Kevin Eikenberry

AUGUST 18, 2013

Books Change Leadership Learning Success goals planning' As an entrepreneur and a leader of my team, that subheading is almost intoxicating. Based on the title alone, I purchased the book.

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Kevin Eikenberry

APRIL 1, 2012

You set goals with one real purpose – to reach them, don’t you? And if your experience is like mine, one reason we don’t reach goals is because we don’t turn the goal into a plan, with specific actions taken on a regular basis. And even if we identify the actions (which puts far ahead [.].

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

There is much written about (and worth learning about) project planning and goal achievement. You can learn many strategies and approaches to help your projects be successful and your goals be reached. Seldom is today’s starting point discussed. In […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 6, 2010

The bad news – one piece of the goal setting puzzle many of these systems don’t tackle, or do so inadequately, is the issue of goal size. This brief article is meant to help you get a clearer grasp on sizing your goals – or finding the proper “Bigness Balance&# as I like to call it.

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Goal Workshop BHAG Learning-by-Doing 184

Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 6, 2010

After all, why wait until the New Year to think about your goals and plans? If you’re still not sure – you can start with more than 20 short videos I created discussing questions people ask about goals. I figure it is better to get a jump everyone else. Why not Start Today? It includes: Start Today!

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Discount How To FAQ Workshop 182

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. Go to our special Ask Kevin page to ask your goal setting question and register for the fr’ee call. Do You Really Need a Meeting to Make a Decision?

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 31, 2010

While I am not a big fan of the concept of a “resolution&# I am a big fan of “goals&# (which are more about destination and results). Just because some people don’t keep their resolution (reach their goal), doesn’t mean you can’t. Setting a goal improves your likelihood of success.

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Workshop Video Blog Goal 185

Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Along with the “sweets&# are you reading other sorts of things that inspire you, inform you and lead you towards your goals? Compare your goals to your reading stack. Would someone else be able to see a linkage between your professed goals and what you are currently reading? As it is with our reading.

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Venture Capitalist Competitive Advantage Workshop Blog 187

Kevin Eikenberry

FEBRUARY 8, 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! Do You Really Need a Meeting to Make a Decision?

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Help them build a plan. Help them craft a plan for getting from where they are to where they now have decided they want to be. If after patience and effort you are not able to help them build a plan with a commitment to work the plan you must do one of two things. Let it go, or let them go.

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How To Mentor Workshop Definition 190

Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Before you make productivity decisions you must have: Clear goals. The starting point for making decisions that lead to higher productivity is a clear goal. If you are clear on your short and long term goals, and consider them in your thinking, you make more effective and productive decisions. A clear why.

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Productivity Products Workshop Goal 188

Kevin Eikenberry

AUGUST 26, 2010

This morning, in an early morning message to my son away at college, I suggested a ten minute morning and a ten minute evening moratorium in devices, so he could plan and think about his day. When are you planning, so you are using technology and all those brief moments to do the right, strategic and more important things?

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 14, 2011

Set your goals. Set both personal and career goals and set them in the organization context and with expectations in mind. Make a list and then make a plan for how you will build the needed skills and knowledge. Your goal is to cover these bases as soon after your promotion as you can. Talk to your new boss.

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Learning-by-Doing Workshop Blog Video 207

Kevin Eikenberry

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Five Key Conversations to Have With Your New Boss by Kevin Eikenberry on February 7, 2011 in Communication , Leadership , Learning , Setting Goals If you’ve just been promoted, this is obviously for you. Understanding Goals. Goals likely go beyond expectations. But she can’t if she doesn’t know what they are.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 9, 2012

Do you want to get more done, reach more of your goals, and make a bigger difference? If so, the morning is when that can all begin! However you came to read these words, I’m confident you are interested in greater productivity, achievement and success. Perhaps you want that for yourself, or perhaps you want [.].

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Succession Productivity Products Goal 261

Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Develop a Zen-like mantra of goals that permeate the minds of all your teammates, and watch great stuff happen. They could clearly constitue a learning plan for you for 10 days, 10 weeks, or a lifetime as a learning leader. Avoid inertia at all costs – or risk heading in the wrong direction.

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Leadership Learning-by-Doing Blog Workshop 194

Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 10, 2011

Kevin asked me to write this week to tell you a bit about the team’s planning meeting that happened last Monday. In some cases, Kevin’s original plan was adopted; in others adjustments were made. I’ve also written a couple messages to you (Kevin’s readers) in the past – which I never expected.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

The most effective leaders have the best “talk&# ; a great vision, values, wonderful approaches and plans, and people see talk as more than just words – they see the walk. 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

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

To him, an adventure is merely a bit of bad planning, brought to light by the test of a trial …. 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 24, 2010

listen a little closer communicate a little more frequently plan a little more thoroughly learn a little more expect a lot more (of ourselves and others) These are just a few of the items of leadership lagniappe I think of this morning. We must be . Do You Really Need a Meeting to Make a Decision?

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 7, 2011

I explained my reason for the three words – to give us a focus at a level above goals – that would guide our conversations, decisions, and actions. 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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Power Workshop Blog Learning-by-Doing 185

Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 25, 2010

I’m not a psychologist, so I can’t comment on why people spend time planning, designing, paying for and dressing as if they are someone else. The problem isn’t necessarily the goal – to be more confident, for example – but that the intention is lost in the costume.

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Leadership Mentor Workshop Blog 180

Kevin Eikenberry

AUGUST 23, 2010

You may not buy my idea (after all, I am trying to sell it to you, but keep reading I plan to succeed). I e-mail a daily quote of inspiration to my managment team every day, and plan to use bits of your article and quote you for my quotes this week. Rather, my purpose is to state an iron-clad fact: Leaders are salespeople.

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Workshop Influence Leadership Development Blog 194

Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 15, 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?

Blog 175

Blog Leadership Workshop Video 175

Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 12, 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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Workshop Mentor Video Blog 192

Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 29, 2010

She doesn’t seem to care too much about criticism – she follows her plan. She seems to be driven by her goals. For me, today, as I write this, I am struck by the creativity, all seemingly focused on her goals of building buzz and selling music and concert tickets. First, what are a few attributes about her?

Leadership 187

Leadership Learning-by-Doing Blog Workshop 187

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! Do You Really Need a Meeting to Make a Decision?

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Workshop Video Resources Blog 192

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

JANUARY 28, 2011

So those five minutes passed and we are no closer to our goals than we were before – and those five minutes are just as gone. Everyone one of us is different, with different goals, values and priorities. Review your goals (which means they must be written and with you) Learn something. Make progress on a goal.

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Succession Management Learning-by-Doing Goal 207

Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

I plan on dying here.&# 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! As an outsider one might have thought her opinion and attitude about the organizational culture was souring. Do You Really Need a Meeting to Make a Decision?

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 20, 2010

My goal is three fold: Collect some data about how my colleagues around the world are doing – what’s working and what’s not. 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 10, 2010

Just before you read it, think about your biggest goals – organizationally, professionally and personally. It will help you identify potential things to say no to – so you can say yes to the things that move you towards your goals. With that thinking in your head, now read this post again.

Blog 179

Blog Workshop Learning-by-Doing Video 179

Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 11, 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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Workshop Training Video System 185

Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 8, 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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Workshop Video Learning-by-Doing Mentor 181

Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 11, 2011

It is easy to get caught up in the daily to-do list, the quarterly objectives and the rhythm of the calendar, and lose sight of the bigger picture, the larger goals, the [.]. One of the roles of a leader is to provide the perspective that the rest of the team or organization might not see.

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Objective Goal Long-term Team 204

Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 16, 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?

Blog 189

Blog Workshop McCarthy Video 189

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! Do You Really Need a Meeting to Make a Decision?

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