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Do You Hold People Accountable or Help Them Be Accountable?

Accountability. We throw the word around quite a bit in leadership circles. We use phrases like ‘holding people accountable.” To many managers, it’s the stick we use when the carrot doesn’t work. In the words of that great philosopher Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride, “You keep using that word. I do not think it

Julius Caesar’s Guide to Returning to the Office

What does Julius Caesar have to do with a 21st century pandemic and returning to the office after being gone so long? History never fails to provide lessons if you look for them. Are you pining to get back to the office after the pandemic lockdown? Do you imagine a triumphant entry with everyone

Culture is THE Thing

by Kevin Eikenberry You don’t have to go far or read very widely today to find people talking about the future of the workplace – and if there will be a collective “place” at all. Those reading this are likely not all in the same place with their personal thoughts and feelings about this future,

The First Rule of Remote Leadership

In all the talk about hybrid work and RTO (Returning To Office for those of us who are acronym-intolerant), it’s easy to stress out. Let me remind you of a very simple rule to help guide your thinking. In The Long-Distance Leader: Rules for Remarkable Remote Leadership, we have 18 (sort of 19) rules for

Be Honest About the Known Unknowns When Returning to the Office

What do you know about how the next couple of months look for your team? There’s a strange tension in the air right now as people see the end of the COVID tunnel. Many organizations are making concrete plans for returning to the office, a continuation of remote work, or some oddball combination of those.

Questions Hybrid Work Will Raise

by Kevin Eikenberry If you worked remotely over the past year or so, you are likely now in one of two positions: You either know you will have some sort of hybrid work future, or you are still waiting to hear what your future of work will be, but expect there will be a hybrid

You Need to Coach Your Stars, Too

One of the things many leaders feel we don’t do as well as we could is coach our people. Whether our team is co-located or scattered to the winds, it’s hard to find the time to coach effectively. When we do, it’s almost always focused on improving weak performance. That means we spend most of

Which Matters More: Results or People?

By Kevin Eikenberry Which matters more, the results people are hired to do, or the people who must do that work? Some see it like the chicken and the egg riddle, while others clearly find themselves on one side of the other. We are living in a time where the tangible results of how leaders

Thinking About Feedback Backwards

Offering feedback to people who aren’t located with you can be complicated. Should you send an email or get on the phone? Do you need to set up a zoom call, or will a quick shout-out on Slack get the job done? And why do they act like you’ve never told them something before when

Will You Experience the Coming Exodus?

by Kevin Eikenberry Someday, the pandemic will end. Not everyone will declare it at the same time, or view it in exactly the same way, but that day is coming. Is your organization ready for it? According to the Pulse of the American Worker Survey from Prudential, 26% of respondents plan to look for a

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