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Remarkable TV: A Millenial Reversal

If you lead millennials, if you work with millennials, if you are a millennial…you’ll want to watch this! As leaders, it’s our job to recognize and accept the generational differences in the workplace. And, we will be more successful when we leave labels out of the workplace and treat everyone equally – as human beings. Stop

Coaching Can Be Simple

This picture won’t mean much to you, but to the small group I spent two days with in Houston this week, it means a lot. On the morning of the first day of our intimate training session on Coaching, the group had consumed our entire carafe of water pretty early. When the staff came in

Remarkable TV: Motivating Underachievers

How do I get my people to do more? How do I motivate the chronic underachiever? The answer is: it all starts with you… People achieve based on their expectations and choices. If you want them to achieve more, change their expectations. @KevinEikenberry (Click to Tweet It) Check out our Remarkable Leadership workshop here. Check

A Different Take on Feedback

Feedback says as much about us (the giver) as it does about the receiver. I say this often, and many times people look at me funny. After all, the feedback I give you is about something you did – your behavior or performance – and isn’t about me at all, right? Not so fast my

Your Starting Point for Trust

Pew Research recently published some research titled, Millennials in Adulthood. (You can read much more here.) I was made aware of this research from a piece in USA Today about college basketball players and trust when it quoted one small part of this research. The study used an often used survey question; “Generally speaking, would

Are You a Yardstick of Quality?

Quality. Excellence. High standards. All things worth thinking about personally and professionally. And all things associated with Steve Jobs. So who better than Steve Jobs to challenge us today? Questions to Ponder – Who is my yardstick? – Am I a good yardstick? Action Steps 1. Make your personal expectations of quality clear. 2. Live

What’s Love Got to Do With It?

I’ve written more than once about the connection between love and leadership. Here are two examples – recent and farther back). Today, I want to extend that connection to coaching and feedback. Do you have to love your people in order to give them effective feedback? No. Do your people have to love you in

Remarkable TV: The First Step to Effective Delegation

To make the delegation last for the long-term, you must focus more on the other person and help them succeed rather than just getting the task off your plate. Check out this video to find out how this simple step can make your delegation easier and more effective. If you want to delegate and not

Remarkable TV: Feedback Sandwich

The Feedback Sandwich is a common model for giving feedback to others, and unfortunately an often ineffective one. Check out this video to find out why this approach could be undermining your efforts and learn tips for structuring your feedback so that it is positively received and actually used! Make your feedback honest, meaningful, and

Who is Your Hero?

Last Sunday, much of the world watched the Academy Awards. While I read a book instead, I did see Matthew McConaughey’s acceptance speech on Monday morning. Today’s quotation comes from that speech. While there are other valuable lessons from his speech, this nine word snippet gives all of us something to think about. Questions to

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