Leadership Freak
FEBRUARY 11, 2015
'Leaders face turbulent situations, diverse personalities, and multiple opportunities all while developing talent. Talent development is the best development. Coaching-leaders passionately develop talent and deliver results at the same time.
Kevin Eikenberry
FEBRUARY 2, 2015
'There are at least two definitions of the word insanity: the one in the dictionary, and the clichéd we’ve all heard, used, and knowingly nodded our head at when hearing it. First, from Merriam-Webster: Insanity 1. a deranged state of the mind usually occurring as a specific disorder (as schizophrenia) 2. such unsoundness of mind […]. The post Leadership Insanity appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.
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Leadership Freak
FEBRUARY 8, 2015
'Your character is your future. Leadership is first about character then skill. Character is: Behavior you compel yourself to do. Attitudes and actions you resort to when stressed.
Leadership Freak
FEBRUARY 3, 2015
'The most annoying thing about annoying people is they help us grow. Personal growth centers on two types of people, the ones we like and the ones that drive us crazy.
Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions
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Leadership Freak
FEBRUARY 26, 2015
'Traditional managers expect compliance. Coaching-managers expect engagement, creativity, responsibility, and ownership. People who’ve been controlled often prefer compliance over participation. “Just tell me what to do,” is a cop out.
Leadership Freak
FEBRUARY 2, 2015
'Servant-leaders fail when they tolerate self-serving in others. Don’t be the only servant in the room. One-way service is naive, wasteful, and irresponsible.
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Leadership Freak
FEBRUARY 16, 2015
'The depth of the team determines the height of success. A team of strong people goes further, faster, if they all pull together. 15 ways to deal with strong people: See strength in irritation.
Leadership Freak
FEBRUARY 28, 2015
'Crisis is a journey of transformation. During crisis you and your organization change or die. Meetings during tough times: Successful meetings create focus and increase energy. Reconnect with purpose.
Leadership Freak
FEBRUARY 27, 2015
'Talk doesn’t produce vitality, eventually it kills it. Talk is important. But, the line between talk and rigor mortis is nearly invisible. Death arrives when organizational transformation ends.
Leadership Freak
FEBRUARY 23, 2015
'Everything worth doing encounters friction. Important issues ignite strong emotion. 12 don’ts for butting heads successfully: Don’t: Talk over things with affirming friends who take your side rather than exploring issues. Rush to judgement.
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.
Leadership Freak
FEBRUARY 21, 2015
'The problem with strong personalities (SP’s) is their ability for good is matched by their ability to harm. All strong personalities, in some ways, are jerks. 12 problems with strong personalities: Don’t play well with others.
Leadership Freak
FEBRUARY 15, 2015
'Some of the world’s great leaders held hands with sadness, Lincoln and Churchill for example. It wouldn’t surprise me if you do too. Sadness isn’t the end of leadership. It may be a beginning.
Leadership Freak
FEBRUARY 7, 2015
'Meaningful success requires strategy. Dreams are easy; strategy makes you sweat. Dreams without strategy are: Ships without rudders. Passions without direction. Excuses for stagnation. Comfort to irresponsible leaders. Hopes without substance.
Leadership Freak
FEBRUARY 13, 2015
'A dissatisfying past produces a dissatisfying future. But, dissatisfaction is just a way of thinking. 7 responses to your past: Justify yourself. You were right and they were wrong. Assign blame.
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.
Leadership Freak
FEBRUARY 19, 2015
'Leaders are criticized when they take action and when they don’t. Nice critics try to help by pointing out failures and faults, but neglect positive suggestions.
Leadership Freak
FEBRUARY 14, 2015
'Vibrant organizations build on positives. Sad organizations are led by leaders who focus on what’s wrong. Not so bad after all: Those who focus on ugliness become ugly themselves.
Leadership Freak
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
'The thing that irritates you about others is the thing you’re trying to change about them. “I’ve tried everything,” means you can’t figure out how to change someone.
Leadership Freak
FEBRUARY 9, 2015
'Reflection is essential to improvement. Curiosity is essential to reflection. Focus curiosity on patterns when improving systems. What difficulty can you predict you’ll encounter when we do this next time?
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.
Kevin Eikenberry
FEBRUARY 9, 2015
'It’s the season of love – the week of Valentine’s Day when everyone who sells anything is trying to tie their product to the romance of the moment. I’m not trying to sell you a bear, a bouquet or a bottle of wine. I’m trying to sell you an idea. And admittedly, the love I […]. The post What Great Leaders Must Love appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.
Leadership Freak
FEBRUARY 17, 2015
'The purpose of meetings is to energize small wins. 5 sources of organizational energy that connect to meetings: Progress. Nothing fuels energy more than moving the ball down the field.
Kevin Eikenberry
FEBRUARY 23, 2015
'The leader purposefully strides to the front of the conference room table and is prepared to begin. Smiling warmly, she turns to the group, and asks the group a question. Since she wants their response she allows the pause to encourage people to participate. After creating a conversation, she clearly tailors her message to the […]. The post Five Ways Confident Communication Builds Trust appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.
Leadership Freak
FEBRUARY 22, 2015
'Extraordinary strength in a person with a strong personality (SP) is a potent opportunity for advantage or destruction. Don’t dial back your strong personality. Choose when to let the tiger out.
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
Kevin Eikenberry
FEBRUARY 16, 2015
'Insurance. We have it for many things: for our lives, for our cars, for our home, for our health, for our identities, for our cell phones (!) and much more. We are purchasing this insurance as a safety net against something bad happening. While different people have different risk tolerances, and differing abilities to pay, […]. The post The Insurance Every Leader Needs appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.
Leadership Freak
FEBRUARY 18, 2015
'Wanting change – while thinking and acting the same – is frustrating futility. Trying to change people is the greatest futility of all.
Kevin Eikenberry
FEBRUARY 8, 2015
'Attitude, it is said, is contagious. That statement is oft-repeated because it is true. Actually there are two truths inside the short statement. Whatever the attitude is, either positive or negative, it will spread. And, if you aren’t purposefully and intentionally spreading positive, the negative will win. You already know this. You have dealt with […].
Leadership Freak
FEBRUARY 1, 2015
'Organizational strategy answers three questions. How can we create customers? How can we keep customers? What do we do better than competitors that is difficult to copy?
Kevin Eikenberry
FEBRUARY 15, 2015
'There are lots of ways to support people in learning how to do a job. The long list includes hands-on training, job shadowing, traditional training, coaching, e-learning, and reading a book. All of these approaches have a place, and there is no one answer that is complete – because learning is a process that occurs […]. The post An Old-School Way to Help New Leaders Succeed appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.
Leadership Freak
FEBRUARY 12, 2015
'We vacationed with three kids and a dog. We didn’t have a mini-van. The kids had coloring books and each other. Back then, cars weren’t equipped with video monitors or individual headphones.
Kevin Eikenberry
FEBRUARY 17, 2015
'Habits are powerful – either slowly move us away from our goals OR directly towards them… And here is the most important leadership habit that you need to be nurturing if you want to be an effective leader. Habits are powerful. They can keep us from achievement, or they can slowly move towards our goals. […]. The post Remarkable TV: The First Leadership Habit to Nurture appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.
Kevin Eikenberry
FEBRUARY 1, 2015
'Ice cream is awesome. In fact, I don’t know many people who don’t like ice cream. And as good as ice cream is, if you can put some sprinkles on it, it makes it even better. The same is true for a cupcake, isn’t it? Sprinkles are the metaphor for making something that is good, […]. The post Putting Sprinkles on Top: How leaders can help their teams create great experiences through customer service appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.
Kevin Eikenberry
FEBRUARY 3, 2015
'Listening is much more than just hearing the words. What’d you say? Here’s what I mean… Listening. It is a big deal in our lives, and yet most everyone I ask about it wishes they were better at it. Being better at it as a leader or a coach is critical, but not just for […]. The post Remarkable TV: Importance of Listening appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.
Kevin Eikenberry
FEBRUARY 23, 2015
'Making mistakes isn’t necessarily all bad. Here’s what I mean. Awhile back I was asked a couple of questions about mistakes and how we should deal with them as a leader. The gist was trying to determine how many mistakes should be allowed and not all mistakes are created equal. Thomas Watson story – $100,000 […]. The post Remarkable TV: Mistakes – How Many Are Too Many?
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