The Remarkable Leadership Podcast

I grew up on a farm, so we spread a lot of things. But today we are talking about what we are spreading as leaders. Because our words, our attitudes and our energy are all contagious. And it’s important that we’re spreading the right thing. Tweet it out: Your words, attitude and energy are contagious. What are you spreading? @KevinEikenberry From This Episode: Sign up for my weekly e-newsletter, Unleashing Your Remarkable Potential, here.

Kevin shares the top downloaded episodes of 2020. As he recounts each episode, he shares his lessons learned from the conversation. This episode is brought to you by… From Manager to Remarkable Leader, Kevin’s Flagship workshop based on his proven leadership model. Podcasts Mentioned Eat, Sleep, Work with Bruce Daisley. Answering Life’s Great Question with Tom Rath. Understanding Power with Deborah Gruenfeld. Your Customer Service Playbook with Micah Solomon. Leader Farming with Zach Thomas. Leadership, Communication and Credibility with Jack Modzelewski. A Timely Conversation about Remote Work with Wayne Turmel. Lessons that Drive Business Success with Kim Lorenz. Reframing Problems with Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg. Leaders as Teachers with Dr. Thomas J. DeLong. Additional Leadership Resources Connect with Kevin Eikenberry: Website | LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube Subscribe to the Podcast Don’t miss an episode! Subscribe to this podcast through the options below. iTunes Stitcher TuneIn Soundcloud RSS Or your favorite podcast app. Leave a Review If you liked this conversation, we’d be thrilled if you’d let others know by leaving a review on iTunes. Here’s a quick guide for posting a review. Join Our Facebook Group Join our Facebook community to network with like-minded leaders, ask us questions, suggest guests and more. We welcome your wealth of experience and hope you will join us in sharing it with others on their leadership journey. You can join the group here: facebook.com/groups/RemarkableLeadershipPodcast/

We all want to be life-long or continual learners, but just saying that isn't enough. The only sustainable way to accomplish this is to be learning every day. In this episode, I'm sharing three simple ways to help incorporate more learning in your life. From This Episode: Learn more about and listen to the Remarkable Leadership Podcast here.

We can use the past to think about leading today and the future. The means may be different (hello social media), yet the principles are similar. Jan-Benedict Steenkamp is Massey Distinguished Professor of Marketing at the University of North Carolina and author. His latest book is Time to Lead: Lessons for Today’s Leaders from Bold Decisions That Changed History. JB looks at leadership through a historical and marketing lens. After all, aren’t leaders trying to brand themselves as someone to follow? JB and Kevin discuss some of history’s most decisive leaders and events and ties it to today’s leadership methods. JB also shares seven leadership styles. There is no one right leadership style, as history shows all can be successful. However, you cannot be a good leader if you are not authentic. This episode is brought to you by… From Manager to Remarkable Leader, Kevin’s Flagship workshop based on his proven leadership model. Additional Leadership Resources Book Recommendations: Time to Lead:Lessons for Today’s Leaders from Bold Decisions that Changed History by Jan-Benekict Steenkamp Catherine of Siena by Sigrid Undset FDR: An Intimate History by Nathan Miller Connect with Jan-Benedict Steenkamp: Website | LinkedIn Related Podcast Episodes: Lead Like Caesar with Phillip Barlag. Leadership Moxie (and More) with John Baldoni. Leader Types in the White House with Cash Keahey. Is it Marketing or Leadership? with Seth Godin. Subscribe to the Podcast Don’t miss an episode! Subscribe to this podcast through the options below. iTunes Stitcher TuneIn Soundcloud RSS Or your favorite podcast app. Join Our Facebook Group Join our Facebook community to network with like-minded leaders, ask us questions, suggest guests and more. We welcome your wealth of experience and hope you will join us in sharing it with others on their leadership journey. You can join the group here: facebook.com/groups/RemarkableLeadershipPodcast/

Are you deliberating about a tough decision? Are you struggling with a relationship? Are you worried about the future? In today's episode, I am suggesting we all take a chill pill. And I don't mean this in an unsympathetic or glib way. I am seriously suggesting six steps that we can take to help us all relax and "chill" so that we can have less stress and be more successful. From This Episode: If you’d like to receive my daily email and get a short, inspiring message each day, you can learn more and sign up here.

It’s been asked before and here we are again. Are you happy in your work? Jonas Altman is on a mission to make the work of work more human and he would argue it’s your duty to find meaning and joy in your work. Jonas is the author of SHAPERS: Reinvent the Way You Work and Change the Future. He sits down with Kevin to discuss the future of work and why we need a new frame of reference to support the new workforce. Organizations should be a team of teams. They put the well-being of their people in tandem with financial performance. Jonas also shares his thoughts on how the pandemic will shape the perspective of work in general. This episode is brought to you by… Unleashing Your Remarkable Potential, Kevin’s free weekly e-newsletter. It’s full of articles and resources to help you become a more confident and successful leader. Additional Leadership Resources Book Recommendations: Shapers: Reinvent the Way You Work and Change the Future by Jonas Altman Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman Worst. Person. Ever.: A Novel by Coupland Douglas Connect with Jonas Altman: Shapers Website | Website | Social Fabric | LinkedIn Related Podcast Episodes: Brave New Work with Aaron Dignan. Eat, Sleep, Work, Repeat with Bruce Daisley. Rethinking Success with Douglas Holladay. Subscribe to the Podcast Don’t miss an episode! Subscribe to this podcast through the options below. iTunes Stitcher TuneIn Soundcloud RSS Or your favorite podcast app.  

Gossip is definitely not something we love or that we hope to have at any workplace. In fact, if we could REVERSE gossip, that would solve many conflicts and issues at work. But before we get to the idea of reversing gossip, we must first discuss two facts about gossip as a whole: 1. Gossip is negative. 2. Gossip grows in the dark. So knowing these two pieces of information, now let's reverse-engineer gossip. Check out this episode for specific tips on how to do just this. From This Episode: Start your Monday off positively with my weekly e-newsletter, Unleashing Your Remarkable Potential. Learn more and subscribe here.

Innovation and creativity never go out of style. However, sometimes we find ourselves in institutionalized inertia. Our creative side is stifled because of the systems, structures, and processes in place. Scott Anthony says these are things that help today and make it hard to change for tomorrow. Scott is the co-author of Eat, Sleep, Innovate: How to Make Creativity an Everyday Habit in Your Organizations, and shares with Kevin that we need balance; we need a dual transformation. Innovation is something different that creates value, and no innovation story is a straight line. Leaders need to encourage and celebrate the challenges along the way. Further, the need to create an environment that is tolerable of new behavior and trust your team wants to do it and is capable of innovation. This episode is brought to you by… 13 Days to Remarkable Leadership, a free leadership video series based on Kevin’s book, Remarkable Leadership. Additional Leadership Resources Book Recommendations: Eat, Sleep, Innovate: How to Make Creativity an Everyday Habit Inside Your Organization by Scott D. Anthony, Paul Cobban, Natalie Painchaud, Andy Parker Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World by Carl T. Bergstrom, Jevin D. West by Charlotte Foltz Jones (Author), John O’Brien (Illustrator) Connect with Scott Anthony: Book Website | Learn more about Scott Anthony | LinkedIn | Twitter Related Podcast Episodes: The Creative Curve with Allen Gannett. The Innovation Stack with Jim McKelvey. Humanocracy with Gary Hamel. The Innovation Delusion with Lee Vinsel and Andy Russell. Subscribe to the Podcast Don’t miss an episode! Subscribe to this podcast through the options below. iTunes Stitcher TuneIn Soundcloud RSS Or your favorite podcast app. Join Our Facebook Group Join our Facebook community to network with like-minded leaders, ask us questions, suggest guests and more. We welcome your wealth of experience and hope you will join us in sharing it with others on their leadership journey. You can join the group here: facebook.com/groups/RemarkableLeadershipPodcast/

We’ve all been in virtual meetings where a participant (maybe it’s you?) mutes themselves at the start and remains muted for the entirety of the meeting. And while there are a variety of reasons and situations where muting makes sense (I’ll review them in this episode), there are even more reasons why you should UNMUTE yourself and ask those on your team to do the same. Tweet it out: If you want others to speak – you need to be quiet – hit your mental mute button – and give them a chance to engage. @KevinEikenberry From This Episode: If you’d like to receive my daily email and get a short, inspiring message each day, you can learn more and sign up here.

We are in the 21st Century – The Digital Age. We know that by 2025 Millennials and GenZers will be 75% of the global workforce. However, many organizations are still operating using a 20th Century Industrial age leadership. Hierarchy, power, control, and fear are out of step with the complexities of our times and the workforce is demanding something different. To move into the 21st century, we need to transform the way we lead and manage our organizations. We need a personal connection. We need to be empathetic. When we can understand the circumstances our team is facing, we become more trustworthy and credible. Dr. Edward Marshall suggests this leads to success in the workplace. He is the author of Leadership’s 4th Evolution: Collaboration for the 21st Century. Kevin and Dr. Marshall discuss this 4th evolution of leadership—Collaboration—for the 21st Century leadership—based on trust, ownership, and psychological safety to motivate the workforce. As the world continues to shift, leaders will need to reshape their workplace and redefine their business model. They need to engage their workforce to take a seat at the table and make contributions. This episode is brought to you by… From Manager to Remarkable Leader, Kevin’s Flagship workshop based on his proven leadership model. Additional Leadership Resources Book Recommendations: Leadership’s 4th Evolution: Collaboration for the 21st Century by Dr. Edward Marshall Humble Leadership: The Power of Relationships, Openness and Trust by Edgar H. Schein and Peter Schein The Leadership Challenge by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner Connect with Dr. Edward Marshall: Website | Twitter | LinkedIn Related Podcast Episodes: Learning Leadership with Jim Kouzes. A Future Lens on Leadership with Bob Johansen. The Power of Communities with Jono Bacon. The Self-Evolved Leader with Dave McKeown. Humanocracy with Gary Hamel. Subscribe to the Podcast Don’t miss an episode! Subscribe to this podcast through the options below. iTunes Stitcher TuneIn Soundcloud RSS Or your favorite podcast app. Join Our Facebook Group Join our Facebook community to network with like-minded leaders, ask us questions, suggest guests and more. We welcome your wealth of experience and hope you will join us in sharing it with others on their leadership journey. You can join the group here: facebook.com/groups/RemarkableLeadershipPodcast/