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Happy belated Canada Day and Independence Day to all reading in the U.S. and Canada, and for the rest of you, well, good morning! It's July (already) and many of you in the Northern Hemisphere are thinking about summer vacations and holidays, Unleashing Your Remarkable Potential will still be in your inbox every Monday morning. I'm honored you choose to spend part of your week with me. Speaking of vacations, as you read this, I'm on mine! But through the power of technology this message was prepared and scheduled to be delivered to you prior to my departure. Speaking of technology, if all goes according to plan, next week's issue will include at least one photo of me on my vacation - hopefully with a useful message attached. Vacation or not, productivity continues at Remarkable House for the entire team here at The Kevin Eikenberry Group. One of our current activities is our third annual Best of Leadership Blogs contest. Each July we select ten blogs to vie for this title (thanks to those of you who nominated a blog for inclusion)! Please take a minute to review the nominees and place your vote. We want your voice to be heard – plus you'll be eligible for some great prize drawings just for voting. This week's issue is a valuable one (if I do say so myself), so let's get on with it! Enjoy this issue, have a great week, and remember that . . . . . . You are Remarkable. Yours in learning,
Five Ways To Share Your Leadership Influence The young leader might not recognize it, and the veteran may no longer think about it, but neither situation obscures the truth: leaders influence all the time. At one level this makes complete sense. After all, as leaders we are trying to take people towards a desired destination, and since we can't force anyone to do anything (at least not successfully for any extended length of time), we must rely on our ability to influence others to move them towards the goals. This sort of planned or intentional influence is important, and seldom forgotten, yet it isn't the only influence that matters, nor is it the most common. The more "everyday" influence is what may be forgotten or ignored because we don't realize the subtle forms influence can take and how pervasive it is. The reality is that as a leader everything we do is noticed, analyzed, and has meaning placed on it.
Getting Your Money's Worth From Training and Development
Actually, this isn't one book, it's two. One cover is subtitled "A Guide to Breakthrough Learning for Managers." Flip the book over and the other cover is subtitled: "A Guide to Breakthrough Learning for Participants." When you read the book from the perspective you are most interested in, you will find a surprise in the middle. It ends. And, the next page is upside down (which is the end of the book starting from the other cover)! This unique and functional approach to creating the book is a telling sign of the usefulness of the content itself. As a workbook it contains specific tools, techniques and templates that you are encouraged to use. Sporting good learning approaches, solid and easy to follow examples are included to make both the concepts and the suggested tasks easy to follow and apply. If you are a training professional, you will love this book. If you are a passionate learner who gets frustrated by your inability to apply what you learn in workshops, this book will help you. If you are a corporate leader who wants to know how to create a better return on your training investment, this book will give you practical clues as well (but be prepared to get involved and not just hand it off to someone else). Beach reading? No. Valuable and practical reading? Absolutely. If you fit any of the descriptions shared above, this book deserves a spot on your desk - not just your bookshelf. |
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Happy Monday! 
