I get challenged to connect leadership to everyday items or ideas. Today I am accepting the challenge to connect leadership and coffee cups. We'll have some fun and I will share some important lessons for leaders. 

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The squeaky wheel gets the oil or so it goes. And while it seems like everyone is so negative these days, that’s not really the case. Unfortunately, the negative ones are often the loudest and have the biggest consequences as a result – increased stress and decreased productivity just to name a few!

In this episode, I am going to ask five questions to help you in thinking about and managing the negative personalities in your life.

Why Are Some People So Negative? – Remarkable TV

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Kevin counts down the most downloaded episodes of 2019. As he recounts each episode, he shares his thoughts on why the conversation was valuable and who may find the most value in the discussion.

Additional Leadership Resources

• Related Podcast Episodes:
  • The Making of a Manager with Julie Zhou.
  • Leading on the Football Field and in Your Field with Michael Lombardi.
  • Leading Customer Loyalty with Sandy Rogers.
  • Scaling Leadership with Robert J. Anderson.
  • How to Think Like Amazon with John Rossman.
  • The Connectors Advantage with Michelle Tillis Lederman.
  • Making Meetings Matter with Elise Keith.
  • Brave New Work with Aaron Dignan.
  • Great Leaders Have No Rules with Kevin Kruse.
  • Proving Your Competence with Jack Nasher.

In this holiday season, we think a lot about gratitude. Here are four ways that you can show your gratitude as a leader.

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I often get this question from leaders – both new and seasoned alike: Should we be friends with our teammates or not?

And while it’s certainly a valid and good question, my answer is to flip it and instead…

Make RELATEDNESS your goal.

What does that mean?

Leaders at all levels understand you achieve success when you manage for both performance and health. But, how to do you change your organization to achieve that success? Kevin is joined by Bill Schaninger, co-author of Beyond Performance 2.0: A Proven Approach to Leading Large Scale Change and a Senior Partner at McKinsey. Bill and his colleagues found that the companies struggling focused on quarterly earnings. To succeed organizations should place equal emphasis on not only making money but how they make it. The change management strategies Bill shares are based on more than 5 million data points drawn from 2,000 companies globally over 15 years. He recognizes that you need people inside to change, so effective change leaders first create a clear and compelling change story.

In this episode, Bill talks about 1. How we help people see the change as personal. 2 Organizational health index. 3. How to use these ideas if you are a middle manager or lead a small company?

Additional Leadership Resources

• Book Recommendations:
  • Beyond Performance 2.0: A proven Approach to Leading Large-Scale Change with Scott Keller by Bill Schaninger
  • The Book of Trees: Visualizing Branches of Knowledge by Manuel Lima
• Improve your leadership in just 13 days with our video series 13 Days to Remarkable Leadership.
• Related Podcast Episodes:
  • Lessons for Marketing (and Change) Leaders with Thomas Barta.
  • Leading Change Intelligently with Barbara Trautlein.
  • Helping People Change with Melvin Smith.

What habits help people be a more effective leader? We will talk about some of those, and answer any questions you have.

My series on leadership from unlikely sources continues today and it includes something we likely see every day – a mirror!

Here are four reasons why I love this metaphor of mirrors as it relates to leaders.

Leadership & Mirrors – Remarkable TV

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Managers have the opportunity and the responsibility to lead. Lisa Haneberg joins Kevin to discuss the 2nd edition of 10 Steps to Be A Successful Manager. Lisa recognizes people in the middle get it done and “manager” is not a negative word it is a job. Leadership is when you step up and do what others aren’t doing. Lisa wrote this second edition, not because leadership and management have changed, but the way we convey the messages have changed. The second edition is also aligned with ATD survey-based research on social skills. She shares practical ways to become a successful manager, like tapping into your team’s intrinsic motivation and being ready to flex as the normal, chaotic business happens.

In this episode, Lisa discusses 1. Clear behavioral expectations. 2. Team agility. 3. Accountability vs. Engagement.

Additional Leadership Resources

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• Learn more about Lisa Haneberg.
• Improve your leadership in just 13 days with our video series 13 Days to Remarkable Leadership.
• Related Podcast Episodes:
  • Management Mess to Leadership Success with Scott Jeffrey Miller.
  • The Making of a Manager with Julie Zhuo.
  • The Excellence Dividend with Tom Peters.
  • Creating Leadership Flex with Jane Hyun.

You either work remotely, lead people who work remotely, or know someone who does one or the other. If that is you, join me. If not, share with the remote workers and leaders you know. I'm sharing important keys to greater success - and answering questions about being a great remote teammate.

Believe it or not, two viewers issued me the same challenge this week – asking me to compare leadership to SHOES!

Tweet it out: Strive to be a leader people love as much as their favorite pair of shoes. @KevinEikenberry

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• Every Monday, I send a newsletter packed with great leadership resources called Unleashing Your Remarkable Potential. Go here to learn more and sign up.

We currently live in a low trust culture. And we know trust is important for leaders, in good times and in times of stress, disruption, and turn-around. Kevin is joined by Joel Peterson, Chairman of JetBlue Airways, Founding Partner of Peterson Partners, and author of The 10 Laws of Trust. Joel shares some of those laws of trust and understands that organizations succeed when leaders and colleagues trust each other. Instead of worrying about micromanaging, jealousy, and office politics, teams are more creative and have a positive impact on the bottom line.

In this episode, Joel shares 1. Organizational levels of trust. 2. The connection between expectations and trust. 3. The role of respectful conflict and trust. 4. How to fix a breach of trust.

Additional Leadership Resources

LinkedIn

• Learn more about The Ten Laws of Trust.
• Improve your leadership in just 13 days with our video series 13 Days to Remarkable Leadership.
• Related Podcast Episodes:
  • Change Starts Within You with Cortney McDermott.
  • It All Matters with Paul Cummings.
  • Leadership Character with Pat Williams.

I'm talking about vulnerability - it is an important leadership topic that no one likes to talk about. That seems like a good reason to talk about it! 

You know those good days. You wake up energized and confident. You cross stuff off your list, have productive meetings, make good decisions. In short, you are your best self. The question becomes how do you bring your best self every day? Amy Jen Su is the author of The Leader You Want to Be: Five Essential Principles for Bringing Out Your Best Self—Every Day. She joins Kevin to discuss both the principles that bring out our best and the pitfalls that trap us. If we get caught up in “doing” and let the demands of life take over before we can connect to ourselves, we not only impact our best self but our team and our culture.

In this episode, Amy discusses the 1. Four pitfalls of doing. 2. Five principles to bring out your best self.

Additional Leadership Resources

I’m excited to announce The Encore Video Series – a special series that I will be releasing here that addresses these unanswered questions. These questions are some of the most common obstacles we face when it comes to successfully developing leaders in our organization, and I’ll be providing practical and actionable advice in each episode.

In today’s episode, I am answering this question:

“Can 1 hour per month change my leadership future?”

And to learn more about my monthly leadership program, The Remarkable Way, visit https://kevineikenberry.com/way

I’m excited to announce The Encore Video Series – a special series that I will be releasing here that addresses these unanswered questions. These questions are some of the most common obstacles we face when it comes to successfully developing leaders in our organization, and I’ll be providing practical and actionable advice in each episode.

In today’s episode, I am answering this question:

“How do I gain confidence in my leadership role?”

And to learn more about my monthly leadership program, The Remarkable Way, visit https://kevineikenberry.com/way

According to Micah Rowland, success starts with your people. As COO of Fountain, a software company that sources, screens, and onboards workers, Micah is a builder of teams, processes, and people. He joins Kevin to discuss hiring and retaining talent. To get the best from your team, they need to feel secure and understand failure is OK (provided you learn from it). Micah discusses the need for clear criteria for position descriptions and processes to hire. You want to make sure you are comparing apples to apples. The magic to leadership is changing the resources to benefit not only the employee but the organization.

In this episode, Micah shares 1. Mistakes in the hiring process. 2. Role of assessments. 3. Advice to attract and retain talent.

Additional Leadership Resources

I’m excited to announce The Encore Video Series – a special series that I will be releasing here that addresses these unanswered questions. These questions are some of the most common obstacles we face when it comes to successfully developing leaders in our organization, and I’ll be providing practical and actionable advice in each episode.

In today’s episode, I am answering this question:

“How Do I Get Executive Buy-In for My Leadership Initiatives?”

And to learn more about my monthly leadership program, The Remarkable Way, visit https://kevineikenberry.com/way

I’m excited to announce The Encore Video Series – a special series that I will be releasing here on the podcast and that addresses these unanswered questions. These questions are some of the most common obstacles we face when it comes to successfully developing leaders in our organization, and I’ll be providing practical and actionable advice in each episode.

In today’s episode, I am answering this question:

“How do you measure the impact of leadership development initiatives?”

And to learn more about my monthly leadership program, The Remarkable Way, visit https://kevineikenberry.com/way

How do you show up for work? For home? Anese Cavanaugh believes we have the choice of how we show up, so we have the power. She is the creator of the IEP Method® (Intentional Energetic Presence®), and author of CONTAGIOUS CULTURE: Show Up, Set the Tone, and Intentionally Create an Organization That Thrives. Anese and Kevin talk about the leadership assets that are as important if not more so than the “hard skills.” These include intentions, energy, presence, self-care, and service mindset. When you have awareness of your leadership presence, you increase your credibility and the power to influence others.

In this episode, Anese discusses 1. IEP Method®. 2. Why we are contagious. 3. Self-care.

Additional Leadership Resources

• Book Recommendations:
  • Contagious You: Unlock Your Power to Influence, Lead, and Create the Impact You Want by Anese Cavanaugh
  • I Am That by Nisargadatta Maharaj (Author), Translated by Maurice Frydman (Author), Sudhakar S. Dikshit (Editor)
• Related Podcast Episodes:
  • Learning Leadership with Jim Kouzes.
  • Doing Great Work with Michael Bungay Stanier.
  • Leading While Living Your Life with Sue Ritchie.
  • Leadership From the Inside Out with Kevin Cashman.
  • How to be Great at Work with Morten Hansen.
• Learn more about Anese Cavanaugh.
• Learn more about The IEP Method® (Intentional Energetic Presence®).
• Improve your leadership in just 13 days with our video series 13 Days to Remarkable Leadership.

I’m excited to announce The Encore Video Series – a special series that I will be releasing here on the podcast and that addresses these unanswered questions. These questions are some of the most common obstacles we face when it comes to successfully developing leaders in our organization, and I’ll be providing practical and actionable advice in each episode.

In today’s episode, I am answering this question:

“How do I teach and learn mindset?”

And to learn more about my monthly leadership program, The Remarkable Way, visit https://kevineikenberry.com/way

Last week, over 500 leaders in organizations all around the world joined me for my webinar titled, Why It Takes More Than Skills to Be a Remarkable Leader. And at the end of the webinar, we had a lot of great questions that we were unable to get to before our time ran out.

But…as everyone knows, the encore is the best part.

And that’s why I’m excited to announce The Encore Video Series – a special series that I will be releasing here on the blog and that addresses these unanswered questions. These questions are some of the most common obstacles we face when it comes to successfully developing leaders in our organization, and I’ll be providing practical and actionable advice in each video.

In today’s video, I am answering this question:

“What do I do if there are conflicting mindsets on my team?”

It all comes down to influence. Check out the video to learn more.

And to learn more about my monthly leadership program, The Remarkable Way, visit https://kevineikenberry.com/way

Sometimes, it’s all about reframing your perspective. Kevin is joined by Ron Williams, former Chairman and CEO of Aetna Inc. and author of Learning to Lead: The Journey to Leading Yourself, Leading Others, and Leading an Organization. Not only do they discuss decision-making and problem-solving, but Ron also shares practical examples of how you can help your team reform and reframe problems for success. Not only will you be able to build skills, but you can also change the culture of your organization. Leadership is about self-awareness and asking how you can lead yourself to get to where you want to go.

In this episode, Ron shares thoughts and strategies around 1. Reframing problems. 2. Decision-making and facts. 3. Two up and two down.

Additional Leadership Resources

• Book Recommendations:
  • Learning to Lead: the Journey to Leading Yourself, Leading Others and Leading an Organization by Ron Williams
  • Churchill: Walking with Destiny by Andrew Roberts
• Related Podcast Episodes:
  • Mission-Driven Leadership with Mark Bertolini.
  • Stategic Thinking for Leaders with Rich Horwath.
  • The CEO Next Door with Elena Botelho.
  • Leading the Dollar General Way with Cal Turner, Jr..
  • Making Better Decisions with Mike Whitaker.
• Learn more about Ron Williams.
• Improve your leadership in just 13 days with our video series 13 Days to Remarkable Leadership.

As leaders, we are faced with many scary situations – having difficult conversations, firing someone, making a tough decision…the list goes on and on.

And in today’s episode, I am going to share one simple technique to help you overcome any scary or difficult situation that you might find yourself in.

Tweet it out: What are you scared of today? Remember that action is the cure for fear. @KevinEikenberry

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