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Leadership and learning expert Kevin Eikenberry says you have to build solid leadership skills on a solid foundation. Your leadership foundation comes down to six words, and only you know what they are.
Your next presentation can pack a powerful punch if you spend just a few thought-filled minutes answering three relatively simple questions before you sit down to write your speech or create your slides.
Year-end often means the annual performance review dance is about to begin. Our suggestion - don't do them at all if you're only doing once a year! Performance reviews need to be ongoing to be most effective for you and your employees.
Much like a flash often helps photographers capture the perfect picture, leadership and learning expert Kevin Eikenberry offers four ways you can help yourself create and capture more of your own flashes of brillance.
Give yourself 30 minutes each day, and you will be amazed at the difference that relatively short amount of time will make in your life. You can change your world - and the world of others - in just 30 minutes a day.
The Rolling Stones said "you can't always get what you want"; and they may be right. However, you almost always get what you expect. So, what do you expect?
Ever wonder why your team just doesn't seem "to get" what you're saying - especially when it comes to decisions and plans that effect the team's future? Maybe there's a better way to communicate so your team - and others within your organization - will really hear what you're saying.
We all communicate in some fashion every single day with our Clients or Customers - and we all have Customers (look across the dinner table tonight if you don't believe me). If the old adage "practice makes perfect" is true, you'd think we all would be outstanding communicators. Fortunately, there is hope for all of us.
Sometimes "playing the fool" can help the people you lead more than you being the ultimate expert. Leadership and learning consultant Kevin Eikenberry says downplaying your knowledge can sometimes lead to better results.
Smokey the Bear isn't the only one dealing with fires on a regular basis. Many leaders say fire fighting is high on their list of things to do. Take a tip from fire fighters to more effectively fight fires in your organization.
Are you having enough fun with your work or your volunteer activities? If not, maybe you need to reevaluate where your passion is. When we are working on things we are passionate about, time and effort seem to fade away and work becomes fun again.
We don't always have to choose either option A or option B. What if it makes better sense to do both? Instead of limiting yourself to one 'right' solution, what if you take a minute to examine the viability of both?
If they are not implemented, ideas are just words on paper - or thoughts drifting through our minds. It takes action to turn creative thoughts into real solutions. The 'six gets' can help you implement the ideas you have created or the tasks that have been delegated to you.
Coaches can have an enormous impact on their team's success in the boardroom, on the playing field, in a rehearsal hall, anywhere. Building successful coaching relationships comes down to the ABC's: accountability, belief and conversation.
So, just how serious are you about reaching that milestone, renovating the kitchen, launching your blog, dropping 25 pounds, or any number of other hopes, dreams or wishes? Leadership and learning expert Kevin Eikenberry shares six questions to test your seriousness and get you on track.
Avoiding resistance can be detrimental to change efforts and to organizational growth. Harnessing the energy inherent in resistance can lead to powerful results and more buy-in for new ideas.
Every project - large or small - needs a vision outlining what success looks like and how the project team will make success a reality. Here are four steps to creating that successful project vision.
If conversations around the watercooler begin with "If only…" and/or "That department is so…", chances are you may have a few whiners hidden throughout the organization (maybe they're not so hidden). There are ways to turn whiners into winners from the inside out.
If getting more things done with greater success sounds good to you, then strengthening collaboration skills would be a great thing to consider. Using these "seven C's" will help every team - even the best ones - perform better and achieve more results.
Words can make a big difference in the lives of others and in our lives as well. It is important to remember the words we choose do matter.
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