9 Nov,2020 | Leadership, Leadership & Learning with Kevin Eikenberry by Kevin Eikenberry, Leadership & Supervisory Skills, Remote Work, Teambuilding
Long before a pandemic, when many of our meetings were in person, meetings were often riddled with inefficiency and frustration. The shift to virtual meetings hasn’t made it better. While there are many causes of the challenges, it is possible to have productive...
26 Oct,2020 | Leadership, Leadership & Learning with Kevin Eikenberry by Kevin Eikenberry, Leadership & Supervisory Skills, Remote Work
If you are like me, you have been on hundreds of conference calls in the past. They were a brilliant solution to remote communication requiring only a phone, a number to the bridge line, and a passcode. Conference calls served a need, but now, like the fax machine and...
20 Oct,2020 | Leadership, Leadership & Learning with Kevin Eikenberry by Kevin Eikenberry, Leadership & Supervisory Skills, Remote Work, Video, virtual meetings
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...
13 Oct,2020 | Leadership, Leadership & Learning with Kevin Eikenberry by Kevin Eikenberry, Leadership & Supervisory Skills, Remote Work, Time Management & Productivity, Video, virtual meetings
No engagement. No participation. Can’t get people to speak up. These are just a few of the many issues that we have with virtual meetings. And in this video, I am demonstrating 4 ways that a simple cup can help improve your virtual meetings. Tweet it out: If you...
12 Oct,2020 | Leadership, Leadership & Learning with Kevin Eikenberry by Kevin Eikenberry, Leadership & Supervisory Skills, Remote Work, Teambuilding
Several months ago, without much warning, but much fanfare, your team was asked to work from home. Everyone worked hard to figure out how to make it work. And while it isn’t perfect (nor was it before March of 2020), most people have figured out how to at least get by...
11 Oct,2020 | Leadership, Leadership & Learning with Kevin Eikenberry by Kevin Eikenberry, Leadership & Supervisory Skills, Personal & Professional Development, Remote Work
It’s that time of the year. Time to look at the budget, see what’s left, and use it to the greatest possible impact. And while this activity comes around every year, this has hardly been a normal year. That’s why we have offered some “COVID-19 discounts” for the past...