Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Starting from the time we have enough of a vocabulary to string together two sentences, we start telling stories — and even before that, we are entranced by them. The poet Mariel Rukeyser wrote “The universe is made of stories, not atoms.” While that isn’t literally true, we all recognize the wisdom in the thought. [.].

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Storytelling Leadership 205

Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 25, 2011

If your Mom was like mine when you were a kid and had to make a tough decision, like who to invite to your birthday sleepover, she told you to sleep on it and decide in the morning. When President Barack Obama was considering what action to take before the capture of Osama bin Laden, [.].

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Leadership 194

Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Typically in these weekly “powerquotes” posts I feature a quotation from a famous, or at least known person. Today that isn’t the case. I don’t know Dan Ivey, though I found his LinkedIn profile just now. His quote came from a Fast Company email in my quotation archives from 2004. I’m pleased to share it [.].

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Company Succession Leadership 190

Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 24, 2011

This week’s Resource Recommendation is Read This Before Our Next Meeting by Al Pittampalli. If you ever get frustrated by meetings, feel like the meetings you go to are too long, too chaotic, and not a valuable, productive use of your time, this book is for you. This book makes a short point; it proceeds [.].

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Books Resources Productivity Products 186