In today’s episode, I’m discussing the importance of leadership in the education sector, with Dr. Byron Ernest. Dr. Ernest is Head of Schools for Hoosier Academies in Indiana, a virtual/hybrid blended academy that facilitates learning throughout the state to over 4,000 Indiana students K-12. With roles serving on Indiana Education Kitchen Cabinet and the State

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I don’t know where this type of comparison phrase originated, or even why it has become so popular; but it certainly has. And you have heard it many times: Breakfast is the new lunch. YouTube is the new TV. Sitting is the new smoking. I’ve got a new one for you today. September is the

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I officially joined the workforce as PCs were becoming the norm. While there are many things that have changed about work over that span, the single biggest change to the work and workday of people has been the advent of, proliferation of, and reliance on . . . email. Email has become a pervasive part

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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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In a recent post, Frank Granara and Lorraine Grubbs, co-authors of Beyond the Executive Comfort Zone: Outrageous Tactics to Ignite Individual Performance, offered insight on how to shake things up and push both yourself and your team out of your comfort zone. Today, I am going to expand on that. Take a minute and mentally put yourself

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A conversation obviously requires two participants, but there are a few tips that you can employ to improve your chances of having a better, more effective and more interesting conversation. Check them out in today’s video! Tweet it out: If you want to master the art of conversation, start with the art of questions. @KevinEikenberry

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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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Five minutes certainly isn’t a huge amount of time, but there is value in every second of every day. And if you want to be more productive and more successful, you have to take advantage of all of the five minute blocks that you have in a day. Check out today’s video for tips on

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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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