders don’t ask, because they don’t want to know. You are less than you could be, because people aren’t telling you the truth.

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Harnessing the Power of Observation

Kevin Eikenberry

Observation is a powerful tool for us as leaders and learners. But like many other powerful things, it is only powerful when used. Water can be stagnate and sour or if moving, can be turned into electricity. Like water, observation only becomes powerful when properly put to use. How powerful can it be? It is […]. The post Harnessing the Power of Observation appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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PIT SIT’N

Leadership Freak

Stop squandering talent. Boss less; coach more. Research continues to show that nearly 7 out of 10 people are either passively or actively disengaged at work.

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What Transparency Really Means to You as a Leader

Kevin Eikenberry

It is one of those buzzwords, created by and repeated by consultants and “experts” (people like me). They pick a word or phrase and use it so much it gets a life of its own. And whatever relevance it had to begin with is lost in the faint nodding of heads (because everyone is supposed […]. The post What Transparency Really Means to You as a Leader appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Treated Like a Dog

Leadership Freak

We owned a miniature dachshund that joyfully welcomed us home every day. We miss the sound of his miniature paws following us.

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Wired for Authenticity

Kevin Eikenberry

By Henna Inam Authenticity. It is one of those words that gets thrown around in business a lot these days. So much so that I often wonder if anyone stops to think about what it really means. That was my prevalent thought and question as I began reading the new book from Henna Inam. I […]. The post Wired for Authenticity appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Looking at the World Through a Learning Lens

Kevin Eikenberry

Everyone would agree that we can learn from our life experience. And everyone does. But while we all have experiences every day, have you noticed that some people seem to glean far more from those experiences than others? If you would like to better harvest the lessons from your experiences, consider putting on a different […]. The post Looking at the World Through a Learning Lens appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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How to Reach the Ultimate Goal of Leadership

Leadership Freak

Getting things done is the lesser goal of leadership. The ultimate goal of leadership is nothing less than transformation.

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