Kevin Eikenberry

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Managing Up, Down and Across the Organization

Kevin Eikenberry

How do I manage up? How do I manage my peers? Fundamentally, people are asking about managing without position. While there is much we can learn about managing those we do lead, often people feel at a loss about influencing when we don’t have positional power. I hear these two questions frequently.

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The True Cost of Bad Managers

Kevin Eikenberry

And there is an excellent chance your organization is harboring one or more of them now. Have you ever stopped to think what the cost of bad managers is to an organization? The Costs Studies have found the cost of bad managers in the US […].

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Under New Management: How Leading Organizations Are Upending Business As Usual

Kevin Eikenberry

It could also have been titled “Tipping Sacred Cows” – because this book shares how some organizations have tipped, ignored or rejected some of the sacred cows in organizational life. Examples include: Email – could we outlaw […].

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How to Improve Customer Service in Your Organization

Kevin Eikenberry

Every leader at every level in every organization needs to think about Customer Service. Whether you lead a team that is talking to paying Customers every day, supporting those that do, or just interacting with internal Customers, the need for Customer Service skills –and a Customer orientation is critical.

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Performance Management Doesn’t Have to Suck!

Kevin Eikenberry

If your organization’s performance management processes are working great, you can save some time and skip this post. But if you are like most organizations, leaders, and individuals you have at least some pain or frustration with this process (and maybe a whole lot, you are still reading.) Good – stay with me.

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Why Well-Meaning Managers Burn Out When Leading Remotely

Kevin Eikenberry

There are many leaders and managers who want to do good work and serve their teams and organizations well. While this has always happened, it is happening far more often now as managers lead remotely. They are well-meaning and hardworking, but too often they burn out – for both organizational and personal reasons.

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The Collaborative Organization

Kevin Eikenberry

By Jacob Morgan Organizations need to collaborate to be successful. What has changed is the complexity of organizations, the size of organizations, the increasing desire for speed, and the dispersion of team member both from a traditional office and around the globe. This has always been true.