At some time of the year, most organizations spend time focusing on setting goals. It is a common practice that is understandable – you don’t need me to give a list of reasons why goals are valuable. And yet, for most organizations (and many individuals), the track record of achieving the goals that are set […] The post Setting the Goal is Just the Start appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning ..read more

Should leaders give gifts (at the holidays or any other time) to their team members? If so, is it sending the message I want it to? Most important perhaps, what do I get them? These are fair questions. And while I am not your tax accountant, they might want to weigh in on this matter […] The post Give the Gift of Learning appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning ..read more

In this episode, we’re talking about creating deliberate intent. You know, Sir Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa, Tenzing Norgay, didn’t reach the summit of Everest because they were out for a walk. And someone doesn’t become an Olympic champion by playing in their neighborhood. I could give you a hundred examples of this. I mean, […] The post Create Deliberate Intent – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning ..read more

Workplace wellbeing isn’t something many people talked about 30 years ago. While that may not be surprising, it wasn’t on the radar of many people three years ago either. Now, mental and emotional health is a safer topic for cocktail parties, is mentioned on the news, and cited as a problem by top performers around […] The post Why We Must Focus on Workplace Wellbeing appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning ..read more

  When people ask me “What do you do for a living?” in a casual conversation, the simplest answer is, “I lead a training and consulting company.” And technically, it is true. But it is a sorely incomplete and surface-level response that doesn’t begin to reflect why I do what I do. It would be […] The post Why I Do What I Do appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning ..read more

If you’re a leader, you’re in the change business. And if you’re in the change business, you have to think about how you help people make the choice to change. If you want people to change, you need to be more influential. And so since leadership is an influence activity, we should work on getting […] The post A Key to Greater Influence – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning ..read more

You’ve heard it said that failing to plan is planning to fail. You have also likely had times when you didn’t plan or didn’t do it well enough. While we all agree with that wisdom of planning, we don’t always implement a planning process that improves our success rate. While planning (especially for big projects) […] The post Failing to Plan is… appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning ..read more

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. […] The post Planning Now to Reach the Goals You Set appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning ..read more

A life of ease. Leaning back on your couch, enjoying a favorite activity, working to learn something so it becomes easy for you to live in your comfort zone. This all sounds so very good. And yet, is that goal the goal that serves us best: to just get to where it all becomes easy? […] The post Is Easy the Right Goal? – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning ..read more

Here are a few things we know about leadership – it is important, but it is also complex and confusing. When you put those things together, sometimes we make it even more complex – which doesn’t help us. So, let’s step back and clarify what leadership requires as a starting point by creating an acrostic, […] The post Leadership By the Letters appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning ..read more