You’ve got questions. We’ve got answers. Hi, I’m Kevin Eikenberry, answering the questions that new leaders ask us. Actually, it’s our goal to help all leaders become more productive, successful, and confident. And this set of videos is just one way we do that. Today I’m answering this question. What should I be reading? Are

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Guest article by Kassy LaBorie and Tom Stone One of the biggest mistakes leaders make in an online event is failing to leave enough time to properly bring the session to a close using a memorable wrap-up activity. Closing activities leave a lasting impression for virtual participants—one that ensures time spent in the event was

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You have to give presentations and giving a presentation or communicating one to many is an incredibly valuable and important skill, both for you and for the people you’re presenting to. It’s also something that lots of people don’t like doing, and so consequently they don’t do it very well. So when we get better

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The best teams play hard to the finish. The most exciting races come down to people competing through the finish line. There is tremendous power in the final few weeks of the year – it is the final leg of the race. The power of year-end is finishing the race to the end, powering through

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Does your organization want (and need) more effective front-line leadership? Do you have talented internal trainers and want to leverage their skills for organizational impact? If so, let me suggest the best thing they could do now. It is hard to argue the importance of more effective front-line leadership to the success of any organization. 

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Like so many words we use commonly, the word trust has many layers of meaning. Most of us have similar general perspectives about what it means to trust another person. But there are some subtle differences in how we view this simple word. These subtle differences can have an enormous impact on how we use

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So, what does it mean to have emotional intelligence? Much has been written about this idea. However, no one ever asked what it means to have emotional intelligence until 1995, when psychologist, Daniel Goleman, wrote his landmark book, Emotional Intelligence. In this article, I won’t try to summarize or overly simplify ideas. Instead, I will share

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The word “new” is a word that conjures up many feelings because “new” implies change. And there’s always an emotional component to change. Sometimes that emotion is positive and sometimes it’s negative. But whichever it is, there’s certain to be emotion surrounding it. So here at The Kevin Eikenberry Group, “new” is the word of

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