Persistence is good and virtuous. But it’s also hard. And telling someone to be persistent seldom goes all that well. We may know it, but don’t want to hear it – or even know what to do with the advice when we hear it. Many years ago when I was at Purdue, I was having

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Ask most anyone to tell you why someone is a great leader, and you will likely hear that they are a role model.  Ask most who are leading remotely, and they will wonder what it means to be a long-distance role model. After all, how can you be a role model if people can’t even

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The world has changed a lot in the last 20 months. And all of this change has rightly gotten everyone thinking and talking about the future of work. Where will we work, when we will work, how will we work, and will it all work? There is understandable uncertainty about those questions. But now isn’t

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As you live in this very uncertain present, you can see that the future of your work – where, when, and how you do it – might be changing. If that future looks murky, uncomfortable, or scary, you are not alone. And if you are looking not just for yourself but for your team or

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by Kevin Eikenberry Of all the things a new or frontline leader must think about and attend to, employee engagement might not be at the top of this list. We could talk about why it is important, but suffice it to say, it needs to be on our radar.  While getting a handle on that

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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

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If you are a goal setter (which improves the chances of getting where you want to go), you will achieve them – maybe not all, but many of them. And often people feel empty or feel a sense of ennui when they reach a goal. The good news is, reaching your goal IS the goal.

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It used to be that watching TV meant watching it live. Then we had VHS recorders where we could watch something later (if you could set it up). Then came DVRs, which made it easier, and you could store more shows than you could ever watch. Now we have streaming – and the true advent

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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

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by Kevin Eikenberry Many people are talking about the future of work and talking about hybrid teams.  Time spent helping build and lead hybrid teams is important (here is the Master Class I created on this topic), but success requires more than that.  Remember that your hybrid team is made up of hybrid team members. 

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