Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 24, 2011

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Do You Really Need a Meeting to Make a Decision? While most everyone has horror stories about meetings, there also are far too many examples of meetings that, while not awful, are far from effective.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 26, 2012

Here's a guest post from entrepreneur Duncan Murtagh," an Irishman living in Taiwan, who has been to New Hampshire several times": How can we move past the tough times of 2011 to a more profitable 2012? checklist of questions is a powerful tool for looking at your existing product/service lines and coming up with new variations.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

At an organizational level have you focused so much on process improvements and incremental gains that you’ve failed to recognize opportunity and innovate? If efficiency starts diluting productivity rather than increasing it something is woefully amiss. Are you efficient or effective, or do you know?

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In the CEO Afterlife

JULY 17, 2011

by John • July 17, 2011 • Leadership , Strategy • 2 Comments. The senior folks charged with crafting the plan must enter the process with a mindset that is analytical, intuitive and creative. Low-cost producers watch their costs, productivity, sales/profit per employee and overall employment. In the CEO Afterlife.

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 9, 2010

You be the living, breathing example of a work-in-progress. If you are having performance discussions (formal and a part of your organizational process or not), I (and Steve) urge you to ask them his questions to them. Are you showing by your example that you are a continually learning leader? True, true, and true again.

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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

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Take, with kids for example. Take, our friends as a second example. People lack the courage to change the work process. When they are learning to walk and talk, there is tons of encouragement from every adult around. We know that if they keep at it they will succeed. Isn’t courage sometimes lacking at work too?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Just because someone says something doesn’t mean it’s true…Moreover just because “Company A&# had success with a certain initiative doesn’t mean that “Company B&# can plug-and-play the same process and expect the same outcome. Okay, my question is this: What constitutes best practices in this situation?

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 23, 2021

An example could be a coach, teacher, or manager. Loyalty is an interesting one because I think in an interview process it’s hard to understand that, but you can ensure that the candidate is passionate about what the company does. He previously served as executive chairman of the board from November 2011 until December 2017.

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Kevin Eikenberry

AUGUST 30, 2010

Bury My Heart at Conference Room B is a book that illuminates a process developed by Stan and his organization to help individual leaders draw out their core values and build greater commitment to organizational success. It provides a framework and action steps for you to use what you are learning. This is a book to read, reflect on and use.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

While much has been written about corporate vision, mission, process, leadership, strategy, branding and a variety of other business practices, it is the engineering of these practices to be disruptive that maximizes opportunities. How did the brick and mortar book stores let Amazon get the jump on them?

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 25, 2011

Design by 12GrainStudio Team Building & Leadership: Case Study; Increased Trust=Faster Implementation of Decisions & Problems Solved Cheaper Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 Posted by: mike The following is a true story, of value added results that come from Create-Learning’s Team Building & Leadership Processes.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Ten Decisions Leaders Make Everyday by Kevin Eikenberry on September 27, 2010 in Decision Making , Leadership , Learning In the course of your day as a leader you are faced with many decisions. Decide to lead by example.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Let’s use “Buddy the Elf” as an example for the four steps to brand building. In the movie, Buddy failed dismally to keep up with the production of Etch-a-Sketch toys against the skill and speed of the other elves in the workshop. Does your brand stand out in a crowd with product or service superiority? Are they telling others?

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Strategy Driven

MAY 14, 2020

Kim Cameron and Robert Quinn (2011) have identified four cultures that are indicative of most organizations: clan, adhocracy, hierarchy and market. Each of these cultures has a unique set of values that influence multiple facets of the organization from the flow of information to how firms integrate standardized processes and procedures.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

Bottom line…the way you identify leaders is not through psychological profiling or some miraculous transformative process. and Mike Myatt, Productivity links. Productivity links said: n2growth.com: Looking For Leadership: By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Really? Identifying leaders? Dare I ask for comments?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

In this example the hourly rate of a CEO who makes $750k is $375 dollars per hour. For instance, rather than leveraging down to the $100K talent in the example above, if you drive down further to let’s say a $30k individual, you increase your organizational leverage factor by almost another 30%.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2010

Also, a common response is to confuse a sales engine, fulfillment process, operational process, technology platform, or any number of other areas as business models, where this is not the case. Furthermore, a business plan, strategic plan, marketing plan, capital formation plan, exit plan, etc., are also not business models.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 28, 2022

This gummed-up process of innovation is not confined to big-company transformation. Indeed, data reveal that rates of entrepreneurship have been in perpetual decline across the United States between 1978 and 2011. Engines of creation. This often meant leaving their hometown in search of more customers, more talent, more investment.

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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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Sales Wolf Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Successories Motivational Products Talent Managment Magazine Testing and Assessments - An Employers Guide to Good Practices Testing and Assessments - DOL The Rainmaker Group - Possibility Maximization An amazing group of people commited to making a difference in the world they live - one soul, one organization, one Customer Experience at a time.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2010

Probably the greatest example of the power of brevity comes from what is widely considered to be the greatest speech in American history: “The Gettysburg Address.&# Contrast Lincoln’s brilliant example of the power of brevity with the keynote speech that day. Don’t underestimate the power of brevity.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 17, 2011

You might want to do this as it relates to a specific area of your life – like in your role as a leader or at work in general (as two quick examples). Remembering successes is an important part of this process! What knowledge have you gained? Make this a project for an afternoon. Find a quiet space and think, write and inventory.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

link] Tanveer Naseer Mike, your piece is a great reminder for organizations to not obsess over their processes or their top talent, but to focus instead on what the purpose is behind their organization. Take Google, for example. Interestingly enough, I think your example of Google is a great one.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 9, 2010

Whether it is aesthetic, functional, creative, process, innovative, intellectual, technical or applicational…design matters. If a newly implemented business process has design flaws, will employees follow the process or circumvent it? Let me make my position very clear…design absolutely matters.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

Here’s an example…Even in this day and age, it is still not that uncommon to find large corporations and government agencies with IT silos built upon mainframe computing solutions. You see tenure is not synonymous with loyalty, but rather is more often a measure of compliance and survival.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 17, 2010

You connect with people in a mutually productive and pleasurable way. You plant the seed of your capabilities, service, or product but you don’t overtly go for the kill. See below for the process. What is the process to connect? As an example, I recently joined the local Women’s Club in my area.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 13, 2011

As a value-added reseller of platforms and applications from the industry’s top manufacturers, and a provider of our own line of technology products and services, we design, build, and maintain today’s complex voice and data networks. Limited usage of for example Gmail or Yahoo! Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Leadership is a full-contact sport, and if you cannot address conflict in a healthy, productive fashion then you should not be in a leadership role. One of my favorite examples of what I described in the paragraph above is the weak leader who cannot deal with subordinates who use emotional deceit as a weapon of destruction.

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Coaching Tip

JANUARY 26, 2013

Its diversified galaxy of brands for man and beast are iconic -- from chocolate favorites like M&M's and Snickers to Wrigley's Juicy Fruit and Lifesavers to pet-care products like Pedigree and Whiskas, as well as Uncle Ben's Converted Rice. It employs 72,000 people, more than a third of them in America. .

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

Let me give you a great example…It is not at all uncommon for an executive to tell me that his/her business doesn’t really have any competition. What about competing against the innovation of others that could cause the obsolescence of your product or service? Great businesses are dynamic, fluid, vibrant and ever changing.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Now you can find out; In this 55 page E-book you will find applicable strategies, team-building activities, facilitation, de-briefing, and processing activities + theory that you can use immediately. People always need and ask for definitions and examples. Processing Questions: What was your initial reaction to creating the list?

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 21, 2010

The usual process is to pick a topic and brain-dump into Powerpoint until you hit the requisite 75 slides. at 9:50 AM Steve Jobs and Seth Godin are good examples of powerful presentations without using bullet points. How To Be More Productive When You Work From Home. You’re done! Not so fast. Again, my opinion. Unported License.

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Eric Jacobson

JUNE 21, 2023

Debbie Laskey: In the CORNER OFFICE section of The New York Times , there was a memorable interview on January 29, 2011, entitled, " Hey, Rock Stars: Take Your Show SomeplaceElse ," conducted by Adam Bryant of Michael Lebowitz, founder and CEO of Big Spaceship, a digital marketing and communications agency. Do you agree with this approach?

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Coaching Tip

JANUARY 22, 2013

For example, to be someone's best friend requires a minimum investment of time and emotional energy. Gore & Associates, the materials firm famous for innovative products such as Gore-Tex and for its radically nonhierarchical management structure. As group size grows, a dizzying amount of data must be processed.

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HR Digest

MAY 8, 2021

Steve Hatfield: Post-pandemic, we expect to see changes in how we think about almost every facet of work – but particularly in how organizations elevate humans and architect technology to enable greater productivity, innovation, resilience, and organization performance. How do you keep the people at Deloitte motivated for change?

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

There are many examples of companies that have successful leadership training programs in place, such as Bank of America, General Electric, Microsoft, Philip Morris, Novartis International, and Marriott International to name just a few. (Yes, For example, many effective leaders have the following strengths: •Coaching others.

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