by Kevin Eikenberry Because the pandemic, and all the changes it brought to our world have been so pervasive and caused so many emotions among us, it is easy to see why people would want to go back to “normal,” to the “good old days” of pre-pandemic work and life. That desire is understandable, probably

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As a new front-line supervisor, you can use these six secrets to help your own confidence level, as well as those you lead. 

Confidence is an important foundation for productivity and achievement. Take these steps and proactively create better results for yourself and the world around you.

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Change is hard. It doesn’t usually come naturally. And at the end of the day, when we change we have made a choice. And as leaders, when we are trying to lead change at work, we are asking our team to be “all in” – to make a choice to change. Unfortunately, most change leadership

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Can we learn from short video? How short is short? Does the platform matter? These are just a few of the questions we might ask today that we never even considered 5 or 10 years ago. It used to be that we thought of eLearning as short video content. In fact, that is about the

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Who knew that a pandemic would quickly and drastically shift our focus and priorities? Depending on your industry, the nature of the changes brought on by the pandemic might have been different. But every organization and industry shifted to new priorities in that new world. One of the constant organizational needs that dropped off the

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By Kevin Eikenberry As a leader and coach, giving feedback is an important part of our job.  And while we know that, sometimes we find it hard to give feedback because it doesn’t seem like people accept it. While there are many tactics and specific approaches you can use to give feedback, they will be

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Perhaps this title is a little misleading. What I mean is, you don’t necessarily have to make any of these commitments. However, the degree that you don’t make them, you will reduce your success as a leader. There is a direct correlation between a leader’s commitment and their success. 

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Routines are wonderful things. When we have a routine, we no longer have to think about it. We are able to operate automatically, freeing up our brains for other things. Morning routines are especially important as they allow us the opportunity to start the day off successfully and productively. In this video, I am giving

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Recently, I have been hearing my mom and dad in my ear. There are things my parents told me a kid that have become a part of my belief system. But when I thought about them as a leader, I gained a whole other level of insight. Because of this mental exercise, I decided to

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Now, you might already know that I grew up on a farm, and so I have plenty of farm phrases in my vernacular. Some of these phrases wouldn’t make any sense to you. But some of those farm phrases are things you’ve either heard before or maybe even heard here on this blog last week.

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