If you’ve been to this blog before or read anything I’ve written really, you’ve no doubt heard me talking about the most unlikely places that leaders can learn from and today’s episode is no different. Truth is that mistakes are a highly valuable learning opportunity and today I’ll explain how exactly how we can best

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As the year closes out, I’ve been looking back at some of the accomplishments of our team. I share them with you here intentionally, not to brag, but for three specific reasons: To celebrate success. As leaders, too often we allow our teams to move from one thing to the next without proper recognition of

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When it comes to expectations, our very own human nature causes us to act one way or another. And while this is simply the human condition and can’t be helped, it can be a blessing or a curse for us as leaders. Given this, today’s advice comes in the form of just three small words.

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Earlier, I released my list of skills that employees need to focus on and improve on to make the biggest impact in the coming year. Today, I release a similar list for leaders. Actually, leaders would be best served to improve on all skills on both lists – or at least consider all in their

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When we think of “leaders going first”, we often think of those emergency scenes that we normally only see on television – the platoon leader going first; the fire chief leading his team through danger. But the truth is all leaders can be “heroes” and can go first. In today’s video, I’m sharing every day

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By Kevin Eikeberry, co-founder of the Remote Leadership Institute. You’ve likely got a meeting or conference call on your schedule, and at least some employees will be calling in from a remote location. When people aren’t sitting right in front of you, how do you ensure that they are paying attention and fully understanding your

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If you work, you are an employee. Much of what I write about here is about leadership and how to be more effective in helping others choose to follow us in the pursuit of desirable outcomes. But every leader is a member of the team too. Even the CEO, even the owner. For the next

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Today I’m pulling a leadership lesson for us from an unlikely combination: from the words of my pastor and from Woody Allen. Intrigued? Check it out below! Tweet it out: Remarkable leaders don’t always know what to do but they always show up. #JustShowUp @KevinEikenberry

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