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Feb 11, 2022

This is the last and fourth in a series of episodes about four-letter words. But don’t worry – this and all the other episodes carry a G rating. You can watch the other episodes here.

As the title of this post says, I am talking about the longest four-letter word. So technically, it’s not a four-letter word. But since this series is about “dirty” words, and we often think of dirty words as four-letter words, we are including it in this series.

The longest four-letter word is accountable. And I’m considering it a four-letter word here because most of the time when we hear it, it’s associated with things going wrong.

And as a leader, it’s up to us to change this bad association/assumption and help empower our team instead.

But this won’t happen overnight. We’ve heard this word used negatively for a long time and if we’re going to change its connotation, we must change the way we use it. You must not only use it when things are going badly, you must not only use it with the word “hold” in front of it.

Not I’m going to hold you accountable, but rather I’m going to help you be accountable. I’m going to help you take ownership. I’m going to help you be empowered. Changing it and using it carefully. Changing it and using it differently.

Tweet it out: Accountability isn’t a dirty word – though some act like it is. Being accountable is simply taking ownership and responsibility. When we talk about it all the time – and not just when things go badly – people won’t think accountable is a dirty word after all. @KevinEikenberry

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Feb 9, 2022

Most of the problems we face today are messy, complex, and have no correct answer. Further, we have no precedence of how to solve them. Kevin chats with Sarah Stein Greenberg, who suggests who shares practical and maybe unusual ways to help you tackle the challenges you face. It is critical to have a curious mind and be intentional with your actions.

Key Points

  • Sarah shares her thoughts about design and risk.
  • She discusses how to extend our curiosity.
  • She shares examples of paths to creativity including:
    • Come up with ideas.
    • Locate your own voice.
    • Tell a compelling story.
    • Slow down and focus.

Meet Sarah

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Feb 9, 2022

Most of the problems we face today are messy, complex, and have no correct answer. Further, we have no precedence of how to solve them. Kevin chats with Sarah Stein Greenberg, who shares practical and maybe unusual ways to help you tackle the challenges you face. It is critical to have a curious mind and be intentional with your actions.

Key Points

  • Sarah shares her thoughts about design and risk.
  • She discusses how to extend our curiosity.
  • She shares examples of paths to creativity including:
    • Come up with ideas.
    • Locate your own voice.
    • Tell a compelling story.
    • Slow down and focus.

Meet Sarah

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Feb 4, 2022

In this episode, we’re talking about a four letter word, a four letter word to be careful with.

And that word is lazy.

Lazy is a word of judgment. It’s something that we see inside of their behavior. It’s something that we infer about their intentions.

Like just because someone’s laying on their couch right now, does that necessarily mean they’re lazy? I don’t know. All I know is there’s a difference between judging and observing, and the word lazy is typically used as a word of judgment.

So we use it on others. And then once we’ve labeled them as lazy, it changes our perspective about them and we use it on ourselves. Now, I used to say to myself, if I didn’t get up, when I’d plan to that I’m lazy.

Now I try to remember to say not that I’m lazy but that I didn’t get up when I planned to. Those are two different things. They have two different inferences about myself. And so here’s my point. The word lazy is a label that rarely serves us, whether we’re thinking about ourselves or whether we’re thinking about someone else.

Because the fact is, we’ve all been lazy. But no one is always lazy. Lazy is a choice or maybe a habit, but it’s not a character trait.

Tweet it out: Be careful with using the word ‘lazy’ – because it places judgment that could be incorrect and is seldom helpful for anyone. @KevinEikenberry

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Feb 2, 2022

We are social beings and our relationships with others are critical to our happiness. That is just one of the ways that Beverly Jones shares on how we can get unstuck and create fulfillment and happiness. She tells Kevin that what works for us as individuals is just as important for leaders. When you manage your happiness, you are more empathetic and better able to motivate your team.

Key Points

  • Beverly Jones offers practical strategies to create joy and meaning at work (or home). The include:
    • Making better use of your calendar.
    • The importance of networking and what it is and isn’t.
    • Learning something new; when you are in learning mode you are more creative.
  • The “engagement triangle”: by managing 3 factors you can increase awareness and motivate yourself and team members.

Meet Beverly

  • Name: Beverly Jones
  • Her Story: Beverly is the author of Find Your Happy at Work: 50 Ways to Get Unstuck, Move Past Boredom, and Discover Fulfillment. She works with leaders to spark engagement and productivity in their teams and helps professionals to thrive in their careers. She is a Visiting Fellow at the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service at Ohio University.
  • Worth Mentioning: Beverly started working at 13 She was a Washington lawyer, and then an energy company executive, before women were always welcome, and learned career and leadership lessons the hard way, a little at a time. She is a born pessimist who learned optimism by trial and error.

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Feb 2, 2022

We are social beings and our relationships with others are critical to our happiness. That is just one of the ways that Beverly Jones shares on how we can get unstuck and create fulfillment and happiness. She tells Kevin that what works for us as individuals is just as important for leaders. When you manage your happiness, you are more empathetic and better able to motivate your team.

Key Points

  • Beverly Jones offers practical strategies to create joy and meaning at work (or home). The include:
    • Making better use of your calendar.
    • The importance of networking and what it is and isn’t.
    • Learning something new; when you are in learning mode you are more creative.
  • The “engagement triangle”: by managing 3 factors you can increase awareness and motivate yourself and team members.

Meet Beverly

  • Name: Beverly Jones
  • Her Story: Beverly is the author of Find Your Happy at Work: 50 Ways to Get Unstuck, Move Past Boredom, and Discover Fulfillment. She works with leaders to spark engagement and productivity in their teams and helps professionals to thrive in their careers. She is a Visiting Fellow at the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service at Ohio University.
  • Worth Mentioning: Beverly started working at 13 She was a Washington lawyer, and then an energy company executive, before women were always welcome, and learned career and leadership lessons the hard way, a little at a time. She is a born pessimist who learned optimism by trial and error.

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Jan 28, 2022

This is the second in a series of videos on four-letter words. This might shock my Grandmother – that is until she watched them to see what these words are and are not. 🙂

The last video was on the most dangerous four-letter word (You can watch that here). And this video is on the hardest four-letter word. Today we’re talking about WORK.

Tweet it out: Your perspective on the word work is an indicator of what you will achieve in life. @KevinEikenberry

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Jan 26, 2022

What do you do when you don’t know what to do? If the past has taught us anything, it is the future is unstable. Further, we like the change we opt into, but struggle with the change we can’t control. April Rinne joins Kevin to discuss why we should focus on preparing for the future, not predicting the future.

Key Points

  • April shares the significance of the word ‘flux’ and her thoughts on a flux mindset.
  • Details around the flux superpowers of “trust” and “get lost”.
  • The shift from predict to prepare.

Meet April

  • Name: April Rinne
  • Her Story: April is the author of Flux: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change. She is a change navigator: she helps individuals and organizations rethink and reshape their relationship with change, uncertainty, and a world in flux.
  • Worth Mentioning: April is a trusted advisor to organizations ranging from Airbnb, Nike, Intuit, the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, NESTA, Trōv, AnyRoad, and Unsettled, as well as governments spanning Singapore to South Africa, Canada to Colombia, Italy to India.

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Jan 21, 2022

Bet you weren’t expecting a video title like that on this podcast?! 

Well, don’t worry. The episode and the entire topic is totally SFW (safe for work – and anywhere for that matter!) In fact, the four-letter word I’m talking about in the video below is one we hear ALL THE TIME. And in the episode, I’ll explain why it’s so dangerous and how you can ban it from your vocabulary for good!

Tweet it out: Saying we are busy is an excuse – and focuses on activity. Stop making excuses and start focusing on what you need to accomplish. No one really cares how busy you are anyway. @KevinEikenberry

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Jan 19, 2022

Do you want compliance, or do you want engagement? Jeremie Kubicek joins Kevin to discuss how we need more leaders worth following. There is a balance of support (not coddling) and challenge (not demeaning) to get the most from your team. Quite frankly, if you are leading and no one is following, you are just going on a walk.

Key Points

  • Jeremie shares the definition of a 100x leader.
  • The idea of challenge and support.
  • The importance of setting and managing expectations.
  • Why leaders need coaches.

Meet Jeremie

  • Name: Jeremie Kubicek
  • His Story: Jeremie is the coauthor of The 100X Leader: How to Become Someone Worth Following. He is the Executive Chairman of GiANT, a technology company focused on unlocking the potential of people, teams, and organizations.
  • Worth Mentioning: Jeremie is a powerful communicator, serial entrepreneur and content builder. He creates content used by some of the largest companies around the globe found in the books he has authored: The 100X Leader, 5 Voices, 5 Gears and the National Bestseller, Making Your Leadership Come Alive. He has started over 20 companies while living in Oklahoma City, Moscow, Atlanta and London.

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Jan 14, 2022

Today I am challenging your thinking on how you give and receive feedback. And I’m starting by asking you:

How do you see feedback? Do you see feedback as a gift?

Your answer to these questions will help determine how successful you are in both giving and receiving feedback.

Tweet it out: Feedback is a gift. See it as such, and you will learn more from it and build trust with those who give it to you. @KevinEikenberry

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Jan 12, 2022

We are firmly planted in the digital age. As such, the rules of competition are vastly different from just 20 years ago. Ram Charan joins Kevin to talk about the “new” rules of competition. He also encourages us to ask ourselves each morning how we can use our day and how we can make the people around us more successful. This episode was recorded during Virtual LeaderCon 2021.

Key Points

  • Ram discusses changes in the digital world.
  • He runs through the rules of competition.
    1. A personalized consumer experience is key to exponential growth.
    2. Algorithms and data are essential weapons.
    3. A company does not compete. Its ecosystem does.
    4. Moneymaking is geared for huge cash generation, not earnings per share, and the new law of increasing returns.
    5. People, culture, and work design for a social engine that drives innovation and execution personalized for each customer.
    6. Leaders continuously learn, imagine, and break through obstacles to create the change that other companies must contend with.
  • Advice for managers at any level.

Meet Ram

  • Name: Ram Charan
  • His Story: Author Rethinking Competitive Advantage: New Rules for Success in the Digital Age in addition to more than 30 books. In his work with companies around the world, he is known for cutting through the complexity of running a business in today’s fast changing environment to uncover the core business problem.
  • Worth Mentioning: “Professor Charan has coached more than a dozen leaders who went on to become CEOs. He reaches many more up and coming business leaders through in-house executive education programs. His energetic, interactive teaching style has won him several awards, including the Bell Ringer award at GE’s famous Crotonville Institute and best teacher award at Northwestern.

    Ram was elected a Distinguished Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources and was named one of the most influential people in corporate governance and the board room by Directorship magazine. He has served on the Blue Ribbon Commission on Corporate Governance and serves or has served on a dozen boards in the US, Brazil, China, India, Canada, and Dubai.”

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Jan 7, 2022

There are a lot of easy reasons that everyone should practice more gratitude, but that is a different episode. In the episode below, I am talking about the value of gratitude as it relates to leaders, and more specifically:

Why are the best leaders the ones who are grateful and regularly show gratitude?

Tweet it out: So many of the things we want as a leader can improve when we show gratitude and appreciation to our team. @KevinEikenberry

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Jan 5, 2022

Maybe Dr. Seuss said it best, “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” Jeff Brown joins Kevin to discuss why leaders are the best readers. He shares a plan to help you get into the habit of reading and gives you permission to move away from a book if it does not serve you.

Key Points

  • Jeff shares common barriers to reading.
  • Tips for developing a consistent reading habit.
  • Advice to implement what you read.

Meet Jeff

  • Name: Jeff Brown
  • His Story: Author of Read to Lead. Jeff is an award-winning radio producer and personality, and former nationally syndicated morning show host.
  • Worth Mentioning: Following a 26-year career in radio, Jeff went boss-free in 2013 and soon after launched the Read to Lead Podcast. It has gone on to become a four-time Best Business Podcast nominee and has featured Jeff’s interviews with today’s best business and non-fiction authors, including actor and author Alan Alda, Stephen M. R. Covey, Seth Godin, John Maxwell, Liz Wiseman., and many more. Jeff has personally coached hundreds of successful podcasters around the globe and has consulted on podcasts for the US government, two of the largest churches in the US, and numerous multi-million dollar companies.

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Dec 31, 2021

Are you a victim or a victor? Perhaps we need to start out by defining these terms first.

A victim (for the purposes of this episode) is when someone feels hopeless or incapable of changing the outcome of their situation.

A victor (again for the purposes of this episode) is when you feel as though you have influence and can change the outcome.

Sometimes it’s easier to distinguish between the two when it’s someone else you’re asking the question about…

Tweet it out: We can choose to be a victor in the moment or a victim of our circumstances. Which will you choose? @KevinEikenberry

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Dec 29, 2021

Kevin shares the top downloaded episodes of 2021. As he recounts each episode, he shares his lessons learned from the conversation.

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Dec 24, 2021

You’ve heard of helicopter parents, right?

These well-intentioned parents tend to hover over their children (like a helicopter) and typically take too much responsibility for their children’s experiences and lives. They of course do this out of love, to protect their children.

Have you ever had a helicopter boss? Again, likely out of good intentions, but their behavior probably felt more like they were overly involved in your job and responsibilities. And I can probably guess that you did not enjoy working for a helicopter boss…

So in today’s episode, I have three questions to ask yourself to help determine if YOU’RE a helicopter boss and to help you watch your behavior so that you are leading your team as effectively and as successfully as you can.

Tweet it out: Being a great leader means being available, not hovering. Supporting not coddling. Allowing to grow, not micromanaging. Don’t be a helicopter boss! @KevinEikenberry

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Dec 22, 2021

Unfortunately, many organizations have the mindset that their people are just numbers, data points for financial game. And in the short term, that may work. Ryan Stelzer and David Brendel join Kevin to discuss not only why we need to build workspaces fit for humans (think long term success), but some suggestions on how we get there.

Key Points

  • David and Ryan discuss the global nature of unfit workplaces.
  • The importance of psychological safety in the workplace and what it means.
  • Definition and examples of active inquiry.

Meet David and Ryan

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Dec 17, 2021

Culture is a much-used word, at work and in our personal lives. And it’s usually over-complicated.

In this episode, I’m sharing a story from my family’s past to help you better (and more simply) understand exactly what culture is and isn’t.

Tweet it out: Culture doesn’t come solely from a big corporate push. It is built and formed in stories, behaviors, and every day occurrences. @KevinEikenberry

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Dec 15, 2021

Do you think about how much you could get done if you were unburdened from busy work? Juliet Funt joins Kevin to talk about the difference between activity and productivity and what we could accomplish if we just had a minute to think. This episode was recorded during Virtual LeaderCon 2021.

Key Points

  • Juliet discusses the idea of busyness and the impact it has on our lives.
  • She shares her thoughts about the future of engagement at work.
  • She describes hallucinated urgency.
  • She provides tips on how to clean up work so you can be in a ready stance.

Meet Juliet

  • Name: Juliet Funt
  • Her Story: Author of A Minute To Think Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work. She is a globally renowned keynote speaker, tough-love advisor to the Fortune 500, founder and CEO of the efficiency training firm, Juliet Funt Group.
  • Worth Mentioning: Her book was nominated for the Next Big Idea Club curated by Malcolm Gladwell, Dan Pink, Susan Cain, and Adam Grant. She is an evangelist for freeing the potential of companies by unburdening their talent from busywork, and she has brought her powerful concepts to Spotify, National Geographic, Anthem, Vans, Abbott, Costco, Pepsi, Nike, Wells Fargo, Sephora, Sysco, and ESPN.

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Dec 10, 2021

Several years ago, we started using the words “hybrid teams” to describe a team where there are some people working in a physical office and there are some people who work virtually outside of the office.

And while we started using this word well before the pandemic made it a household term, we believe that it’s an even better word than we ever realized.

In this episode, I’ll explain why “hybrid” is the right word for right now.

Tweet it out: Like new hybrids of roses or popcorn, a hybrid working situation should create a better option than what existed previously. @KevinEikenberry

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Dec 8, 2021

Burnout is a real problem across the globe. In fact, the World Health Organization identified burnout as a workplace phenomenon in 2019. Jennifer Moss joins Kevin to discuss the why of burnout (it’s not just workload) and ways to prevent it. This episode was recorded during Virtual LeaderCon 2021.

Key Points

  • Jennifer shares why burnout is a problem.
  • The 6 major causes of burnout and what each means.
    • Workload
    • Lack of agency
    • Lack of community
    • Lack of fairness
    • Values and skills mismatch
    • Lack of recognition and rewards

Meet Jennifer

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Dec 3, 2021

Don’t let that title scare you. I am not turning this into a health series and I am not selling any supplements.

A few of months ago, I decided I wanted to get rid of my “COVID 19”. Pounds that is. So I studied up on intermittent fasting and then I went to work. And not only did I find that it worked for me, I also found some overall life and leadership lessons that I think might work for you.

Tweet it out: We can fast from food, or most anything else. How might you benefit from intermittent fasting from anything? Need some ideas? How about your phone, your TV, your email? @KevinEikenberry

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Dec 1, 2021

As a leader, we want to have a positive and important effect on our team. Through her research, Vanessa Bohns has found we often feel ineffective, or inadequate, or believe we said the wrong words. She joins Kevin to discuss why we don’t always recognize the influence we have and how that can lead to lost opportunities or misuse of power.

Key Points

  • Vanessa discusses what we can learn from a “stain on our shirt”.
  • Reasons why it’s hard for us to say “no” and what we need to think about when we “ask.”
  • The role of positional power on influence.
  • How to influence when you don’t have the power.

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Nov 26, 2021

Persistence is good and virtuous. But it’s also hard. And telling someone to be persistent seldom goes all that well. We may know it, but don’t want to hear it – or even know what to do with the advice when we hear it.

Many years ago when I was at Purdue, I was having a conversation with a friend who was in the process of interviewing for jobs after college. She was getting frustrated and when I gave her the advice to simply be persistent, I was met with the response referenced here above. She wasn’t thrilled.

So then I added a simple word to my advice of persistence. And that two word phrase is something I still use today in my own life and in coaching others. Check out the video below to learn more about the power of persistence.

Tweet it out: Persistence is useful, but patient persistence moves mountains. When times are hard focus on patient persistence. @KevinEikenberry

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