The Remarkable Leadership Podcast

Good leaders are clear about the direction they are going. Great leaders can communicate that direction to their team. They understand pivoting takes time. Lori Michele Leavitt shares with Kevin that clarity in direction, strategy, or change has two parts: to get clear and to be clear. It is important to stop and understand what is happening. Once we realize our fears, we can understand the fears...

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Do you lead from the head or from the heart? Bill George believes the workforce today is looking for a sense of belonging; they want you to help them fulfill their goals. He sits down with Kevin to discuss True North and shifting your mindset to serve the people who work for you. To lead from the heart, you need: to learn it all, not know it all, empathy, passion for business, and courage. Key Poi...

Today I'm talking about getting along even when it's hard. **** Listen to my podcast episode with Amy Gallo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7GwDvJpVXQ   My name is Kevin Eikenberry and I'm here to help you reach your goal as a leader and a human being with Remarkable TV and the Remarkable Leadership Podcast. Learn more about our offerings: ➡️ FREE NEWSLETTER: Sign up for my weekly newsletter, Un...

This is a special episode of the Remarkable Leadership podcast entitled My Remarkable Journey. Kevin sits down with Matt Blumberg to learn about his journey toward becoming the leader he is today. Matt is the CEO of Bolster, an on-demand executive talent marketplace. He believes humans like to keep learning and thinks about a career as a jungle gym, not a ladder. Your next step could be any bar yo...

Do you work with any difficult people? Research indicates when we deal with difficult people, our creativity, productivity, and engagement suffer. Conflict and stress compromise our ability to think clearly and make sound decisions. Amy Gallo joins Kevin to share practical advice about how to deal with challenging relationships. She tells us that although we have more positive and/or neutral inter...

I'm talking about the boxes that we put people in. How we do it and how to avoid it. **** Take our FREE DISC assessment: https://kevineikenberry.com/DISC My name is Kevin Eikenberry and I'm here to help you reach your goal as a leader and a human being with Remarkable TV and the Remarkable Leadership Podcast. Learn more about our offerings: ➡️ FREE NEWSLETTER: Sign up for my weekly newsletter, Unl...

Do you give yourself permission to lead? Jacqueline Baker believes when we open that door, good things will happen. She thinks that there are four levels of leadership, and it starts with the leadership of self. We need to recognize our strengths as well as our challenges AND continue to get better. Further, we all have a default leadership style. For the greatest success, we need to be willing to...

How often do you feel stifled by all the red tape? Do you ever think you could get more done if your organization wasn't so bureaucratic? Nick Sinai tells Kevin that bureaucracy is just organizations with rules and procedures. It does not have a positive or negative connotation. However, when we take the time to understand them, we can continue to improve them. Further, you don't need to be an exe...

When we think about leadership development, we probably think about workshops, podcasts, white papers, and business books. We understand the importance of learning to benefit ourselves and our organizations. Unfortunately, after putting in a full day (or more) of work, we find we don't have the energy to read novels. Melanie Bell joins Kevin to talk about how reading fiction can also help with our...

Work is changing; it always has. However, March of 2020 brought accelerated change. The question we need to ask is what is work changing to, and how can we adapt? Brian Elliott joins Kevin to share findings of the change in work from research with his colleagues at the  Future Forum  and global case studies from leading companies such as Levi Strauss & Co., Genentech, Royal Bank of Canada, and IBM...

Are you frustrated because your hard work isn't noticed? Are you looking to move up and don't know how? Michael Wenderoth joins Kevin to discuss the mindsets we need to change to not only promote ourselves but also our teams. For example, politics aren't bad; they are just a mechanism by which decisions are made. Power is not a bad word. We need to understand power and learn how to harness its ene...

New customers are great, and to keep them we need to nurture the relationship and build trust. Jason Young tells Kevin that most decisions are based on emotion. So, to continue the relationship, it's important to understand how the guest feels. This is true for both external customers and our teams. It's easy to give a job title or description. It is more difficult to build the culture you want, s...

Sometimes when something is 'too good to be true' it can lead us to discount or reject the situation. But you may miss opportunities when you do that. **** Sign up for our FREE leadership conference from September 12th-15th, 2022: https://virtualleadercon.com/ 📺 Would You Rather Have a Menu or a Buffet? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0-dyxCIxOY My name is Kevin Eikenberry and I'm here to help y...

When we want to make a lasting impact and move beyond "What's in it for me?" to "What's in it for we?" we live the life of a steward. David York shares with Kevin that a steward is someone who invests in something bigger than themselves. They know their purpose and create lives with meaning and direction. Even better, when we focus on others, we take the pressure off ourselves. We move away from i...

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This is a special episode of the Remarkable Leadership podcast entitled My Remarkable Journey. Kevin sits down with Darrin Jahnel to learn about his journey toward becoming the leader he is today. Darrin is the founder and CEO of Jahnel Group. He recognized early on that it was important to put in the work; leadership didn't just happen, it's hard work. As he grew his company, he was intentional a...

Who knows what tomorrow will bring? Yes, it's a cliché and we are dealing with a lot of unknowns, both personally and professionally. Rapid change was happening before the pandemic and now it seems we are constantly changing. For example, what does "return to office" mean? Andrea Small joins Kevin to suggest we can create opportunities in times of uncertainty. There is no single toolkit to help us...

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Do you ever feel stuck? Do you find you can't keep up with all the changes? Do you know what direction your team is going? Richard Hawkes calls this The Swirl. He tells Kevin this is a common issue in many organizations and causes people to feel lost and keeps leaders up at night. Richard shares insights to move beyond the challenges and create high-performing teams. Organizations evolve at the sp...

Procrastination damages our self-image, saps our energy, diminishes our focus, and makes us feel guilty. When this happens, it can shake our confidence and become a discouraging downward cycle. The trick to fixing it? Start. Get the first task done and just get started. You'll gain momentum that will shift your mindset into a positive direction. Learn more about our on-demand leadership courses wi...

This is a special episode of The Remarkable Leadership Podcast entitled My Remarkable Journey. Kevin sits down with Marc Reifenrath to learn about his journey toward becoming the leader he is today. Marc is the co-founder and CEO of Spinutech. Spinutech has grown from a University Dorm start-up over 20 years ago to a multinational digital agency with 150+ team members across the U.S. Early in his...

Meetings may be a necessary evil. Before 2020 we didn't love them. During the pandemic, the meeting took on a new meaning. We connected over webcams using a variety of platforms. Meetings are changing once again as work is shifting to a hybrid model. Karin Reed joins Kevin to talk about hybrid meeting best practices. It's important to fight proximity bias and create meeting policies for equity. Ke...

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We may be more connected than ever before; yet studies show we are also lonelier. Further, research indicates that for the first time, the emerging generation (Gen Z) is feeling more isolated and lonelier than the elderly population, and this was pre-Covid. Ryan Jenkins and Steven Van Cohen share with Kevin that we underestimate how much we need connection. When people show up lonely for work, the...