Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 7, 2011

Our three focus words were created in our team meeting. I asked the team to add other words for consideration. I asked the team to add other words for consideration. When it was all said and done, only one of my two original words remained. Our three words you ask? Thanks for the inspiration – It was remarkable!!

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 22, 2011

Here is a simple creative exercise to use personally or before you next team creative challenge. Show the team the three pictures in the post as a stimulus to new thinking. Five Keys to Better Decision Making in Meetings Nine Steps for Creating and Maintaining Team Ownership of Ideas and Goals Blogs I Like Get Uncomfortable!

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Five Ways to Visualize Your Goals More Powerfully by Kevin Eikenberry on December 13, 2010 in Leadership , Learning , Setting Goals , Success You’ve got your goals set. They’re both necessary and important steps.

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Leadership Lessons from Sparky Anderson by Kevin Eikenberry on November 5, 2010 in Influence , Leadership , Learning I grew up like many men my age, a big baseball fan. Thanks Kevin for a great post!

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Kevin Eikenberry

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

The truth is we have been remarkably busy – our entire team is preparing for a spectacular day next Tuesday, February 15. Five Keys to Better Decision Making in Meetings Nine Steps for Creating and Maintaining Team Ownership of Ideas and Goals Blogs I Like Get Uncomfortable! Do You Really Need a Meeting to Make a Decision?

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 13, 2010

– A Complementary Live Q&A Session by Kevin Eikenberry on December 13, 2010 in Leadership , Personal Development , Setting Goals People ask me questions all the time. Five Keys to Better Decision Making in Meetings Nine Steps for Creating and Maintaining Team Ownership of Ideas and Goals Blogs I Like Get Uncomfortable!

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 7, 2011

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe How to Get Lazy People to Work by Kevin Eikenberry on November 29, 2010 in Devloping Others , Leadership , Learning In our Bud to Boss Workshops we get asked different versions of this question frequently.

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How To Workshop Influence Ethics 228

Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Perception is More Than Reality by Kevin Eikenberry on November 12, 2010 in Devloping Others , Leadership , Learning , Mentoring , Personal Development We’ve all heard, and said. that “perception is reality&#.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 31, 2011

Five Keys to Better Decision Making in Meetings Nine Steps for Creating and Maintaining Team Ownership of Ideas and Goals Blogs I Like Get Uncomfortable! Good to know that you enjoyed it, and I’m looking forward to the time management tips! Reply Kevin Eikenberry February 6, 2011 at 6:22 am Hope you do enjoy!

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Nurturing Decisive Followers by Kevin Eikenberry on December 27, 2010 in Decision Making , Leadership , Learning I was asked a question recently in a workshop that I thought was interesting.

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Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 5, 2010

They consider the idea itself, the team, the market and more. This metaphor and these action steps can be of great help to you as you try to lead your team towards an innovative future. It was enormously beneficial and I can’t thank you and your team enough for introducing him to the membership!

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe What a Leader Can Learn From 20 Cents Postage Due by Kevin Eikenberry on December 3, 2010 in Collaboration , Innovation , Leadership , Video I received a package in the mail this week. With 20 cents postage due on the envelope.

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Five Keys to Better Decision Making in Meetings Nine Steps for Creating and Maintaining Team Ownership of Ideas and Goals Blogs I Like Get Uncomfortable! Do You Really Need a Meeting to Make a Decision?

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Newsletter Workshop McCarthy Video 186

Kevin Eikenberry

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

Your team deserves it. Five Keys to Better Decision Making in Meetings Nine Steps for Creating and Maintaining Team Ownership of Ideas and Goals Blogs I Like Get Uncomfortable! Like anything we’ve written in the past, as I reread it I saw things I could have fixed or edited. I’ve chosen not to do that.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Tagged as: listening , love { 7 comments… read them below or add one } Steve Scalph October 1, 2010 at 9:05 am Thanks Kevin. Reply Kevin Eikenberry October 1, 2010 at 10:54 am I remember Dr. Peale’s three words too – but I didn’t recall them until you mentioned it. Very insightful. A man of wisdom.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Making Your Holiday Weekend More Valuable by Kevin Eikenberry on September 3, 2010 in Leadership , Learning , Personal Development , Success In The U.S. Reply LuAnne September 3, 2010 at 3:11 pm Thanks for the reminder, Kevin.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

In this meeting the leader asks team members to share challenges that are occurring in the organization. Tagged as: but , either/or { 3 comments… read them below or add one } Erik Deckers September 13, 2010 at 4:08 pm The “Yes, And&# exercise is a common one that improv troupes do. First, the situation.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 19, 2011

It is about those other things that we hold on to that don’t serve us, our teams, and our organizations. Five Keys to Better Decision Making in Meetings Nine Steps for Creating and Maintaining Team Ownership of Ideas and Goals Blogs I Like Get Uncomfortable! What do I need to let go of?

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Workshop Open-book Blog Video 189

Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Six Ways to Overcome Your Biggest Attitude Challenge by Kevin Eikenberry on November 15, 2010 in Influence , Leadership , Learning Most everyone has a relatively positive attitude when things are going great. Many thanks!

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Workshop Blog Learning-by-Doing Positioning 191

Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe A Mirror as a Leadership Development Tool by Kevin Eikenberry on October 27, 2010 in Influence , Leadership , Learning We look in them each day, research says, more often than we realize. We check our hair and our smile.

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Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 13, 2010

After some discussion which lead us to determine that is his shorthand communicates successfully to members of his team, I was still stumped, unable to think of any additional suggestions or examples. Because of the success with this statement, the participant was looking for other examples from me. Could this be done? Of course it could!

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

The book is organized about personal, team and organizational presence and will help you see the importance of what leaders bring in each of these contexts. Five Keys to Better Decision Making in Meetings Nine Steps for Creating and Maintaining Team Ownership of Ideas and Goals Blogs I Like Get Uncomfortable!

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Execution Succession Workshop Blog 183

Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Tagged as: leadership training , training { 1 comment… read it below or add one } Robin Shanks October 11, 2010 at 9:11 am Kevin: That’s a GREAT idea! Five Keys to Better Decision Making in Meetings Nine Steps for Creating and Maintaining Team Ownership of Ideas and Goals Blogs I Like Get Uncomfortable!

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Five Keys to Better Decision Making in Meetings Nine Steps for Creating and Maintaining Team Ownership of Ideas and Goals Blogs I Like Get Uncomfortable! Do You Really Need a Meeting to Make a Decision?

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Leadership Success Tip: Be Ready to Play by Kevin Eikenberry on November 16, 2010 in Leadership , Learning , Personal Development , Success Cal Ripkin, Jr. speak late last week (and obviously, I got to meet him too).

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Leadership is About Engagement by Kevin Eikenberry on December 29, 2010 in Leadership , Learning , Relationships Ok, this title should be self evident, especially to long time readers of this blog. It is a great model as well.

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Kevin Eikenberry

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Engage with your team, peers and customers. Five Keys to Better Decision Making in Meetings Nine Steps for Creating and Maintaining Team Ownership of Ideas and Goals Blogs I Like Get Uncomfortable! We step out briefly, and retreat to our safe, known world. Too many leaders spend too much time or frequently retreat into their hole.

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe People Buy You: by Kevin Eikenberry on November 8, 2010 in Books , Influence , Leadership , Learning This weeks Resource Recommendation is People Buy You: The Real Secret To What Matters Most in Business by Jeb Blount.

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 8, 2010

We aren’t Super Heroes, but by making the right choices (like the ones Becky mentions) we can, with our teams, make miracles happen. Five Keys to Better Decision Making in Meetings Nine Steps for Creating and Maintaining Team Ownership of Ideas and Goals Blogs I Like Get Uncomfortable! Make the choices, and make a difference.

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Know “the secret of work” for their team – the passion, the cause, and the fun that results. Five Keys to Better Decision Making in Meetings Nine Steps for Creating and Maintaining Team Ownership of Ideas and Goals Blogs I Like Get Uncomfortable! Be able to mix it up and do the unexpected , like break out in song at a staff meeting.

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Leadership Learning-by-Doing Blog Workshop 194

Kevin Eikenberry

AUGUST 23, 2010

Tagged as: sales , salesperson , selling { 5 comments… read them below or add one } Harlan Goerger August 23, 2010 at 8:14 am Your right on Kevin, one of the barriers to being a better leader is one’s perception that sales is bad or negative. Reply Ed Oakley August 23, 2010 at 9:53 am I couldn’t agree more, Kevin.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 10, 2011

That is what Kevin and his team (and his family) call me anyway. Kevin asked me to write this week to tell you a bit about the team’s planning meeting that happened last Monday. I could tell that conversation set the tone for the day, brought the team together and reminded everyone about what is most important. Resistance.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 24, 2011

What is the trust level amongst the team members and with the leader? When this is true, as a leader you have bigger concerns than just how you make decisions, yet how you make them will affect the future trust between you and your team. Important note – re-read the caveat before deciding to gain lots of input.

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Consensus Blog Workshop Learning-by-Doing 210

Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Five Keys to Better Decision Making in Meetings Nine Steps for Creating and Maintaining Team Ownership of Ideas and Goals Blogs I Like Get Uncomfortable! It’s a word that may attract or repel you. Do You Really Need a Meeting to Make a Decision?

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe The Leadership Walk by Kevin Eikenberry on September 6, 2010 in Leadership , Learning We are all on a walk. It is the journey we take each day as a leader. With a horse it is all about your actions.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

1 comment… read it below or add one } davidburkus September 29, 2010 at 3:42 pm Great read. Five Keys to Better Decision Making in Meetings Nine Steps for Creating and Maintaining Team Ownership of Ideas and Goals Blogs I Like Get Uncomfortable! Do You Really Need a Meeting to Make a Decision?

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Kevin Eikenberry

AUGUST 30, 2010

Learn more about the book at www.BuryMyHeart.com and download a complimentary PDF resource: Tough Times, Tougher Teams while you are there! Five Keys to Better Decision Making in Meetings Nine Steps for Creating and Maintaining Team Ownership of Ideas and Goals Blogs I Like Get Uncomfortable!

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