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After the Congratulations Stop

By Kevin Eikenberry You’ve gotten the promotion – perhaps the one you have dreamed of for a long time. You have moved from individual contributor to leader. While some might be jealous, mostly you have been congratulated on your new role. But after the congratulations fade the reality sets in – you have a new

6 Ways to Improve Collaboration in Your Company

Collaboration is one of the best ways to increase employee morale and productivity. Having your employees talk freely and share their ideas will help them open up and share their ideas.

Implementing the tips discussed above will go a long way in ensuring your employees work as a team for the benefit of your company.

How to Keep the Project Running When You’re Under Stress

Guest post by Eun Rockwell At some point in your career, you’ll encounter stressful situations on the job. A new assignment may loom larger than life. Unforeseen events like illness or family problems can cause stress. Asking for assistance too late has led many project managers to fail and watch the job fall apart.

Putting People and Culture First: The Importance of Developing Relational Intelligence on the Frontlines

One of the most important things for a new manager or supervisor to do is build great relationships with their direct reports. This is the primary driver of getting the best work out of your team. To do this, you must learn and develop relational intelligence.

Three Commitments that Leaders Must Make

Perhaps this title is a little misleading. What I mean is, you don’t necessarily have to make any of these commitments. However, the degree that you don’t make them, you will reduce your success as a leader. There is a direct correlation between a leader’s commitment and their success.

Effective Balanced Leadership

Can we agree that PEOPLE are more effective when they are in a good mood and LEADERS are in a good mood when goals are achieved? So, how do we keep leaders in a good mood, so people/employees are able to achieve remarkable results?

A Better Way for Leaders to Look at Change

By Kevin Eikenberry As a leader, whether you like it or not, you are in the business of change. Put another way, leading change is an important and ever-present part of your leadership work. While we all have significant experience with change both personally and organizationally, how we look at change can make a huge

The Attributes of Successful Sales Leaders

ales is an inherently high pressure, high stress role. Success is almost entirely dictated by numbers, and while there are a multitude of reasons that determine whether people choose to buy or not, salespeople are often left with a huge burden of perceived failure when they’re not meeting targets. For the people working in these roles, they require the strong and effective leadership of management just like any other role. Not only this, but strong leadership is essential to see employee retention and not just a revolving door of new hires. But being in a position of seniority does not automatically equate to leadership.

It’s Okay to Ask for Help

vMost new, front-line leaders have a history of being excellent individual performers. They are good at what they do, and, as a result, they get the opportunity to move into leadership. It makes sense in so many ways, and that common path to leadership can also create a challenge.

Three Things to Share with Your Team

By Kevin Eikenberry When we were kids, our parents and teachers taught us that sharing is an important life skill. Today, I am going to talk about things we can (and should) share as a leader. There are three important things that we should be sharing. Encouragement Your Ear Enthusiasm How about sharing encouragement?

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