As a leader, you need to stay connected to the members of your team – so you know what they are doing, how they are progressing, and have a chance to provide support for them and much more. You can call these meetings lots of things; I’ve heard them called weekly meetings, touch-in meetings, coaching

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by Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tschäppeler Ever been in a meeting when someone mentions a model, and everyone seems to know what they are talking about (except you)? Or ever tried to remember the specifics of a model (like, what does SWOT analysis stand for)? Or wished you had a tool to help you with

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Most of us, when facing a speech, want to be as prepared as possible, planning, rehearsing and practicing for days (or weeks) in advance. And unfortunately, the impromptu speech doesn’t allow for this preparation. So today, I’m giving you four steps to help you prepare for that next impromptu speech that if you haven’t faced

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I’ve been working with people in all levels of organizations for nearly thirty years – from CEO’s to middle managers, from frontline employees to first level leaders. And the single most common concern I’ve heard across all those people, across all those years is: communication in the organization. I’ve worked with organizations where it truly

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When you mention training to people, they have one of three reactions. They love it. They hate it. They have a love/hate relationship with it. You would probably assume that given the nature of my business that I would fall in the first category. Not so fast. Because we work with people in all three

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When we’re talking about technology, the idea of a “reboot” is pretty commonplace. If a computer or tablet or phone is unresponsive and you’ve tried everything, a “reboot” is almost always recommended and often quite successful. Well today, we’re talking about a reboot for leadership, for you. If you’ve ever been frustrated, befuddled, stuck on

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There is an interactive exercise that I often do with groups of leaders where we work together to compile a list of ideas for how to make feedback more successful. And there is one idea that makes the list just about every time: Feedback needs to be clear. I completely agree and today I am

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For the last several years I have led team members who worked elsewhere. And as time as passed my team has become bigger and more scattered; so this subject isn’t academic or theoretical to me, but rather it is the reality I live. And I know I am not alone. If this isn’t your reality

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KevinEikenberry.com has existed since 2004. Today it is reborn (with the third major redesign since the beginning). The site is lovely, functional, and overall we think it is pretty great, but I don’t want to talk about it like a father talks about a new baby (“Did I show you this picture? What about this

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A few years ago I wrote a blog post on supporting team success that has since become one of my most-read posts ever. And today I am sharing six tips to help you support you own team’s success. Tweet it out: Remember you aren’t just the leader of the team, you are a member of

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