Leadership Freak
MAY 2, 2012
Insecure people who won’t try are frustrating. Insecurity stagnates. Confidence explodes outward, fear implodes. There’s little success or progress apart from personal confidence. The problem of confidence: You cannot make others feel confident. Security and insecurity are functions of the self. Successful leaders, however, help others find confidence, assuming they want to find it.
Kevin Eikenberry
MAY 14, 2012
Perhaps this post will prove you can stretch a metaphor a long way (almost as far as a mother of six can stretch a pound of hamburger). The reality is that I decided to see what I could come up with because this week is National Hamburger Week. I spent some time thinking about hamburgers [.].
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Leadership Freak
MAY 23, 2012
Poorly run meetings start in the wrong place and end up rushed before they’re done. Right place: Leave inconsequential items for the end. Deal with big items at the beginning. I’m tempted to check off a few quick agenda items before digging into the meat of meetings. It’s seductive but ineffective and inefficient. Don’t prioritize [.].
Leadership Freak
MAY 5, 2012
Leaders fail when their mouths are too big and their ears are too small. Listening is powerful because it informs talking. The only way leaders know what to say is to listen. Great leadership is great listening. On a recent drive with a young leader I noticed how he’s learned to talk less and listen more. [.].
Speaker: Carolyn Clark and Miriam Connaughton
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Leadership Freak
MAY 29, 2012
You can’t lead when you know too much. Education establishes barriers to thinking. Everything that comes your way is instantly judged by what you know. In some cases the less you know the more open you are. People with knowledge say things like, “We can’t do that because…” Another reason you can’t lead is too [.].
Leadership Freak
MAY 17, 2012
Successful leaders lift people; failures drain them. You either bring vitality or you exhaust. Recently a leader from a Fortune 500 company that I’ve worked with reminded me of something I wrote. “No Encouragement is Discouragement.” His reminder stuck. It’s still on my mind, five days later. Who have you encouraged in the last day [.].
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Leadership Freak
MAY 16, 2012
The purpose of leadership is to identify and create the future. If you want to lead, go somewhere and take someone with you. The challenge of leadership is helping people keep up. You are ahead. If you aren’t ahead you aren’t leading. 10 ways to face the challenges of leadership: Embrace dissatisfaction and discontent with optimism. [.].
Leadership Freak
MAY 1, 2012
** Everyone engages in self-defeating behaviors. “Part of my job is helping people get out of their own way,” Joel Garfinkle author of Getting Ahead. Which of these self-defeating behaviors hold you back? Hiding from what you really think or feel. Over thinking and under acting. Focusing on “why” at the expense of “what” and [.].
Leadership Freak
MAY 8, 2012
If you never disagree you’re irrelevant. Here’s how to disagree successfully: Ask what to do if you disagree before disagreements emerge. Watch and learn when others disagree. Avoid win-lose situations, it’s likely you’ll lose. Know and embrace the boss’ goals. If you don’t align with the big picture, find another job. Come with solutions and [.].
Leadership Freak
MAY 31, 2012
The difference between great and average, when it comes to organizations, isn’t simply efficiency or effectiveness, it’s culture. Great organizations have great cultures. “The context in which people work shapes them.” Brook Manville. But what is culture? Culture goes beyond what you do to how you do. It’s the way you: Think. Act. Interact, most importantly. [.].
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
Leadership Freak
MAY 22, 2012
Some tell you what you want to hear others tell you what they need to say. How can you dig through a cacophony of voices and find great advice? Honest, trustworthy, insightful advice comes hard. Which advisor: Options or insights matter. When you’re seeking options go to someone who’s been there. When you need insight go [.].
Leadership Freak
MAY 7, 2012
Courage is the willingness and resolve to act when outcomes are uncertain. Everyone needs courage because we live in turbulent, changing times. Nothing good gets done without courage. Powerful leaders encourage – fill with courage – so that others can press through their fears. Fear pulls back; courage pushes forward. “Life shrinks or expands in [.].
Leadership Freak
MAY 27, 2012
A Leadership Freak reader asked, “How do you deal with others who expend energy stopping people from reaching their goals?” The context is perfectionism. Perfectionistic roadblockers may act intentionally or accidentally out of ignorance. The paralysis of perfection is rampant. Four types of perfectionistic roadblockers: Vision that’s so big it paralyzes.
Leadership Freak
MAY 11, 2012
If you plan to achieve great things you must develop great leaders. How to fail: The break-fix model seldom develops greatness. The break-fix model is problem-centric and backward-facing. Break-fix works for systems and processes but not for people. Fix organizations – develop people. Closely related to the demoralizing break-fix approach is the ever faithful but [.].
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.
Kevin Eikenberry
MAY 4, 2012
In workshops (including yesterday), I’m often asked how to raise confidence – either in ourselves or in those we lead. It is is a valuable question, yet it often leads to the question of balance – what’s the connection between confidence and humility? Today’s quotation addresses the humility side is a very simple and enlightening [.].
Kevin Eikenberry
MAY 7, 2012
Have you ever enjoyed the sounds of a rock and roll band? Would you like to have a team that performed as well as your favorite band? With the five tips below you can be on way to creating that rock star team. Have a clear vision and purpose. The band needs to know the [.].
Leadership Freak
MAY 13, 2012
Have you noticed this hypocrisy in yourself or people in your organization? Out of one side of our mouths we say, “We love new ideas.” Out of the other we say, “We hate change.” New ideas change things. Tendency: Organizations tend to harden their methods, processes, and procedures as time passes; they resist change. New [.].
Leadership Freak
MAY 25, 2012
If excellence was easy there’d be more of it. The path to excellence is paved with tough conversations; not mean, tough. Excellence challenges average. All great leaders achieve excellence by facing tough issues quickly and head on. “Tough issues aren’t like wine.” Michael Hyatt. I asked Michael Hyatt, Chairman of Thomas Nelson publishing and author [.].
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.
Leadership Freak
MAY 10, 2012
Few things are more dissatisfying and unfulfilling as adapting your inner compass to others. If you don’t know who you are you’ll become someone else. You’ve accepted your own inner compass when you lose the need to defend it. The demands of leadership, however, call leaders to find and listen to wise advice – to learn [.].
Kevin Eikenberry
MAY 11, 2012
In the last 10 days, I have spent time with three groups, totaling well over 500 people, talking about change – how to understand and lead it. Change is an important topic for us today, as there is so much of it around us. What I find in both my study, work, and through observation, is that we have [.].
Leadership Freak
MAY 14, 2012
I’ve rejected the “savior-leader” model but still feel pressure to be one. Savior-leaders arrive on unicorns and solve problems by sprinkling fairy dust over people and organizations. Poof! Everything is magically fixed. Internal: Internal pressure to have answers presses me to give answers. I want to be the savior. Often I believe I have answers.
Kevin Eikenberry
MAY 21, 2012
During an unlikely 1973 comeback from last place to first place in the final month of the season, a New York Mets pitcher was credited with the phrase that became the rallying cry of the team and city – “ya gotta believe!” That phrase was widely credited with helping the team go 20-8 to finish [.].
Speaker: Brian Richardson
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Kevin Eikenberry
MAY 25, 2012
I love this quote because it is addresses a challenge I often hear about – and experience myself. “Stop waiting until things are perfect. Obstacles will always be there. They’ll never just go away. Find a way through them.” - Ralph Marston, author Questions to Ponder What are you waiting for? What is the worst thing [.].
Leadership Freak
MAY 28, 2012
Foolish leaders permit aspirations to minimize affirmations. Affirmations encourage and motivate by pointing to progress and success. On the other hand, aspirations say we aren’t there yet. Aspirations set targets; affirmations celebrate achievement. Aspiration: My aspirations include building an organization where everyone supports the success of others.
Leadership Freak
MAY 19, 2012
Image source Managers first ask, “How can we best leverage current resources to achieve desired ends?” The second question is, “What do team members love doing – within the parameters of desired ends?” People doing things they love aren’t working. Provide a channel that enables people to do what they love doing. People doing what they [.].
Leadership Freak
MAY 6, 2012
** “Authenticity is your greatest asset. Lose your authenticity and you’ve lost everything,” Marcus Buckingham. For Buckingham authenticity is strength based leadership. But, are you sure who the authentic you is? I’m not. Additionally, I get confused between who I am and who I want to be. Wanting obscures. I want to please people but [.].
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Leadership Freak
MAY 15, 2012
Weak leaders struggle to gain power. Insecure leaders fear losing it. Power is good, it gets things done. Power is bad when it’s used to abuse and manipulate others for selfish ends. Essential: Who takes organizations further? You’ll go further with teams of powerful people. Those who never use power are doomed to be controlled [.].
Leadership Freak
MAY 3, 2012
If the right people don’t know about your work your work doesn’t matter. It may be important. It may be valuable. But, you’ll never get ahead if those over you don’t know your value and accomplishments. Keeping your head down and working hard keeps you down and lets others take credit. Self-promotion: Self-promotion isn’t a [.].
Leadership Freak
MAY 18, 2012
Have you ever argued with someone only to discover you agreed? One partner said to his other partners – who were in heated discussion – “You’re both arguing for the same thing.” I thought his observation intriguing. I started watching my conversations to see if I have “unnecessary” arguments. I do! I argue – say [.].
Leadership Freak
MAY 26, 2012
“The truth is, mediocrity is natural. You don’t have to do anything to drift there. It just happens.” Michael Hyatt. 6 ways to find the courage you need to make “wow” happen: Take a stand for greatness. You must resolve in your heart that you will not sell out or settle. This isn’t necessary for [.].
Speaker: Miriam Connaughton and Donald Knight
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