Kevin Eikenberry

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

But some of those farm phrases are things you’ve either heard before or maybe even heard here on this blog last week. […]. Now, you might already know that I grew up on a farm, and so I have plenty of farm phrases in my vernacular. Some of these phrases wouldn’t make any sense to you.

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Bet you weren’t expecting a video title like that on this blog?! ?? Well, don’t worry. The video and the entire topic is totally SFW (safe for work – and anywhere for that matter!) In fact, the four-letter word I’m talking about in the video below is one we hear ALL THE TIME. And in […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Recently I wrote a post on the Remote Leadership Institute Blog about determining what those skills might be across your […]. In order for your hybrid team to succeed, individual hybrid team members must have the skills to succeed. The old cliché that the chain is only as strong as the weakest link definitely applies here.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

My colleague and co-author Wayne Turmel wrote a great post with the same title on our Remote Leadership Institute blog and […]. Chances are you have considered it to be both – perhaps on the same day. The post Picking Alternatives to Email appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

You can find them in books and blogs, on YouTube, podcasts, Instagram and more. More than ever before, you can find strategies, tactics, and hacks meant to help you learn, grow, and achieve greater professional success. While there’s so much available, too often it is so specific that it is hard to connect to your […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 29, 2019

I certainly don’t know everything you read, but thanks to our blog statistics, I know the most read leadership blog posts I wrote this year. As I compiled the statistics, I learned something – in some cases you are watching more than you are reading. I thought I would share our top posts here – […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

You can find them in books and blogs, on YouTube, podcasts, Instagram and more. More than ever before, you can find strategies, tactics, and hacks meant to help you learn, grow, and achieve greater professional success. While there’s so much available, too often it is so specific that it is hard to connect to your […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 29, 2013

Most everyone does some sort of top ten list or countdown or something, and I decided to do it with my blog this year. Leadership Learning leadership blogs top blog posts' The list is based on total traffic to the posts. Below I’ll share the list in order, and close with some comments and reflections.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 29, 2019

Now to the casual observer, a series on collections might seem an odd choice for a leadership blog. This is the third video in a series on “collections” You can watch the previous videos here: Collecting Lessons and What Do You Collect. But trust me, it’s not. Because we aren’t talking about things that take […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 3, 2019

In my blog posts, emails, articles and even here in this video series, I remind you regularly of the responsibilities that we have as leaders. As a leader, there is a lot on our shoulders and much is asked of us. But today, I’m not talking about any of that. I am talking about encouragement […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

MARCH 23, 2012

This is the 700th blog post on this blog, and because I blogged previously here, this is really my 1532nd post since March of 2004. This fact got me thinking about consistency, and led me to today’s quotation. “But change must always be balanced with some degree of consistency.” ” - Ron D.

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Having written a blog with relative consistency for a number of years, I often get asked, “How do you find things to write about?” ” While there are many others who write more frequently than I do, and might be more qualified to answer this question, here’s my answer: “Writers write and bloggers blog.”

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Kevin Eikenberry

MARCH 20, 2018

And while this is a very valid question, as you’ll notice in the title of this blog post, […]. If you have kids or if you were ever a kid (and I’m guessing you can answer at least one of these affirmatively??), you have asked or been asked this question before: What did you learn today? The post What Will You Learn Today?

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Kevin Eikenberry

APRIL 10, 2018

At the end of last year I wrote a blog post titled, Eight Ways to Be a Better Leader in 2018. And in today’s video, I am focusing on just one of those ways, specifically: More Productivity Less Place. Tweet it out: Focus what people are accomplishing, not where they are doing the work. KevinEikenberry […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 25, 2016

All included, I’ve written and posted well over 150 posts for this blog in the last twelve months. And according to you, and readers like you, these were the best, based on page views. If you have read them, I hope you will look and be reminded. If you haven’t seen or read them, now […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 14, 2014

It may be my least favorite Christmas song (and I’m sorry if it is now stuck in your head), but two years ago I created a series of 12 blog posts inspired by the song. In the song 12 gifts are given, and in the series I gave all leaders who read them 12 gifts […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 26, 2017

If you’ve been to this blog before or read anything I’ve written really, you’ve no doubt heard me talking about the most unlikely places that leaders can learn from and today’s episode is no different.

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 16, 2014

If you have been reading this blog for a while, you know that I lead a remote team, and that we have begun offering some services for leaders in that situation. Here are a couple of posts of note – here, and here, and here – in video). Recently my collaborator on some of this […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

APRIL 10, 2018

At the end of last year I wrote a blog post titled, Eight Ways to Be a Better Leader in 2018. And in today’s video, I am focusing on just one of those ways, specifically: More Productivity Less Place. Tweet it out: Focus what people are accomplishing, not where they are doing the work. KevinEikenberry […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 19, 2014

Or more to the point of this blog, as a professional and a leader? By John Neffinger and Matthew Kohut Who doesn’t want to be more influential? More influential as a friend, as a parent, as a spouse (or potential spouse)? If you really don’t want to be more influential, feel free to click away […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 5, 2014

If you have read this blog for any length of time, you likely know that we have spent lots of time building products, delivering workshops and writing books for new leaders (mostly in our Bud to Boss brand). And we have also delivered our flagship Remarkable Leadership Workshop for many years. While we have often […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

It reminded me of a particular incident that took place a few years back – an incident I had previously written about on the blog for my book Remarkable Leadership. Yesterday I was thinking about observation and judgement, and how it relates to effective communication and coaching. We were driving somewhere as a family and [.].

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 27, 2013

In my last Powerquotes-style blog post of the year, I am looking forward. Many of the challenges we all face in the coming year are challenges in part because of our fears. With that in mind, I felt today’s quotation was important for all of us – and I’m at the front of the line. […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

There is a reason this blog is called Leadership and Learning – it is because I believe these words belong together, and in fact, if you want to have effective leadership, can’t be separated. We call our business a Leadership Learning Consulting company. We train, coach, and consult with leaders around the world. And in […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

APRIL 4, 2017

A few years ago I wrote a blog post on supporting team success that has since become one of my most-read posts ever. And today I am sharing six tips to help you support you own team’s success. Tweet it out: Remember you aren’t just the leader of the team, you are a member of […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

I’m a big fan of reading biographies for many reasons, so several years ago I wrote a blog post on why leaders should read biographies (you can read that here). And in response to this article, I was recently asked for tips on picking biographies. So…here you go! A few tips for picking a biography […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 6, 2011

If their blogs are new to you, I hope you’ll take a moment to comment on their posts, retweet a link [.]. Here is our second installment of our Leadership Development Carnival. Today I want to start out by featuring some great new leadership thinkers who have not been previously highlighted in a Leadership Development Carnival.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 2, 2012

I was looking at some of my blog stats, and thought it would be useful to share a list of my most read posts of 2011. All of these were written in the first half of the year, and some of them close together. As I re-read them in preparing this review, I became excited [.].

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Six of My Favorite Books of the Year by Kevin Eikenberry on December 27, 2010 in Leadership , Learning , Reading As long time newsletter readers know I read a lot. to their pocketbook! It is that simple.

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Kevin Eikenberry

MARCH 4, 2014

Today’s episode is in response to a question that I got as a result of a recent blog post I wrote on coaching to attitude. The question: Isn’t attitude a form of behavior? When I get this question, my answer always starts with another question: “What are they actually doing, what is their behavior?” And […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 14, 2014

Today I tackle a question that most of us can relate to: When I have to choose between “getting things done and off my desk” or spending timing reading blogs/articles/books that encourage and inspire me, which is the best use of my time? It’s a great question (thanks, Deidre!) and being stuck at the crossroads […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 3, 2011

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe My Five Most Read Posts of 2010 by Kevin Eikenberry on January 3, 2011 in Leadership , Learning This time of year lots of people publish lists. (I These are the five most read posts on my blog in 2010.

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 17, 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! Wally is a writer, speaker, and consultant who specializes in learning and sharing how leadership and strategy combine to create successful companies.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JUNE 11, 2017

I answer questions on the Bud to Boss blog and as a weekly episode of Remarkable TV. For several years I’ve walked out of my office and gone downstairs to the studio here at Remarkable House (our offices) to record video. The source of many episodes have come from viewers, Clients, and participants in workshops. […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

I’m in the process of reading a great biography of Thomas Jefferson – which I am sure I will recommend on this blog in the future. Today I share a quotation from him – one we can all learn from. Questions to Ponder - How often have your results been diminished because you had trouble […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

JUNE 12, 2013

I’ve been blogging for over nine years, so I have written a lot of posts about leadership, learning, and a variety of related personal and professional development topics. I’ve recently decided to occasionally go back to some old posts to find inspiration for new posts (and to reflect on my growth as a leader, learner [.].

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Kevin Eikenberry

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

a link to the blog where we are making daily announcements and more about the book, the launch. 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! While you can order copies of the book today, if you wait just a few more days.

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