Sat.Sep 24, 2011 - Fri.Sep 30, 2011

Kevin Eikenberry

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Our Deepest Craving

Kevin Eikenberry

William James has been called “the father of American Psychology.” He was a trained physician and wrote voluminously. (Interestingly enough Ralph Waldo Emerson was his Godfather). He is most known for his self-trained work in psychology and philosophy. He is widely quoted 100 years after his death, and nothing he wrote is any more quoted that the powerful quotation that [.].

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To Friend or Not To Friend – How to Manage Facebook with Your Team

Kevin Eikenberry

In our Bud to Boss Workshop, designed to help leaders successfully navigate the transition to leadership, we talk about the importance of relationships between leaders and their team members. Within the least year or so I have been frequently asked two related questions: “When we were peers I was friends with people on Facebook. Now [.].

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The Power of Positive Feedback (and More)

Kevin Eikenberry

In any coaching workshop I lead, or in any conversation with leaders that turns to coaching, the discussion of positive feedback will ensue. Here are just a smattering of the questions that come up. How much positive feedback should be given? Don’t people already know if they are doing it well? If I give them [.].

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An 18 Year Lesson

Kevin Eikenberry

18 years ago today was my last day at Chevron, my last day employed by anyone other than myself. If my business were a person, it could vote, and in some countries legally have a beer to celebrate. A couple of years ago, to celebrate 16 years in business my team challenged me to write [.].

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Creating Personal Presence: Look, Talk, Think, and Act Like a Leader

Kevin Eikenberry

This week’s Resource Recommendation is Creating Personal Presence: Look, Talk, Think, and Act Like a Leader by Dianna Booher. You’ve met people like them. They have a certain something that makes people notice them: a quiet confidence, a charisma, a presence. Dianna Booher shows us all how to create this type of presence in her [.].

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