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7 Reasons Why Education is a Wise Investment
By Kevin Eikenberry · 14 years ago
While different people will have different opinions about "education" and its value, I don`t know anyone who wouldn`t agree that "learning more" is better than "knowing less".
Education, as I define it for this article, ...
Capturing Your Flashes of Brilliance
By Kevin Eikenberry · 14 years ago
We`ve all heard the phrase a "flash of inspiration" or a "flash of brilliance". I don`t know where those phrases came from exactly, but they create a perfect metaphor.
Think about the flash from a ...
To What Do You Pledge Your Allegiance?
By Kevin Eikenberry · 14 years ago
If you grew up in the United States, you know what I`m talking about. Every child learns the Pledge of Allegiance in elementary school . . .
"I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the ...
Are You Serious? Six Ways to Answer That Important Question
By Kevin Eikenberry · 14 years ago
I`m guessing this has happened to you.
Someone - could be a spouse, co-worker, friend, anyone - tells you of his/her new plan or goal. He`s going to lose 30 pounds. She`s going to learn ...
Motivation or Inspiration: There is a Difference
By Kevin Eikenberry · 14 years ago
Often on airplanes people ask me, in casual conversation, what I do for a living. After explaining it in a few sentences, they often knowingly smile, and say:
"Oh, you`re a motivational speaker."
Well, honestly, ...
What You Can Learn from Christopher Columbus
By Kevin Eikenberry · 14 years ago
In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
If you are like me, you learned that rhyme sometime in elementary school.
Specifically, Columbus left on his first voyage on August 3, 1492, sailing in search of ...
4 Ways Goal Alignment Creates Great Leverage
By Kevin Eikenberry · 14 years ago
Recently I wanted to remove some concrete footings from the property of my boyhood farm home. On the surface these slabs averaged 2-3 feet across and about 8 feet wide. This surface area may not ...
5 Ways to Share Your Leadership Influence
By Kevin Eikenberry · 14 years ago
The young leader might not recognize it, and the veteran may no longer think about it, but neither situation obscures the truth: leaders influence all the time.
At one level this makes complete sense. After ...
Take a Tip from Tiger, Lance and Kobe
By Kevin Eikenberry · 14 years ago
Tiger Woods.
Lance Armstrong.
Kobe Bryant.
These men are just three examples of people acknowledged to be among the very best in the world at their craft. They all have something in common though that ...
How to Become Well Connected
By Kevin Eikenberry · 14 years ago
You look at the conference brochure and survey the list of keynote speakers, the various topic tracks, look at the schedule of other events and learning opportunities, and decide to invest your money or budgeted ...
The Best Gifts Ever
By Kevin Eikenberry · 14 years ago
I don`t know about you, but I can pretty easily make a top five list of gifts I`ve received for my birthday or Christmas. Some things stand out for their usefulness, some for the thought ...
5 Ways You Serve Others as a Leader
By Kevin Eikenberry · 14 years ago
Recently someone asked what I thought about "servant leadership."
My short answer was that using the word servant is redundant.
Don`t misunderstand, I believe in the concept of servant leadership, and what you read or ...
The Dangers of Delegation
By Kevin Eikenberry · 15 years ago
Ask any new manager, supervisor or leader about the challenges of the job and chances are delegation is on that list. That`s why you will find delegation in nearly every new supervisor workshop and in ...
Make a Decision!
By Kevin Eikenberry · 15 years ago
Your day is filled with making decisions. What course should we take? What should our pricing be? What will we do next? How will we explain that to the Customer? And even, where do you ...
Making These Decisions Will Change Your Life
By Kevin Eikenberry · 16 years ago
We all make choices every day. In fact, one way to look at your life is to consider it as the sum total of all the choices you have made. It is easy to think ...
Eight Uncommon Approaches to Better Presentations
By Kevin Eikenberry · 16 years ago
Somewhere in your organization someone will give a presentation today. It may be you, the person in the next office, or someone who works in another department. Even if you work solo, there are times ...
Maintaining and Building Momentum
By Kevin Eikenberry · 16 years ago
You know what momentum is.
You’ve felt it before.
It’s that feeling that things are heading in the right direction; that things are going well; the future looks bright. It is like the snowball rolling ...
Am I on Track Towards My Goals?
By Kevin Eikenberry · 16 years ago
On a recent cross country flight I looked out over the Rocky Mountains from 30,000 feet and saw hundreds of paths sort of heading towards the summits of the various peaks.
I write "sort of" ...
7 Ways to Harness the Power of Questions
By Kevin Eikenberry · 16 years ago
We all use questions everyday – in every part of our lives: as a leader, as a peer, as a parent, as a team member, as a spouse. We can’t get through the day without ...
Business Lessons From Presidential Politics
By Kevin Eikenberry · 16 years ago
The most influential CEO in the world (George W. Bush) is facing mandatory retirement in 16 months and already there are 20 men and women vying for the job – very publicly. They are talking ...