Books by Kevin Eikenberry

Kevin Eikenberry is an expert on leadership and learning; a speaker, author, consultant, trainer, and the Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group. He consults with organizations of all sizes and speaks to audiences from 50-5000.''#LEADERSHIPtweet'' is a small, practical handbook written for anyone who wants to hone the skills they need to become a remarkable leader. This book outlines a framework and a mechanism for both learning new things and applying current knowledge in a thoughtful and practical way. It provides a guide through the most important leadership competencies, offers a proven method for learning leadership skills, and shows approaches for applying these skills. The book explores real-world concerns such as focus, limited time, incremental improvement, and how we learn. Readers will be challenged by the ideas inside -- not because all of them are new, but because the book will encourage them to put what they know into action. It is also intended to be resource to come back to as a reminder of best practices. ''#LEADERSHIPtweet'' is part of the #THINKtweet series which a comprised of books that are 100 pages in length that contain 140 well-thought out quotes (tweets) that are 140 characters or less.

Practical advice for making the shift to your first leadership position The number of people who will become first-time supervisors will likely grow in the next 10 years, as Baby Boomers retire. Perhaps the most challenging leadership experience anyone will face isn't one at the top, but their first promotion to leadership.

Helps you: learn to recognize and address common creativity squelchers; understand the connection between your view of mistakes and the creative process; know how to prepare for and conduct a better brainstorming session; and, understand the creative process and how to emulate creative geniuses.

Helps you: understand the importance of asking questions to the decision-making process; know the two main types of questions and how to apply them to a problem-solving process; understand a common problem-solving model; and, know the pros and cons of four common decision-making approaches.

With the increasing complexities of the business world, strong leadership is more critical to success than ever. This title helps you: understand the importance of goal setting; know the keys to developing a goal-setting mindset; understand how to create collaborative goals as a goal-setting leader; and, know the power of creating alignment.

With the increasing complexities of the business world, strong leadership is more critical to success than ever. But finding the time to devote to leadership development is increasingly difficult. Developed with these dual realties in mind, this title consists 12 workshops, derived from the leadership competencies.

With the increasing complexities of the business world, strong leadership is more critical to success than ever. This book helps you: recognize four basic communication styles; know how to modify your message to best connect with different people; understand and know how to apply the keys to a powerful presentation; and, learn five story types.

With the increasing complexities of the business world, strong leadership is more critical to success than ever. But finding the time to devote to leadership development is increasingly difficult. Developed with these dual realties in mind, this title consists 12 workshops, derived from the leadership competencies.

Remarkable Leadership is a practical handbook written for anyone who wants to hone the skills they need to become an outstanding leader. In this groundbreaking book, Kevin Eikenberry outlines a framework and a mechanism for both learning new things and applying current knowledge in a thoughtful and practical way.