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What Leaders Can Learn From Watching the Super Bowl

If you are like a lot of people, Sunday you will be watching the Super Bowl. You might be with a group or alone. You might be a true fan of the game (or of the Chiefs, 49ers, or Taylor Swift). Or maybe you are just watching the commercials. Whatever your reasons or watching, the

Beating Blue Monday – the “Worst Day of the Year”

About ten years ago Cliff Arnall, a British scientist, reportedly created a calculation to determine “the most depressing day of the year.” The equation includes seven variables: (W) weather, (D) debt, (d) monthly salary, (T) time since Christmas, (Q) time since last failed attempt, (M) low motivational levels and (NA) the need to take action.

The 5 Choices: The Path to Extraordinary Productivity

By Kory Kogon, Adam Merrill and Leena Rinne I am regularly told how productive I am. My response is usually to thank the person and then tell them I feel far from that. I suppose by many measures I am pretty productive. If that is the case, it is because I have studied it, practiced

What Do You Believe?

I’ve certainly opened with a big question, and it is a question I want you to think about as you read, and hopefully far into the future. Specifically, I want you to think about the beliefs and expectations you hold about those you lead. But before I get back to you personally, let me give

Remarkable TV: Getting More Accountability From Others

THIS is the best and most important place to start in order to get more accountability from others… Want others to be more accountable? Look in the mirror and see if you are modeling the behavior you want from them. @KevinEikenberry (Tweet It) You can learn more about the Remarkable Leadership Learning System here. Until

What Adults Can Learn From Show and Tell

Apparently today is Show and Tell Day at Work. Who knew? When I read this fact, it got me thinking . . . I went back to Mrs. Fredrick’s kindergarten classroom on a warm spring day. I was called to the front. It was my turn to share! No, I don’t remember exactly what I

What More Can I Say? Why Communication Fails and What To Do About It

By Dianna Booher Everyone would like to know why their communications breakdown and how to avoid that problem in the future. Enter communication expert, author, consultant and speaker, Dianna Booher, to help us overcome communication breakdowns with this great new book. I’ve read a number of Dianna’s books (OK, not all 46, but several) and

The Most Important Reason Not to Fear Resistance

Resistance. When I ask groups to tell me what first comes to their minds when they think about change, resistance is always on that list. And their thoughts about it aren’t positive – in fact, I used the word “fear” in the title purposefully. Resistance is typically seen as a negative occurrence and as something

What Leaders Can Learn From Walt Disney

On December 15, 1966 Walt Disney died. His legacy and vision have lived on and expanded in amazing ways in the 48 years since his death. Walt has long been one of my business heroes – after all, look at what he created, and all done with the fabulous outcome of helping people smile, laugh

Seven Ways to Productively Learn From the Past

Not everyone values history or the past in the same way. In the quotation books on my book shelves, for every quote that echoes “history is bunk” (from Henry Ford), I can find a “those who cannot learn from history are bound to repeat it” (from George Santayana). I don’t know if you liked U.S. or

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