Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 1, 2014

This means there is a large market or organizations that look for, secure and use these services to equip their leaders to become more effective. There are many more organizations that create and provide […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

JULY 3, 2012

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.

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 16, 2018

The post Does Your Organization Have a Front-Line Leadership Problem? Since that time, we have continued to work with new and front-line leaders, helping them build their skills and confidence. We are more convinced than ever that front-line leadership is a […]. appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

MAY 29, 2013

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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Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 8, 2017

As founders of the Remote Leadership Institute, we’ve been working with remote teams, those who are leading remote teams, and organizations struggling with remote work for a long time. The post How well is your organization adjusting to the remote working and the virtual workforce?

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Kevin Eikenberry

APRIL 3, 2016

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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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

The post Make Happy Work: Create an Extraordinary Culture Where Employees Are Happy & the Organization Thrives appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning. We are talking about a workplace where people want to come to work; where their social needs are being met. Because when those […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

MARCH 26, 2017

The post The Servant Leadership Journal: An 18 Week Journey to Transform You and Your Organization appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning. Written by an experienced leader who is passionate about servant leadership, the book/journal is fashioned around nine behaviors: Serve first Build trust Live […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

JUNE 9, 2013

In the fall of 2009 Guy Harris and I built and piloted a workshop called the Bud to Boss Workshop. We first delivered it to about 35 new supervisors in downtown Chicago. A few weeks later we delivered it again in Nashville with about 20 more leaders. We built the workshop because we knew that [.].

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Kevin Eikenberry

MAY 16, 2022

Retaining top talent should always be a focus of leaders and organizations. While there many facets to talent retention, too often individual leaders look to the organization and/or HR to find solutions that keep the best talent onboard. Yet, […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

At some time of the year, most organizations spend time focusing on setting goals. And yet, for most organizations (and many individuals), the track record of achieving the goals that are set […]. It is a common practice that is understandable – you don’t need me to give a list of reasons why goals are valuable.

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Most organizations set goals. And the teams in those organizations either set theirs or are handed them based on those organizational goals. While we could have a conversation about how effectively they are set, the biggest problem isn’t in the setting process. It is in having a plan for achieving goals once they are set. […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

That why so many organizations look for benchmarks to compare performance, understand gaps, and measure success. Benchmarking can create new perspectives and a competitive edge in business. Those objectives sound valuable for an individual as well, don’t they?

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 6, 2021

In the time of the Great Resignation, when organizations are cutting operating hours and running leaner than ever because they can’t get the help they need, many have declared a war for talent. I understand the challenges, concerns, and urgency all of the upheaval is causing organizations and leaders. But is it really a war? […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

MAY 9, 2022

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? Chances are you have experienced a bad manger or leader. The Costs Studies have found the cost of bad managers in the US […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

JUNE 24, 2012

Chris Edmonds and Lisa Zigarmi That is quite a long title – for a book with very short (and powerful) ideas! Written as the sub title says in 140 short quotations – actually they are all tweets originally posted on Twitter – this book is super readable. So if you are a person [.].

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 11, 2022

What is it doing to organizations? What can organizations do about it? “The great resignation.” ” It’s a hot topic right now and it’s mostly been discussed as as a macroeconomic concept. What’s causing it?

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Kevin Eikenberry

AUGUST 18, 2021

Big external factors have always impacted our organizations and the context of our work, but never has it seemed as obvious and […]. As you look into the future of work and your workplace, there is plenty of uncertainty. When things are uncertain, we don’t feel like we have much control of events and the future.

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Kevin Eikenberry

AUGUST 8, 2021

As you looked at the future for your industry, your organization, your work, and your workplace, you saw lots of changes and uncertainty ahead. Put yourself in a time machine and dial it back two years. Plenty was being written and spoken about how fast change was happening and how to cope with it. Now […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

MAY 16, 2021

While the status quo requires no leadership, no organization wants to simply maintain the status quo. Equipping yourself and other leaders in your organization with […]. The world is changing too fast for “the way things were (or are)” to be the way the world will be. That means every leader must address and implement change.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JUNE 5, 2022

Inclusion in an organizational sense now describes a place/organization/team where everyone feels respected and their contributions towards organizational goals are valued. As humans, we know what it feels like to be included – or not. Few would argue against that goal.

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Kevin Eikenberry

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Organizations around the globe are trying to figure out what the future of their workplace will look like. Organizational culture has been an important topic for a number of years, but right now, as I’m recording this video at the beginning of 2022, culture has never been a bigger focus.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JULY 24, 2022

Perhaps the biggest challenge facing many organizations today relates to the return to office. There are a ton of emotions, opinions, and anxiety about these plans. Whether you have made decisions and implemented them or not, the uncertainty surrounding the Return to Office is justified and understandable.

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Kevin Eikenberry

AUGUST 11, 2021

Let me start with the obvious: 2020 and 2021 (so far) have been hard on your organization and also for you as a leader and likely a long-distance teammate. Now for the equally true but less obvious: The future, starting now and for awhile, isn’t going to be easier – in fact, it might be […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Engagement is a popular topic and something that most organizations are constantly striving for. And it’s a worthy goal but the problem is that most organizations are thinking about it all wrong. To help us understand this, it might help if we take a look at the actual definition of the word.

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Kevin Eikenberry

AUGUST 10, 2020

In a world of constant change where the status quo is a myth, making decisions are part of the lifeblood of any successful organization. Leaders who try to make all those decisions will be pressed, stressed, and likely behind. Whether thinking about the short-term need for decisions to be made or the long-term implications for […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

MARCH 6, 2022

But every organization and industry shifted to new priorities in that new world. Who knew that a pandemic would quickly and drastically shift our focus and priorities? Depending on your industry, the nature of the changes brought on by the pandemic might have been different. The post How Are You Developing New and Frontline Leaders?

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Kevin Eikenberry

MARCH 16, 2020

Or perhaps out of an abundance of caution, your organization has decided to allow people to work from home. Or people have self-quarantined after travel. Or your state has issued guidance to have people work from home if possible. Whatever the reasons, if this is you, […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 31, 2021

If organizations invested any money in leadership development last year, it was to assist leaders who were suddenly thrust into remote leadership situations. While that make some sense given the unpredictable happenings of the year, the need to develop leaders in all parts of their roles didn’t magically disappear.

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Kevin Eikenberry

AUGUST 16, 2021

Now that many organizations are settling into – or planning for – a hybrid workplace, they are looking for […]. People looked for ways to host virtual lunches, virtual happy hours, and other time-consuming, sometimes elaborate approaches to building teams virtually.

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Kevin Eikenberry

MARCH 14, 2021

It is likely that more than half of all organizations will have […]. One thing is clear – what the workplace will look like in the future will be different than it used to. For the past year, many have been mandated to work remotely. But when the mandates and health concerns are gone, then what?

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Kevin Eikenberry

AUGUST 30, 2020

We have helped leaders and organizations overcome those challenges for years. One of the most challenging transitions of a career is to move into a leadership role for the first time. If you are doing it after being promoted to lead your former peers, it is even harder. Now a new challenge has added to […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

MARCH 7, 2021

We’ve been helping individuals and organizations with remote leadership for many years. Not surprisingly, in the last year, the desire to improve remote leadership has been greater than ever. The desire and interest are there. But the willingness to do what it takes to learn the skills isn’t always there. In the past year, we […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Whether because conferences have been cancelled, live training in organizations isn’t possible, people have been too busy with all the change in the world, or budgets were slashed, leadership development has unfortunately been curtailed, perhaps when it has been needed most.

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Kevin Eikenberry

MAY 17, 2020

Has the pandemic and shutdown changed the plan, outlook, and finances of your organization? Are you wanting to continue developing our leaders and teams, but aren’t sure how to navigate the changes, make good choices, and stretch your investments as far as you can? Would you like it to be easier to choose the best […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

APRIL 4, 2021

Last year, many organizations were forced to send people into remote work. Whatever your working situation is today, it is likely different than it was a year ago. And if you are like many people, the future of work for you may not look like the present or the past. However, the future will be […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

MARCH 25, 2019

If new to the organization, they might have some leadership credibility, but no credibility around their work or the organization. If promoted from within, they likely have credibility around their work, but not necessarily their leadership. Regardless of the […].

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