Remarkable Leadership

Kevin Eikenberry is the chief potential officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group, a learning consulting company that provides a wide range of services including organizational consulting, training delivery and design, speaking, facilitation, and performance coaching services.

Predicated on the notion that leaders are not born, but are made and remade and made over again, author and consultant Eikenberry provides a guide to honing leadership skills that’s succinct and sensible, demonstrating that leading is as much about listening, asking questions and empowering others as it is about charisma and vision. Thirteen chapters enumerate what remarkable leaders do—"learn continually," "communicate powerfully," "influence with impact," "think and act innovatively," etc.—and how they do it. In hopes of narrowing the gap between those who aspire to remarkability and those who’ve already achieved it, Eikenberry provides plenty of "Now Steps," exercises for evaluating and improving one’s position that can be implemented in short order. Obvious but edifying techniques include storytelling practice, journaling and building a network of well-nurtured relationships. Eikenberry also offers online resources ("Bonus Bytes") tied to specific points in the text, available on the book’s web site. A solid leadership primer, this book will instruct, if not exactly inspire, anyone looking to manage others more effectively. (Sept.) (Publishers Weekly Annex, September 2007)

• Foreword xiJack Canfield1. The Leader in You 12. Leadership Development in the Real World 83. How to Get the Most Out of This Book 174. Remarkable Leaders Learn Continually 215. Remarkable Leaders Champion Change 426. Remarkable Leaders Communicate Powerfully 637. Remarkable Leaders Build Relationships 808. Remarkable Leaders Develop Others 1019. Remarkable Leaders Focus on Customers 12510. Remarkable Leaders Influence with Impact 14211. Remarkable Leaders Think and Act Innovatively 16012. Remarkable Leaders Value Collaboration and Teamwork 17913. Remarkable Leaders Solve Problems and Make Decisions 19814. Remarkable Leaders Take Responsibility and Are Accountable 21315. Remarkable Leaders Manage Projects and Processes Successfully 22816. Remarkable Leaders Set Goals and Support Goal Achievement 242Epilogue 261References 263Acknowledgments 267The Author 269About the Kevin Eikenberry Group 271