Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 26, 2010

So what is your role in influencing creativity and innovation in others? We know it isn’t enough to simply add creativity to a list of values your organization espouses or to bring in consultants who get staff keyed up about innovating. Innovative ideas tend to require more risk than “more of the same”.

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Women on Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

“The death of the traditional salesman has been greatly exaggerated,” heralded a recent column in The Economist (October 22, 2011). Yet there’s been nothing traditional in sales for the past 15 years thanks, in part, to women making it a successful career path. A few keys: Keep a career plan within their vision. Paul, Minn.

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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. The reverse is also true. Setting the Stage for Help.

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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. Your goal is to cover these bases as soon after your promotion as you can. My bigger goal was to prompt action, not just thought. You have an exciting (or scary) task in front of you.

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 20, 2010

This post is specifically for external trainers, consultants and/or coaches – or those considering this as a career option. My goal is three fold: Collect some data about how my colleagues around the world are doing – what’s working and what’s not. Do You Really Need a Meeting to Make a Decision?

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 17, 2011

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe The Bud to Boss Community Re-Opens Its Doors by Kevin Eikenberry on January 17, 2011 in Leadership , Learning February 15th my next book, co-authored with Guy Harris, will be published.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Most do not realize how strong a role this dominating emotion can play in their everyday actions, but once it enters, the results can be catastrophic to the person’s short- and long-term goals. As you work through daily challenges in your job, remember your original reasons you chose this career path and your greater purpose.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

This is the definition of presence, and it is only when we operate in the present that real creativity, growth and innovation occur. Is your rubber-band stretched so tight that it’s about to snap? Efficiency and productivity are not found working at or even near capacity. It's like going to the food bar hungry. I Think Not.

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Tagged as: career success , leadership development , power , professional development , selling Cancel reply Leave a Comment Previous post: Three Ways to Effectively Show Your Gratitude Next post: When People Don’t Know. Do You Really Need a Meeting to Make a Decision?

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

This book identifies ten leadership truths that Jim and Barry have identified over their careers as the core of what leadership is about. 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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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Did the attainment of your 2010 goals lead you closer to success or significance? Is the pursuit of success or significance driving your quest in 2011? My goal is to simply help them leverage their success into becoming significant individuals over the course of our dealings.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

A Roadmap For Recovery Stimulus dollars are headed toward businesses that support these Recovery Act goals: Healthcare : Modernize the healthcare system with electronic medical records systems. Boston , MA Innovative entrepreneurs will find fertile ground for their ideas in Boston.

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 10, 2010

A few days later he embarked on a related career path and he’s never been happier. 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.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

At an organizational level have you focused so much on process improvements and incremental gains that you’ve failed to recognize opportunity and innovate? " If the goal is to get somewhere the mouse is efficiently ineffective. Are you efficient or effective, or do you know? I can use a hand grenade to kill a mosquito.

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 8, 2010

As an online instructor, she facilitates discussions about leadership and helps students apply their learning to their life and careers. 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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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Note: today, 10/28/2011, is the 4 year anniversary of Great Leadership. A community (or nation) that rates high on conformity is less likely to be adaptive, innovative, and probably even viable. Managers work toward goals, ideals, and outcomes--that others largely have set or prescribed. Over 500 posts, woo hoo! Approaches?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

The goal of a sound brand exposure strategy should be to increase your demand, which in turn allows you to pick and choose your opportunities, which in turn further increases your demand…the goal is not to seek every opportunity in the marketplace, but to have the right opportunities seeking you. I Think Not.

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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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Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Coaching: Helping individuals learn to handle a wider range of the processes that occur within the business unit, so that they may advance in career. All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress. Jaques 1998) A manager can get work done simply by using authority to instruct people to do it! Deselection and Dismissal. Continual Improvement.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

Having such a sharp focus ensures you can better whittle down the complexity of processes/interactions, as well as ensuring you don't become too dependent either on your top talent or even on your bigger customers, which can cause you to shift your goals to better suit their needs instead of your purpose. Take Facebook or Twitter.

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 16, 2010

a Guest Post from Steve Roesler by Kevin Eikenberry on November 23, 2010 in Guest Posts , Leadership , Leadership Blogs , Learning Steve Roesler is an award-winning writer and speaker on leadership, management, and career management topics and can be followed online at the popular All Things Workplace website.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 7, 2010

The pressure on you to make bottom line goals is even greater than it has ever been. In the stress of making bottom line goals, you may be missing an opportunity to achieve more than you have. What shared interests can you learn about that you can combine to catalyze innovation for your organization? The CFO owns a couple.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

While I believe bonus structures to be a key component of successful compensation plans, if current employees are generally happy with the existing comp plan and are hitting performance goals there may not be the need to add another layer to the comp plan. While many tend to favor this structure, it is far from perfect as well. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Don’t utilize your competitions practices, but rather innovate around them and improve upon them to create an advantage that can be leveraged in the market. And what are your strategic goals? For our manufacturing organization mentioned above, what value is there in pursuing next practice innovation in their payroll process?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 22, 2010

Simmons C-level Strategies and Awakenings Execupundit Fistful of Talent Great Leadership HR Bartender Inflexion Point John Baldoni Leading Blog Management Excellence Managing Leadership Michael Lee Stallard Mountain State University LeaderTalk QAspire Blog: Tanmay Vora Ramblings from a Glass Half Full Reflections for Personal and Business Development (..)

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HR Digest

MAY 8, 2021

From the vantage point of an extraordinarily lengthy career at the company, Steve Hatfield talked with The HR Digest about how Deloitte’s “purpose-driven” culture has helped forge the workplace of tomorrow. Launched in 2011, Deloitte University is one of the most important investments we make in our people.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2010

Let me begin clearly stating that it is not my goal to be perceived as a word-basher. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2010

True influence is rarely built upon the backs of others, but rather by helping others achieve their goals. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

He had a CEO of his own ego that kept him focused on the larger goals and visions – those that exceeded self-interest. link] mikemyatt Hi Stan: Just having the goal of becoming more humble is a great start. On a more serious note, I find Abraham Lincoln to be the poster child for that rare balance of humility and confidence.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

WRONG …The simple truth of the matter is that the time needed to attain performance goals varies depending among other things the age, size and competitive positioning of the company, the industry, sector and vertical, etc. is most often times incongruous with the long-term best interests of shareholders. But hey, what do I know?

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

I admired him and was pleased when later in his career he managed the Tigers to a World Series Championship as well. 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! I always liked George “Sparky&# Anderson.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

If you approach problematic relationships from the perspective of taking the action that will help others best achieve their goals, you will find few obstacles will stand in your way with regard to resolving conflict. The Importance Factor : Don’t allow yourself to get sucked into succumbing to conflict for the sake of conflict.

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Tony Mayo

JANUARY 4, 2011

Participate in Genuine Success: Vitality, Service, and Outstanding Performance (GS:VSOP) to develop your expertise in the only career strategy that is endlessly scalable. Apply their knowledge to innovate & make things happen. Here are the details. Your organization and your responsibilities can grow only as fast as you do.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

The word no ends discussions, stifles creativity, kills innovation, impedes learning, and gates initiative. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? I Think Not.

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 10, 2011

By Scott Adams, the creator of " Dilbert ," abstracted from How to Get a Real Education in The Wall Street Journal, April 9, 2011. I failed at my first career in banking. I failed at my second career with the phone company. In my senior year of college I asked my adviser how I should pursue my goal of being a banker.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

The goal of a leader is not to clone him/herself, but to harness individual strenghts for the greater good of the team and for the overall benefit of the organization. In fact, most differences don’t require intervention as they actually contribute to a dynamic, creative, innovative culture. I know I am still working on it.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

A goal is a specific target and the objectives are the attainment components/benchmarks/hurdles which will lead you toward achieving said goal. Goal: Take that hill – Objectives: taking out the bunkers, machine gun nests, and other fortified positions that stand in your way of taking the hill. I like Mike's framework.

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