Kevin Eikenberry

MARCH 16, 2020

The post Five Things Leaders of Newly Remote Teams Must Do appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning. Or perhaps out of an abundance of caution, your organization has decided to allow people to work from home. Whatever the reasons, if this is you, […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

AUGUST 10, 2020

The post How to Encourage Your Team to Make Decisions appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning. 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

JUNE 28, 2021

It is one thing to take a group of individuals and create a team in a shared environment. But when some of your team members are in the office together some of the time, some may […]. The post Three Things You Must Do to Build a Successful Hybrid Team appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

AUGUST 16, 2021

In the early days of the pandemic, the rush was on for remote team building. 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

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

In order for your hybrid team to succeed, individual hybrid team members must have the skills to succeed. The post Is Your Team Ready to Succeed in a Hybrid Workplace? The old cliché that the chain is only as strong as the weakest link definitely applies here.

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

You and your team have been working remotely for months now – with no specific end in sight. The post 7 Signs Your Remote Team Needs Additional Training appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning. And during this time, people have likely been working harder than ever and in new ways.

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Kevin Eikenberry

APRIL 10, 2022

The post Connectable: How Leaders Can Move Teams from Isolated to All In appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning. Both personally and professionally, the very real sense of isolation has grown as travel has been restricted and the workplace for many […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The post Mute Yourself, Not Your Team – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning. And while there are a variety of reasons and situations where muting makes sense (I’ll review them in the video), there are even more reasons why you should UNMUTE […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

MARCH 20, 2020

I’m blessed to work with a team of people who have, in large part, been remote workers for a long time. I’m doubly blessed that we have experience and expertise helping leaders lead remotely and team members succeed remotely. Given the COVID-19 pandemic, more people than ever need that experience. That’s why I am so […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

Some remote team members are full-time working from home, or on a client site. The post Helping Remote Team Members Be Successful appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning. It’s not big news that more and more people are working away from the office. Others work from home one or two days a week.

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Kevin Eikenberry

MAY 28, 2018

When you look at high performing teams, a common factor is a high-working level of trust between the team members and with the leader. Even fewer know how to do that with a remote team. The post Building Trust on a Remote Team appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Trust is valuable for a team to be successful. The post Building Trust on Remote Teams appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning. The post Building Trust on Remote Teams appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning. It is perhaps even more valuable when those people work remotely.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JULY 19, 2020

The post Making Zoom Work for You and Your Team appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning. People are creating and sending Zoom links for everything from first grade instruction to daily meetings to conversations between grandparents and grandkids. It […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

If you are on (or lead) a remote team, you have remote technology. You might have even added a new tool, thinking it would be the solution to the woes that face your remote team. Is your team woe-free […]. You likely have licenses and logins for a variety of tools. And what did you find?

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 9, 2019

People who were on a team together worked in the same location, saw each other every day – that was what a work team looked like. Today, most people recognize the reality of remote work and remote teams and realize that this […]. The post What Kind of Team Do You Have?

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Kevin Eikenberry

AUGUST 21, 2014

Last week, I wrote about the importance of seeing opportunity in your team and what you can do to help your team see opportunities as well. I ended by telling you that the way to create that opportunity view was by creating a definiteness of purpose across all members of your team. Then I promised […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

JUNE 24, 2019

Having team commitment seems like a good thing (it is). Even if you want to and believe you can improve your team commitment, you must know what you are trying to improve. Because team commitment isn’t one […]. But it isn’t something people always think about or feel like they have much influence over (you do).

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Kevin Eikenberry

APRIL 8, 2019

Coaching is important, regardless of team member location. The post Finding Coaching Moments with Remote Team Members appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning. The post Finding Coaching Moments with Remote Team Members appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

APRIL 6, 2020

They have a responsibility for helping that team reach their goals. They are likely on at least two teams – the team of their peers and the […]. The post What Team Are You On? Most leaders think of their job as that of leading. They have expectations placed on them by the organization to manage and lead.

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Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Would you like your team to have greater collaboration and trust? Would you like easier and more effective communication, across your team – whether you are remote or face-to-face? If you had a proven tool to help in all those areas, would you use it? That tool exists, though you might not be aware of […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Everyone thinks teams are a good thing. Leaders like to form teams. People, for the most part, believe in the value and purpose of teams. All of us are smarter than each of us.” and “1 + 1 = 3” are just two common phrases that reinforce and prove how pervasive our [.].

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Kevin Eikenberry

JUNE 11, 2018

All effective leaders must learn to delegate effectively, and increasingly, they are leading hybrid teams – where some of the team members are co-located and others work away from the rest of the group. The post Delegation on a Hybrid Team appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Team member commitment is a much-discussed topic among leaders. Whether they are lamenting the lack of it or basking in the high levels of it, astute leaders are thinking about the commitment of their team members, because they know it is the leading indicator of things like turnover, productivity, quality, and more.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Perhaps more importantly, how often is your team being diverted and losing focus? The post From Fragmented to Focused: Helping Your Team Stay Focused appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning. How often do you succumb to the lure of the shiny object diverting your attention?

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Kevin Eikenberry

JULY 5, 2020

As I talk to leaders and team members who are working remotely, I hear their challenges, struggles, and concerns. One of the biggest challenges I hear is about remote team communication. But Zoom, Slack, and Microsoft Teams (and all the tools like them) don’t perfect […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 17, 2019

How can we as leaders help our team members if they are feeling burned out? The post How Leaders Can Help with Team Member Burnout – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning. As leaders, while we don’t like to admit it, we can sometimes be the cause of employee burnout.

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Kevin Eikenberry

MARCH 11, 2019

And that is just part of how you are influencing your team. The post Three Keys to Influencing Your Team More Effectively appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning. People are watching what you do, when you do it, and how you do it. They are listening to what you say, how you say it and when you say it.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 22, 2018

As a person who has worked remotely, leads a team who largely work remotely, and works with leaders of remote teams regularly, there is much advice I could share about how to be successful working remotely. The post Three Keys to Being a Successful Remote Team Member appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

AUGUST 29, 2017

I was recently asked, How do you handle team-building when you have a remote team? The post Team Building at a Distance appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning. And the truth is we are getting asked this question more and more because leading remote employees is now a fact of life.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 30, 2017

As the co-founder of The Remote Leadership Institute, having worked with a wide variety of leaders and organizations with remote teams, and as a leader of a remote team myself, I believe thinking about the type of team you lead is important. My goal here is two-fold – to provide some nomenclature, so that those […].

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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

MAY 7, 2012

Would you like to have a team that performed as well as your favorite band? With the five tips below you can be on way to creating that rock star team. Have you ever enjoyed the sounds of a rock and roll band? Have a clear vision and purpose. The band needs to know the [.].

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

If you are reading this as a leader, the two obvious answers to the “who’s on your team?” question are: The team you lead. The post Who’s on Your Team? Even if that is true, read on. This article, and this question is for you. The […]. appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JULY 8, 2012

By John Chen Technology can make our lives easier and more productive – especially when teams are comprised of people working remotely. All of the technology in the world won’t make teams effective or the individuals on them as productive as possible. In this new book, the author puts the need for team building together [.].

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Kevin Eikenberry

MARCH 13, 2017

Putting the right people on the team is a foundational component of our success; after all, people who aren’t the perfect fit will lead to teams and individuals who may struggle mightily and never reach their potential. Hiring is one of the most important roles of a leader. When we put the right people in […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Maybe you find yourself in a new team environment and leading a team for the first time, or maybe you have been working with and leading teams forever. Either way, the keys in this article – whether as new information or a fresh reminder – can make a world of difference in morale, productivity, and [.].

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Kevin Eikenberry

JULY 23, 2017

We are looking for two new members for our team. The post We Are Looking to Add to Our Team appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning. It is a problem because there is a gap. It is good, because it means we are growing. But we aren’t looking for just anyone.

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