I wrote this title because people will likely read it – we love secrets to success, and if they are surprising, all the better. Depending on your beliefs and experience, this post may be neither. Either way, what am about to share will make a difference for you professionally and for the organization you serve.

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At the end of last year I wrote a blog post titled, Eight Ways to Be a Better Leader in 2018. And in today’s video, I am focusing on just one of those ways, specifically: More Productivity Less Place. Tweet it out: Focus what people are accomplishing, not where they are doing the work. @KevinEikenberry

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If you coach others you have certainly thought about why people succeed at a task … or don’t. Make no mistake that the solution is complex. There is a question that can help in your thinking: Is it will or skill (that leads them to achieve or not achieve something)? This question has been asked

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Don’t worry – today’s video has nothing to do with running and really nothing to do with sports! What I’m talking about today is helping leaders break barriers – their own and those of their team. Tweet it out: Find success (even small success) and your confidence will grow, which helps you reach even greater

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, Micromanaging. Virtually no leader claims to do it, and those who do, say they are actively trying to stop doing it. Micromanaging is like a bad flu – no one wants it, no one tries to spread it, but we have all been infected with it. Unlike most flu viruses, micromanagement can last a

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Painful isn’t it? The costs are high in time, stress, and a sense of loss (depending on who is leaving). And that doesn’t count the biggest costs in dollars spent and productivity lost. Employee turnover is more frustrating and costly than it has ever been. But it doesn’t have to be this way. I’ve been

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Work-life balance is an extremely common topic and while there are many aspects of this that I adhere to and agree with and encourage, there is one aspect of this that I recommend we DON’T leave at work at the end of the day. Tweet it out: The skills of leadership are the skills of

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If you have kids or if you were ever a kid (and I’m guessing you can answer at least one of these affirmatively??), you have asked or been asked this question before: What did you learn today? And while this is a very valid question, as you’ll notice in the title of this blog post,

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