Kevin Eikenberry

MARCH 14, 2022

Optics. The word has morphed from a scientific one (the study of sight and the behavior of light) to something more. Starting in the political realm, and through media, it has now taken on a new meaning relating to how people see an event or decision. As the word has morphed and become more important, […]. The post How Important are Optics? appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

MARCH 13, 2022

The toughest – and perhaps most important – transition of our career is the transition to being a leader. Whether we are doing it for the first time or are now leading a new team. After the congratulations end and you look at the work ahead, you might be thinking “now what?” We’ve learned that […]. The post Your First 45 Days as a Leader appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 30, 2022

Are you experiencing flux or continuous change? Chances are you are almost laughing at how obvious your answer is. Here is another obvious question: Would you like to thrive in times of change (like now)? Would you like some concrete tactics to help you deal with the realities and emotions of constant change? April Rinne […]. The post Flux: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 2, 2022

Burnout. Stress. These seem like a given in the world and the world of work today. If you haven’t experienced them, you are lucky (or in denial). Most would agree with the title of this book that burnout is an epidemic. But most think about it as an individual phenomenon. This wonderful book will convince […]. The post The Burnout Epidemic: The Rise of Chronic Stress and How We Can Fix It appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 14, 2021

This is the last and fourth in a series of episodes about four-letter words. But don’t worry – this and all the other episodes carry a G rating. You can watch the other episodes here. As the title of this post says, I am talking about the longest four-letter word. So technically, it’s not a […]. The post The Longest Four-Letter Word – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Driven in large part by the pandemic, a useful and needed conversation about improving mental health has moved to the front of the stage. And as helpful as that is, the timing seems off. If we wait until we are mentally unhealthy to address it (personally, organizationally, and/or as a society), we are causing unnecessary […]. The post Putting a Focus on Mental Fitness appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Meteorologically, the difference between climate and weather is a measure of time. Climate is how the atmosphere acts over a relatively long period of time. Weather is the atmospheric conditions over a much shorter time period. There is an organizational correlation to the climate and weather relationship. As a leader we need to recognize […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 31, 2021

More gratitude? Yes, please. I’m trying to imagine the person who wouldn’t want more of it… and I’m having trouble. On the other hand, it is one thing to want more gratitude, and another to know how to find it or create it and then savor it. Stated a different way, while we all want […]. The post Would You Like More Gratitude in Your Life? appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 11, 2021

That is a broad question – how important is confidence? Let me narrow it down just a bit – how important is confidence at work? Now that we have framed the question, let’s create a useful answer for you. In short – it more important than you may realize. I could share research to help […]. The post How Important is Confidence? appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

You tell me – is email the best thing since sliced bread or the bane of your work existence? Chances are you have considered it to be both – perhaps on the same day. My colleague and co-author Wayne Turmel wrote a great post with the same title on our Remote Leadership Institute blog and […]. The post Picking Alternatives to Email appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

I know where I will be all week. From 10 am until about 6 pm ET Monday through Friday, I will be live online teaching, having conversations with 40 leadership and professional development experts (including best-selling authors, business leaders and even a Super Bowl Champion), and interacting with an audience live. This will be live […]. The post Join Me Live This Week appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

In facilitating learning experiences (virtually) over the last 18 months with leaders who want to be more effective in leading remote or hybrid teams, one of the most common concerns I hear is, “We can’t collaborate without a whiteboard.” This is a limiting view (I’ll explain in a second), but if you want hybrid collaboration […]. The post Yes, Hybrid Teams Can Collaborate appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

AUGUST 31, 2021

Think about a time when you were really confident – when you did something and before you did it, you were confident about how well it was going to go. What happens when you’re confident? Things generally go pretty well, right? Confidence is critical to our success, especially as leaders. In the video here, I’ll […]. The post Five Keys to Greater Confidence – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

AUGUST 29, 2021

One of the fastest and most predictable ways to build your leadership skills (or most any other skill for that matter), is to learn from experts. And while there are plenty of ways to do that, it can be a slow, laborious, and solitary exercise. Wouldn’t it be great if we could learn from those […]. The post Build Your Leadership Skills and Confidence One Expert At a Time appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

AUGUST 9, 2021

How we see our world and our future is impacted greatly by what we have already experienced. Until March of 2020, even if you had worked remotely some (or a lot), you lived in a world that was place-centric and not work-centric. Now that we all have a new set of experiences, its time to […]. The post Redesigning Work for a Hybrid World appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JULY 20, 2021

There’s a popular fable about a frog in a pot of water. The premise is that if a frog is put suddenly into boiling water, it will jump out, but if the frog is put in tepid water which is then brought to a boil slowly, it won’t perceive the danger and will cook to […]. The post Do You Notice What is Changing? – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JULY 11, 2021

Business and organizational life is a human activity. To think that we can succeed alone without connections to and working relationships with others is folly. Personal productivity and technical expertise are not enough. Research shows (and our experience proves) that the most successful people are good at building and nurturing strong working relationships.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JUNE 27, 2021

The world of work is changing – and with that, the role of the leader and the skills they need to master must change too. Perhaps the single biggest shift in the future will be the emergence of all manner of hybrid teams. Leaders will have to master building hybrid teams in order to succeed. […]. The post Building Hybrid Teams appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JUNE 7, 2021

Recently, I was reminded of the Smith System – a safe driving methodology designed to reduce the chance of major accidents. I was taught this system before I received my company car, and I still remember the five key ideas. In reviewing that list – from memory – 35+ years later, I realized those same […]. The post What Leaders Can Learn from a Safe Driving System appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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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. 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. Equipping yourself and other leaders in your organization with […]. The post Helping You Lead Change appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

APRIL 27, 2021

Every leadership course talks about delegation. And if it doesn’t, it comes up in the conversation. How do I know this? Because I’ve taught hundreds and every time I do, we talk about delegation. And even though it’s a major topic of conversation, many leaders are not doing it well. In the video below, I’m […]. The post Why Are You Delegating?

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Kevin Eikenberry

MARCH 29, 2021

While you might not be a fan of basketball or college basketball specifically, presumably you are a fan of developing your leadership skills. As a fan of both, in watching this year’s NCAA Basketball Tournament, I see several valuable and highly transferable leadership lessons from college basketball. And don’t worry, while I am using the […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 26, 2021

In January 2014, I recorded the very first episode of Remarkable TV. And the episode below is our 365th episode – we haven’t missed a week since we started! That’s like recording and releasing a video every single day for year. And while that first video doesn’t look so great now (watch it here) – […]. The post The Case for Continual Practice – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

When remote work first began, you were likely focused on getting your work done and not using the webcam any more than necessary. As weeks became months, and months may lead to a new way of working long-term, we must begin to conscious consider our virtual presence. How are you being seen? And is your […]. The post Creating Virtual Presence appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Long before we could spell COVID-19, or knew a pandemic would ever affect us, we were helping remote leaders and remote teams succeed through the work of the Remote Leadership Institute. With the upcoming release of our newest book, The Long-Distance Teammate, we have created two new free webinars to share ideas and strategies to help […]. The post How We Can Help as Remote Work Continues appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Long before a pandemic, when many of our meetings were in person, meetings were often riddled with inefficiency and frustration. The shift to virtual meetings hasn’t made it better. While there are many causes of the challenges, it is possible to have productive virtual meetings that are highly collaborative and stay on track. Making that […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 20, 2020

We’ve all been in virtual meetings where a participant (maybe it’s you?) mutes themselves at the start and remains muted for the entirety of the meeting. 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 […]. The post Mute Yourself, Not Your Team – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 18, 2020

We’ve been recording The Remarkable Leadership Podcast since July of 2016. To date, I’ve had conversations with over 230 leadership experts and expert leaders. From the beginning, it has been my goal to make this the most engaging, entertaining, and useful leadership podcast available. Each conversation focuses on informing, inspiring, and encouraging leaders to learn, […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Leadership is a lot of things. It is a role. It likely represents career progress. It can be lonely. And last week, I explained why it is an opportunity. It is also hard to escape the fact that leadership is a responsibility too. But far from scolding or reminding you about some grave facts, I […]. The post Leadership is a Responsibility appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

For many, it started as a short duration necessity – working remotely for a few weeks. Then we thought it would be over by Memorial Day. Then the Fourth of July. Now Labor Day has passed with no end in sight (and maybe a plan to continue to work remotely for the long term). Since […]. The post Some Help With the (Ongoing) Reality of Remote Work appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

AUGUST 17, 2020

No one would argue against the value of empathy. Yet, most would agree it is often in short supply. And while, from an organizational or societal perspective, we could always use more of it, the need is greater than ever. That is why now is the Age of Empathy. Let me tell you why, why […]. The post Now is the Age of Empathy appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

AUGUST 16, 2020

Of all the consequences wrought by the COVID-19 situation, one has been a nearly complete stoppage of all development for leaders. This stoppage is understandable, but unfortunate when leaders (you!) need support and development now more than ever. That is why we have created a first-of-its-kind, virtual leadership broadcast, bringing world-class leadership experts to your […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

JULY 26, 2020

I don’t know about you, but it seems there are more things to distract me than ever. And since distractions are the enemy of productivity and achievement, I’d like to change that. Rather than lamenting those distractions, I’d rather learn the skills for managing distractions. Enter this book, which promises to help us control our […]. The post Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JULY 21, 2020

Do you remember back to 2019? Back to when Corona was simply a beer? (Yeah, it’s hard for us too…) Well back then, there was a lot of talk about how many things were wrong, and how we needed improvement everywhere. And yet now, many of us have “the Good Ole Days” syndrome – when […]. The post Creating the New Normal – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JULY 6, 2020

If you are coaching others in the workplace, you probably have some sort of performance management process. While these typically culminate in the annual meeting, many suggest or require at least a midyear check-in too. Even if your process doesn’t suggest that, I believe you benefit everyone by having midyear check-ins. The question is, how […].

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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. People are figuring out the technology and making that work. But Zoom, Slack, and Microsoft Teams (and all the tools like them) don’t perfect […]. The post A Way to Improve Team Communication – Even When Working Remotely appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JUNE 15, 2020

While everyone wants a friend who is empathetic, some will not consider that to be a necessary work skill/habit. If that includes you, I hope you will continue reading. Here is my premise: an empathetic leader is a remarkable leader. The times we have been living in in 2020 underscore this premise and have actually […]. The post Empathy Skills – What You Can Do to Be More Empathetic appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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