Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

When was the last time someone let you know you mattered by listening to you? Real listening is the dodo bird of leadership. 13 reasons leaders don’t listen: Time. Be honest.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

How many times have you gotten a flash of insight, a great idea or remembered the name of that person you couldn’t come up with, while taking a shower? I’ll bet it is more than once. In fact, one survey of highly creative people found that 19% of those people get their best ideas in […]. The post Why You Get Your Best Ideas in the Shower (and Why Matters) appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Your leadership is doomed if you pay attention to everything. Urgency and priority may be separate issues. Ignore things or waste your leadership on things that don’t matter. 7 things successful leaders ignore: #1.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Agreement hinders effective decision-making. The bobble-heads that surround leaders may soothe the leader’s ego, but they harming organizations. They’re protecting their salaries. Agreement before dissent is a pathetic waste of talent.

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Speaker: Kaitlin Ruby Carroll

Retaining top talent in 2025 means rethinking benefits. In a competitive job market, fertility benefits are more than just offerings - they are a commitment to your team’s well-being. Gain critical insights into the latest fertility benefits strategies that can help position your organization as an industry leader. Our expert will explore the unique advantages and challenges of each model, share success stories from top organizations, and offer practical strategies to make benefits decisions tha

Benefits

Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

I don’t want to be a pessimist, but I think there’s more sickness in organizational cultures than health. Healthy organizational culture results from focused attention. Sick cultures indicate distraction and neglect. 7 signs your culture is sick: Isolation prevails. Leaders and employees work in silos. CYA dominates.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Action begins with belief. Wrong beliefs result in wasted effort. Ineffective leaders believe wrong things about themselves, others, situations, and organizations. 5 deadly beliefs that limit leaders: Deadly belief #1. The problem is out there. Helplessness, irresponsibility, and recurring frustration are the result of blame. The first responsibility is taking responsibility for yourself.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Busy is a badge of honor in business circles. But, running around like a chicken with it’s head cut off isn’t a sign of importance. We falsely believe that busyness reflects significance.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

Fear might feel safe, but leadership requires boldness. Fear congeals the past. Boldness builds the future. Fear is survival-mode. Boldness is opportunity-mode. Boldness follows hope. 4 ways to build bold teams: Provide training. Celebrate mistakes.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

George asked, “Do you ever feel pressure?” He was thinking about the breadth and depth of the Leadership Freak audience, as well as, the rigorous writing schedule I maintain.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Don’t go through the motions for another day. Survival might be success during crisis, but it’s failure over the long-term. Define success in order to win. Purpose defines winning.

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Speaker: Jeremy York

2024 has tested every organization, and 2025 promises no less - the warning signs are everywhere. If you’re relying on superficial approaches to diversity, you might find yourself scrambling to catch up. Thought diversity - the fuel for new ideas, fresh perspectives, and disruptive innovation - is more than a buzzword. It's a survival strategy. And if you’re not building it into your workplace culture right now , you’re heading for trouble.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

High performance is about inspiring not pressuring. #1 Philosophies in high performance cultures: Servant-leadership. Leaders serve teammates. Teammates serve each other. Everyone serves customers. Maximize strengths.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Evaluate leaders on their ability to inspire. If I surveyed your team, would they say you inspire them? Any fool can suck the life out of people. Successful leaders aspire to inspire.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

The Proximity Principle: Leaders tend to serve people they see, touch, and spend time with. Leaders who huddle rather than mingle grow inward and serve each other. Distance allows detachment.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

There are a million reasons to stay the same, when you feel pressure to change. In my opinion change is great as long as someone else is doing it.

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Speaker: Radhika Samant and Todd Wuestenberg

Employee recognition has often been deemed a "feel-good" initiative, tied closely to rewards. While we understand its importance, we tend to associate recognition with intangible outcomes like engagement and sentiment, rather than direct impacts on retention and high performance. In today’s workplace, the true ROI of recognition lies in its ability to regenerate tangible, business-driven results.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

The path to remarkable is paved with feedback. Feedback, received well, transforms leaders. However, the behavior leaders fail at most is seeking feedback. Feedback that hurts the most often helps the most.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

There is no secret to success, but some qualities and behaviors make success more likely. 25 qualities and behaviors that make success more likely: Intelligence. Authenticity. Talent. Sociability and connections. Resilience. Seeing the big picture. Hard work. Starting. Finishing. Inspiring others. Focus. Vision. Surrounding yourself with talent. Solving problems Adding value.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

You care, even though you might feel uncomfortable showing it. Personally, for years, I’ve joked, “I’m from Maine. We have feelings on Christmas Eve and the Fourth of July. I’m not a touchy-feely.

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Leadership Development 90

Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

Repetition forms patterns. Patterns define the future. Successful leaders are repeaters. Don’t repeat: Gossip. Repeated words seem truer, even when they’re not. Gossip weakens relationships. Criticism. Disapproval is more powerful than approval.

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Speaker: Miriam Connaughton and Donald Knight

As organizations scale, keeping employees connected, engaged, and productive can seem like a monumental task. But what if AI could help you do all of this and more? AI has the power to help, but the key is implementing it in a way that enhances, rather than replaces, human connection. Join us for an exploration into how industry trailblazers are using AI to transform employee experience at scale while addressing both the potential and the pitfalls.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Life’s darkest frustrations hover over the gap between feeling unimportant and hoping to be significant. Desires for greatness are holy. No one wakes up in the morning with burning desires to be trivial.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Curiosity makes you interesting. (Especially if you want to talk about me.) A participant at a recent presentation asked me about qualities of successful leaders.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

(Warning: This post is approximately 350 words!) “Do you think we have to fight to be our true selves?” The question came from a busy leader with global impact. I replied, “The fight for our authentic self is seen in toddlers and teenagers. But, I wonder if fight is the best word?

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Don’t you “love” it when someone asks, “Do you mind if I give you some feedback?” You can’t say, “Yes, I do mind,” especially if it’s the boss.

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Speaker: Brian Richardson

With a staggering 92% of CEOs prioritizing skill development, and 84% struggling with transformation, mastering upskilling is now more critical than ever. Drawing on extensive research and collaboration with hundreds of leading organizations, discover key hurdles and innovative best practices in workforce upskilling. You'll walk away with a deep understanding of how to build a culture of continuous learning, expert insights into assessing the current skills of your employees, and a strategic too

Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Leaders squander new talent when you give too much guidance. Don’t give instruction that’s rooted in the past, if you want something new. Encourage people to bring themselves to opportunities.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 26, 2015

Dear Dan, I built what I thought was a pretty solid relationship with some colleagues. Recently they hired a new person. Once she got comfortable she started becoming the backstabber.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

Cowards love procrastination. Aspiring authors would kill for the opportunities that come my way. But, I’ve procrastinated on writing a book for three years. I’m afraid of it. Fear blocks possibility.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

If you are a leader, you make decisions, large and small, every day. Many are straightforward and take very little time, but if you have been a leader for very long at all, you have had to face a complex, multi-faceted and difficult problem, where the decision was far from easy or obvious. Often when […]. The post How Leaders Make Hard Decisions appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

Join this brand new webinar with Tim Buteyn to learn how you can master the art of remote onboarding! By the end of this session, you'll understand how to: Craft a Tailored Onboarding Checklist 📝 Develop a comprehensive, customized checklist that ensures every new hire has a smooth transition into your company, no matter where they are in the world.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

If you didn’t have authority, how would you hold people accountable? Don’t demand what must be given.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

It’s time, and you know it. You and your team have identified the idea that will change your world and results. It’s your Disney World, your iPad, or your DVD player. OK, it might not be that big, but it will be a game changer for you. It is big, it is bold, and it […]. The post How To Implement Your Game Changing Ideas appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

“It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

You can tell them, you can order them or you can persuade them…but there’s only one right answer to get people to understand the importance of attending, participating and engaging in training. Remarkable TV: Persuading People to Attend Training Listen to the audio-only version of this episode. Learn more about Remarkable Leadership Workshop, Bud to […].

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Speaker: Andrea Wuchiski

In an era where a workforce spans multiple generations, HR managers and Total Rewards leaders face the unique challenge of designing benefits packages that cater to diverse employee needs. This session will delve into how comprehensive fertility benefits can bridge generational gaps, support employees’ health, and enhance workplace satisfaction. Join us for an insightful session that highlights the strategic importance of fertility benefits in today’s competitive job market.

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