The Remarkable Leadership Podcast

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 "st...

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 g...

How many hours do you work each week? How do you feel Friday afternoon? Who decided the norm was a 40-hour work week? Joe Sanok joins Kevin to discuss how we could work less hours and be more productive and more creative. Key Points Joe shares the origins of the 9-5 workday and why this plays into the "great resignation" we are seeing. The definition of an industrialist mentality and why we need t...

If you are a goal setter (which improves the chances of getting where you want to go), you will achieve them – maybe not all, but many of them. And often people feel empty or feel a sense of ennui when they reach a goal. The good news is, reaching your goal IS the goal. Now here are four simple steps to take once you reach a goal to help you celebrate, learn from and continue on the path to succes...

We've all been there – stuck. This can be personally or maybe our teams are stuck. When we are stuck, we fail to develop and grow. Craig Lemasters joins Kevin to what stuck really means and techniques to help fill the knowledge gaps. Key Points Craig shares his thoughts about stuck and the simple formula to get unstuck. The 4 steps to get unstuck: High humility quotient Define the destination Iden...

While I'm talking about weeds in the video below, I promise you that this is not a gardening episode. In the episode, we'll talk about the "weeds" in our lives – how to identify them and how to remove them for greater success at home and at work. Tweet it out:  It's time to garden your life – what weeds are choking out the efforts, practices and results you want? @KevinEikenberry In this episode:...

Leadership is hard and sometimes there is an illusion of success. The numbers look good on paper, and we don't consider the human capital. Michelle Reines joins Kevin to share her leadership journey, both the good and the bad, and discuss the leadership lessons she learned along the way. Key Points Michelle shares the importance of trust with our teams. If they don't feel safe, they won't share th...

Experience might not be something that you usually associate with "danger". But in this Remarkable TV episode, I'm telling a story about my car and its gas tank and how my experience got me into a little trouble with the two. Tweet it out:  Experience is helpful until it blinds us to new solutions. When you are stuck, think about the assumptions that might be in your way. @KevinEikenberry In this...

How we show up, both professionally and personally, makes a difference. Lonnie Mayne joins Kevin to talk about Red Shoes Living, a framework for engaging our teams. Key Points Lonnie shares the 5 steps to Red Shoes Living; awareness, gratitude, kindness & respect, everyone has a story, and put yourself out there. Our stories change daily and if we can't connect our team, we cannot inspire or suppo...

Think about a time when you were really confident – when you did something and before you did it, you were confident about how well it was going to go. What happens when you're confident? Things generally go pretty well, right? Confidence is critical to our success, especially as leaders. In this episode, I'll talk about five keys to help you build greater confidence for greater success. Tweet it...

It wasn't planned, and over the past 18 months, many of us became remote leaders and workers.  Darleen DeRosa  and  Jim Citrin  are the authors of  Leading at a Distance: Practical Lessons for Virtual Success . They sit down with Kevin to discuss leadership skills that have become more important as we work remotely. They asked leaders what their biggest challenge was in this environment and the ma...

I get asked this question a lot: How can I be more influential? And often times when I am asked this, it isn't phrased exactly like that. It might sound more like… How can I motivate my team to do more? How can I better inspire my team? There are a lot of ways that it is stated, but the bottom line is that they are asking: how do I influence people? And I bring this up specifically because the way...

You know when you are on a good team. In fact, you feel energized and productive when you work with that team. The question becomes, can we get engagement, productivity, and happiness at work?  Mike Zani  believes it can and when you have a happy and engaged team, productivity goes through the roof. Mike is the author of  The Science of Dream Teams: How Talent Optimization Can Drive Engagement, Pr...

Susan McPherson  is a "serial connector" and suggests we need to get back to humanity. She is the author of  The Lost Art of Connecting: The Gather, Ask, Do Method for Building Meaningful Business Relationships  and shares her three-step process to building relationships. Connection is different from networking. When you connect, you are intentional, you ask meaningful questions, and you listen ca...

Is more better? Maybe, if we are talking about ice cream. What about if we are talking about collaboration?  Rob Cross  would argue that we can become overwhelmed by all the connecting and collaborating. Pre-pandemic we spent 85% of our time in collaborative activities, like e-mail, phone calls, meetings… That is higher today. Rob is the author of  Beyond Collaboration Overload: How to Work Smarte...

We find purpose in life through our work. We spend half of our waking life at work. Wouldn't it be great to find purpose and meaning while getting stuff done?  Dr. Roger Hall  is the author of  Staying Happy, Being Productive: The Big 10 Things Successful People Do . As a psychologist, he has been able to study the lives of successful people over 25 years. He has found that there are ten common ha...

While enjoying a late-night snack,  Raúl Sánchez  and  Dan Bullock  came to the realization everyone sees the same pattern in the stars. Other places and cultures may label it differently, yet they see the same alignment. They wanted to look at patterns in communication. As organizations become more global, communication becomes that much more important. This holds for public speaking, writing e-m...

Virtual LeaderCon 2020 gave The Kevin Eikenberry Group the opportunity to bring together 30 of the world's top leadership experts to talk about the most pressing and emerging leadership and learning topics. We know 2020 was touch and this was our way to continue to support leadership development. As we prepare for Virtual LeaderCon 2021 , because whether you are leading a remote, hybrid, or face-t...

It is important to understand what drives you to get out of bed in the morning. It is just as important to understand the motivation of your team.  Christopher Coultas , along with his team at  Leadership Worth Following , is the author of  Driven Not Drained: Discover Your Path to Career Happiness, Effectiveness, and Influence . Chris shares the six components of the DriV model, which was designe...

Virtual LeaderCon 2020 gave The Kevin Eikenberry Group the opportunity to bring together 30 of the world's top leadership experts to talk about the most pressing and emerging leadership and learning topics. We know 2020 was touch and this was our way to continue to support leadership development. As we prepare for Virtual LeaderCon 2021 , because whether you are leading a remote, hybrid, or face-t...

What is the culture of your organization? It's a fair question and can be puzzling. We attribute an unengaged workforce or misalignment of values to the culture. Yet, we seem to fall short of building the culture we want. Mario Moussa and Derek Newberry are the authors of  The Culture Puzzle: Harnessing the Forces That Drive Your Organization's Success . They share with Kevin that, too often, we t...

Virtual LeaderCon 2020 gave The Kevin Eikenberry Group the opportunity to bring together 30 of the world's top leadership experts to talk about the most pressing and emerging leadership and learning topics. We know 2020 was touch and this was our way to continue to support leadership development. As we prepare for Virtual LeaderCon 2021 , because whether you are leading a remote, hybrid, or face-t...

Are you exhausted? Maybe you are feeling a bit cynical? These can be signs of burnout. Paula Davis defines burnout as the manifestation over time of chronic workplace stress. Paula is the author of  BEATING BURNOUT AT WORK: Why Teams Hold the Secret to Well-Being and Resilience . She tells Kevin that pre-pandemic, we were suffering high levels of burnout and, it has only accelerated during the pan...

I'm willing to bet that every day, we spend some amount of time waiting. Waiting on hold. Waiting on our food order. Waiting for our kids to get off the bus. Waiting, waiting, waiting. And I recently observed a group of people who were waiting for quite a long time. In this episode, I'll share some valuable leadership lessons that I learned from this waiting. Tweet it out:  Don't while away all yo...

Are you executing or are you busy? Jim Huling suggests we all struggle with execution, both personally and professionally. Jim is the global managing consultant for the  4 Disciplines of Execution®  practice and co-author of the book by the same name, now in its second edition. Jim shares the 4 disciplines – Focus, Leverage, Engagement, and Accountability – and ideas you can use to implement them....