One of the most common questions I get in workshops and coaching conversations is this… “How do you motivate an unmotivated person?” This question has two basic problems. There are no unmotivated people, and You can’t motivate anyone other than you. Let’s quickly deal with these two issues. There are no unmotivated people. Consider this…

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No one likes to make mistakes. But they’re inevitable in life. And as leaders, it’s our responsibility to help our team members get beyond the embarrassment, disappointment and concern that happens when they make them. Here are four tips to help smooth the pain of mistakes and help to move beyond them. Tweet it out:

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When I am with a group, whether training, consulting or coaching, it is a rare day when issues or questions about accountability don’t come up. Accountability is more than a buzz word, it is a behavior exhibited by all highly productive and successful people in any field. Which is why people ask about it –

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In today’s episode, I’m joined by Becky Robinson, author, and the founder and CEO of Weaving Influence, Inc., a social media and digital publicity company for authors and thought leaders. We’ll discuss entrepreneurship from a female’s perspective, and how to successfully create and lead an organization built on specific core values, as well as overcoming

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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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