Some of my clients are already in leadership roles, they are tenured or new leaders who want to become better leaders or to improve their team environment. Some are not yet leaders, but they want to develop leadership skills in preparation for advancement. One of my more memorable encounters was with a person in the latter

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When an employee is leaving an organization, whether that’s for a new opportunity or retirement, there’s always the chance for “coasting”. And the behaviors of a coasting employee can significantly and negatively impact and influence the rest of the team. In today’s video, I’m going to give you a few pointers on how you can

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In today’s episode, I’m talking with Susan Fowler, who is the author of various by-lined articles, peer-reviewed research, and six books, including the bestselling Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager with Ken Blanchard. In her new best-seller, Why Motivating People Doesn’t Work…and What Does, she applies psychological discoveries that lay out a successful, research-based

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Here at the Kevin Eikenberry Group we spend a lot of time helping leaders of all kinds in all sorts of work situations. One of the most prevalent of those situations is someone leading a remote, or partially remote, team – a team where at least some of the members work at a location remote

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Leaders have a lot on their plate. They have lots to think about, lots to do and lots to decide. This likely conjures a picture of frantic busyness and not one of relaxed calmness. Yet, I propose, and by the end of this article I hope you will agree, that we will be more successful

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On July 26, 2016, Susan Peters, the Vice President of Human Resources at GE announced a shift in how performance management will be done for the 300,000 employees at GE. Her is part of what she announced: “Today we’re announcing our latest update to Performance Development. Bottom line: after running pilots with 30,000 employees and

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Coaching people is a lot like growing grass. Wait, what? That’s right. In today’s episode of Remarkable TV, I’m shooting in a special location (my farm in Michigan) so I’m sharing 3 tips that will help you to coach reluctant people and that I learned when trying to grow grass. It that doesn’t hook you,

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The quote to the right couldn’t be more true. While it is spot on for everyone, it is especially true for leaders. Some (relatively small) percentage of the population is naturally inclined to plan, but most of us just aren’t. So people’s (including yours and your employees’) first inclination in the face of a new project or challenge is to jump right in

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An old Chinese story goes something like this. . . There was a farmer who tilled his fields with a single horse, until that horse escaped. This would seem to be a very difficult situation, yet when asked about his misfortune, the farmer replies, “bad luck or good luck, who knows?” His son went to

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