BlogTalk Radio Guest: Kevin Eikenberry, best-selling author and speaker

« Pop Quiz: What's your mission statement? | Main | The 6 Biggest Mistakes Tracking Social Media's Impact »

September 22, 2009

BlogTalk Radio Guest: Kevin Eikenberry, best-selling author and speaker

Kevin is the Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group, a learning consulting company that has been helping organizations, teams and individuals reach their potential since 1993.

Kevin’s philosophy in business and in life is that every person and every organization has extraordinary potential. Investments of time, energy, focus and money are required for that potential to be realized.

We hear this all the time. But, clearly we're not hearing it enough as too many of us and our organizations fail to live by these words. Kevin and his group not only remind organizations of their potential, but work with them to create the means that allow them to honor and live to their potential. The reason I believe this is Kevin's work generates :

A. rave testimonials from his clients posted at his site;
B. huge crowds of followers on Twitter. (Kevin's username on Twitter is...KevinEikenberry.)
C. I've met Kevin. He's one very sincere, genuine, person and professional.

I'm excited to find out more about how he does this. Join us, Wednesday September 23, at 9:30 AM, Central. Choose either of these listening options:

LIVE:

1. You can listen in streaming on-demand at this link.

2. You can call in during the show at 646-915-9212

LATER
1. Use the same streaming on-demand option at this link.

Posted on September 22, 2009 at 12:27 PM in inspiration, leadership, My Business Radio Show Interviews, Self-development, small business leaders, Transcripts of My Business Radio Show Interviews | Permalink

Tags: A-Players, developing our full potential, employee development, employee training, human assets, strengths movement

Comments

You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post.

The comments to this entry are closed.

My Book on Employee Recognition

Zane Safrit: Recognize THEM! 52 Ways to Recognize Your Employees In Ways They Value

Introduction - Recognize THEM!

The Wake Up Call
Free Sample

Chapter 1: Recognize THEM!

Show You Care
Free Download

My Book on Creating an Engaged Hiring Process

Employee Engagement Five-Day Forecast

Here's Where Employee Engagement Went

Let's Connect

Books I've Read and Recommend

Jackie Huba: Monster Loyalty: How Lady Gaga Turns Followers into Fanatics
a bigger challenge than I predicted. It’s not what to say that challenged me. It’s what NOT to say. I start reading and within 3-4 paragraphs, I’m nodding my head and saying Yes, yes, exactly. Bam. Bam, baby. Yeah, come on. Can I get a witness. Then I want to share verbatim Jackie’s translation of Gaga’s strategy. Here’s why. It’s a strategy with 7 steps that any, ANY, business can execute under its own terms and under its own budget no matter how small or large. Granted, I enjoy reading this strategy as it’s applied to Gaga. And Jackie's a good writer. But, what's really inspiring is understanding how even a car wash could apply this strategy with these 7 steps and find success. You could build a global empire selling gardening mulch if you followed these 7 steps. And you could lower your advertising and marketing budgets, to boot.
Kevin Allen: The Case of the Missing Cutlery: A Leadership Course for the Rising Star
Yes! Finally a leadership book and author who bring empathy, caring and listening to the front of the leadership room instead of insisting it sit in the back, laughed at or ignored with no champion and certainly no budget to help spotlight its role in creating engaged leaders. He had me as a reader and fan on the first page of his introduction. Here’s what he wrote: Years later, when I was made Executive Vice President at McCann Erickson Worldwide ... I came to realize that the gift of human empathy, which had guided me through those early days at Marriott, would allow me to steer literally thousands of people to row in the direction of McCann Erickson’s future. I’ve learned things the hard way, through trial and error, mostly error. Through it all, I came to realize people follow you because of who you are; because you have come to understand the deep desires and hopes of your people; and because, by connecting with them, you have created a culture and a common cause they believe in.
Chuck Blakeman: Why Employees Are Always a Bad Idea
I love this book. It's true that I say this about every book I review here. And why shouldn't I? Why waste time reviewing a book I don't love. That being said...Why Employees Are Always a Bad Idea: (and other business diseases of the industrial age) is one of my favorite business books for a long time. It starts with the title. It's eye-catching, provocative, right? Mentally, it's a head-slap, positing a theorem inside your head then pounding it home with AlwayandBad to let you know you're not getting away; you're going to have your mind changed. Right now. As I kept looking at the title, tilting my head like a dog - one side to the other - I began to smile. I read a kindred spirit. Here's a rebel, a true disruptor, someone who's willing speak up, take a stand; I like that. I might not agree with what I'm about to read, but his title made me smile without being cloying or clever so I knew I was in for a good ride.
Stephen Lynch: Business Execution for RESULTS: A practical guide for leaders of small to mid-sized firms
I'm an avid reader, always have been. I've read a lot of business books and I’ve led a small business. I recommend you read Business Execution for Results: A Practical Guide for Leaders of Small to Mid-Sized Firms. It is a very, very good book, among the best, most usable business books I’ve read. As a writer, he does things that make the reading very pleasant, very inspiring, very engaging. Very good. He offers personal stories, anecdotes, little clips. They’re genuine, sincere, well-organized to capture your attention, engage you in the story that illustrates the next lesson. I found myself thinking...I can relate...I am relating....I see, feel, remember this personally. And Stephen’s writing is very crisp, very concise in taking you from these stories to the principle with each chapter...and as important to the steps you’re going to take to generate the results you want to see. No hitch in the reading flow. VERY nice.
Kerry Patterson: Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High
I came with low expectations. I was severely disappointed. It's a great book. This is a well-written, timely, book with tips and reminders and steps to take with each page you read. Real-world examples, real-world steps, to create real, meaningful conversations when the stakes are high. (*****)
Gregg Fraley: Jack's Notebook: A business novel about creative problem solving
I read this book completel, too. That should say enough. Even more, I plan to read it again this month. It's a great story whose purpose is to share useful, practical, tips and steps you can take to more effectively and more creatively solve challenges. (*****)

Guest Posts at SmallBiz Trends

AMEX OPENForum Guest Posts

TypePad Profile

Get updates on my activity. Follow me on my Profile.

Feedburner

Subscribe Now

Subscribe to this blog's feed

Get Basecamp

Ice Rocket

Ice Rocket

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.

Google Analytics

GAR

Blog powered by Typepad
Member since 04/2008

Zane Safrit

September 22, 2009