Here are some thoughts on great leaders and leadership skills.

Leaders define the destination and issue an invitation to join in the journey. The road may be tough, but leaders know their job is to provide the skills necessary to negotiate the bumps and the bad weather.
Leaders are mindful that success doesn’t happen overnight. It’s a process of [...]

I love this sign. I saw it recently while I was walking down Central Avenue in Albany, New York. I couldn’t help but take a picture. Instead of saying ‘empty space or store for rent’, it reads that the space is an opportunity. It really makes you think.
My mother used to tell me the better I [...]

Extraordinary potential exists in all of us. With the right environment, resources, skills and knowledge, ‘ordinary’ people can produce extraordinary results.
Kevin Eikenberry is an American author, speaker and trainer. He has a B.S. from Purdue University. He is the Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group. He was named an Outstanding Alumnus of [...]

How many times have you found yourself in a business meeting wondering if the focus of the meeting is misplaced? It is not uncommon for business teams to concentrate on accomplishing tasks instead of the context of those projects being addressed. We all want to see progress, and sometimes it is easier to devote energy [...]

Maybe you have heard the story of Rock Soup. It is one of my favorites. I think it is a fitting tale about leadership and community action in tough times.
A soldier was returning home from war. He wandered through the cold and snow. He was tired and starving. He came to a village, picked a house and knocked [...]

Admiral David Glasgow Farragut was the first senior officer of the U.S. Navy at the time of the American Civil War. He was aboard Hartford entering Mobile Bay (Alabama) on August 5th in 1864, leading a fleet of ships when the lead monitor, Tecumseh, was demolished by a mine. Disaster seemed imminent. Farragut gave the [...]

Recently I had the pleasure of meeting Kevin Eikenberry, the author of Remarkable Leadership. Kevin is a speaker and leadership trainer for a long list of clients including corporations and industry associations. He insists he is not a motivational speaker because that inspiration has to come from within an individual. However, at the heart of [...]

“Build it, and they will come.” That famous line, inspired by the movie Field of Dreams was a source of inspiration for builders everywhere. An Iowa farmer turns a cornfield into a ballpark that attracts the ghosts of Shoeless Joe Jackson and other players banned in the 1919 Black Sox Scandal. The 1989 movie uses the [...]

We hear a lot about companies who strive to earn repeat business by exceeding customer expectations and delivering tremendous value. Still I wonder. Here are four Chief Executives. Tell me if you think they have happy and loyal customers.

Hard Goods Manufacturer Co. – The Mighty Kwinn CEO bends over backwards to listen to his customers. [...]

It takes money to make money. All kinds of people make the world go around. No man is an island. Okay, but when the global economy is in such turmoil, it’s hard for companies and people who run them to recognize that the way out is to reach out. FDR said the only fear is [...]