The Recovering Engineer

MAY 20, 2010

Likewise, at the booths where people sat and waited for the conference attendees to approach them, nothing happened. As I worked in the Kevin Eikenberry Group booth, I noticed an interesting dynamic happening at the booths around me. Where someone was willing to stand on a platform and speak, other people were willing to stop and listen.

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The Recovering Engineer

JUNE 24, 2013

As I listened to a well-respected speaker at a multi-speaker conference talk about productivity and time management strategies, the speaker questioned the two-minute offense often used in football. And, we will reject information that contradicts what we “know.”. A few months ago, I was confronted with this type of challenge.

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The Recovering Engineer

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The conference is called Eliciting Excellence , and the organizer is Michael Beck. Michael has put together a wide range of leadership experts that you can learn from without leaving your office and without rushing to fit it into your schedule.

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The Recovering Engineer

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Today, I had the chance to see Cal Ripken, Jr speak at a conference in Baltimore, Maryland. Just in case you don’t know him, he played many seasons with the Baltimore Orioles baseball team. He holds the Major League Baseball record for the most consecutive games played (2632).

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The Recovering Engineer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

I just spoke at a conference where members from a local town were raffling off a vacation home to help raise training dollars. I’d lump trust and respect and add training and development to the list. Employees are number one cost of a business yet T&D is the first thing slashed in lean times. Makes no sense.

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