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Remarkable Leadership: Unleashing Your Leadership Potential One Skill at a Time [Hardcover]

Kevin Eikenberry
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Book Description

August 17, 2007
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. Eikenberry provides a guide through the most important leadership competencies, offers a proven method for learning leadership skills, and shows approaches for applying these skills in today’s multitasking and overloaded world of work. The book explores real-world concerns such as focus, limited time, incremental improvement, and how we learn.

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From Publishers Weekly

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.
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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)

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1 edition (August 17, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 078799619X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0787996192
  • Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 1 x 9.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #402,321 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Kevin Eikenberry is the author of Vantagepoints on Life and Learning and an expert in developing organizational and individual potential who lives with his family in Indianapolis, Indiana. Kevin holds a B.S. with honors from Purdue University.
Upon graduation from Purdue, Kevin began his professional career with Chevron Chemical Company, where he held a number of sales, marketing, training, and consulting positions. In 1993, he formed his own training and consulting organization, now known as The Kevin Eikenberry Group.
The Kevin Eikenberry Group is a learning consulting company that provides a wide range of services, including training delivery and design, facilitation, performance coaching, organizational consulting, and speaking services. They have worked with Fortune 500 companies, smaller firms, universities, government agencies and more. His client list includes various Chevron companies, John Deere, National Institute of Health, Purdue University, Southwest Airlines, the U.S. Marine Corp, and the U.S. Mint.
Kevin has spent the last 12 years helping organizations all across North America reach their potential. His specialties include: teams and teamwork, creativity, developing organizational and individual potential, facilitation, training trainers, presentation skills, consulting and the consulting process and more. Kevin's students and clients consistently rave about his effectiveness, many calling him "the best trainer I've ever experienced."
As a speaker, Kevin gives keynotes for organizations and non-profit groups on life-long learning, developing human potential, teams and teamwork, creativity and more. He has presented to the National Speaker's Association (NSA), to international conventions of the North American Simulation and Gaming Association (NASAGA), the International Society for Performance Improvement, the Association of Internal Management Consultants, and the National Association for Experiential Learning. He has also presented at regional meetings of the American Society for Training and Development, and the International Society for Performance Improvement. Clients for his speaking services include American Farm Bureau Federation, Lions, Purdue University, The American Red Cross and MECA.
Kevin is a contributing author of the best-selling book, Walking with the Wise (Mentors Press 2003) and has been a contributing author to more than a dozen other books. He publishes four email-based publications: Unleash Your Potential, a weekly publication, to assist organizations and individuals in turning their potential into desired results; Powerquotes, a weekly publication, read by more than 90,000 people worldwide, featuring a quote along with questions to reflect on; Powerquotes Plus, a fee-based daily publication that adds personal coaching to the Powerquotes offering; and Vantagepoints, an email essay of learning from everyday events and activities, distributed to over 5,900 subscribers worldwide. Kevin is the developer of the Million Dollar Skills Learning System, a top flight learning system on valuable life skills delivered in bite-sized pieces that create powerful and productive habits. He hosted an internet radio program for two and a half years, Magical Movies. A former weekly contributing editor to the TechRepublic web site, his articles have been published in over 100 internet newsletters and web sites.
In 2004 Kevin received Distinguished Agricultural Alumni award from Purdue University . He was named an Outstanding Alumnus of Purdue University in 2002, and serves on the Dean's Advisory Council at Purdue. He has been recognized in the Who's Who in the Midwest and Who's Who Worldwide.
Kevin's goal is to reach organizations and individuals who believe in the power of action ' organizations and individuals who are passionate about succeeding at their highest level.

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Remarkable Guide to Leadership Development January 31, 2008
Format:Hardcover
Kevin Eikenberry has experience in the real world. It makes this book better. He is an avid learner and experienced trainer. They make this book better. And he's worked with real people one-on-one to help them improve their leadership. That, too, makes this book better.

If you're looking for an informed, practical and effective way to accelerate your own leadership development, you should buy, read, and use Remarkable Leadership. This will also be a good book for you if you're responsible for the leadership development program in a company or for the development of a protégé.

Like the experienced trainer he is, Kevin states his goal at the beginning of the book. "This book is designed to help you identify the parts of your personal leadership package working in your favor and help you develop those parts, and any others you wish to work on, to become the leader you are capable of becoming."

He moves directly from that statement to setting up the material that will fill the rest of the book. He has you do an exercise I've done with groups in training for years: identify a great leader you know and define why you rate them as great or remarkable. Then he shares the core competencies as he sees them. Here's the list.

Remarkable leaders ...

Learn continually
Champion change
Communicate powerfully
Build relationships
Develop others
Focus on customers
Influence with impact
Think and act innovatively
Value collaboration and teamwork
Solve problems and make decisions
Take responsibility and have accountability
Manage projects and processes successfully
Set goals and support goal achievement.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Remarkably Useful August 19, 2007
Format:Hardcover
Kevin Eikenberry makes it clear that leadership can be learned. Remarkable Leadership is a book that I will pick-up again and again to sharpen my skills as a leader. He makes it clear early on that leaders are continous learners and then helps you learn leadership through a straight forward approach.

The online Bonus Bytes are also great

Read it, then keep it nearby and keep on learning as you go.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is a great resource for leaders interested in their own development and for those responsible for organizational leadership development efforts.

It is easy to skim, comprehensive in detail, and packed with great tips. I particularly liked the bonus bytes website site for extra resources.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
In this volume, Kevin Eikenberry introduces and then explains what he characterizes as a "new model" for leadership development. It is based on five principles best revealed within his narrative, in context. The same is true of the six steps to be considered when devising and then implementing the program he recommends, one that requires an integrated approach. Remarkable leaders are those who "learn continually, champion growth, communicate powerfully, build relationships, develop others, focus on customers, influence with impact, think and act innovatively, value collaboration and teamwork, solve problems and make decisions, take responsibility and are accountable, manage projects and processes successfully, set goals, and then support goal achievement." These are indeed highly desirable core competencies.

Eikenberry is convinced (and I wholeheartedly agree) that they should be the deliverables of a leadership development program, one that includes but is by no means limited to formal training. On the contrary, Eikenberry is convinced (and I again wholeheartedly agree) that such leadership must be developed at all levels and within all areas of the given enterprise. That is, leadership development should be an on-going process, all day, every day, during each and every interaction between and among those involved.

I especially appreciate Eikenberry's skillful insertion of two reader-friendly devices, "Remarkable Principle" and "Bonus Byte," in dozens of passages throughout the book. They serve two important purposes: They emphasize key points and they facilitate, indeed accelerate periodic reviews of those key points after the book has been read.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Becoming a Strong Leader is a Dynamic Process August 24, 2007
Format:Hardcover
This is a great book that shares Kevin's wisdom regarding key leadership skills and how to improve them if you already have them, and how to get them if you don't.

More important, though, is the understanding that true leaders think and lead outside of the box; they are not bound by what worked yesterday or even this morning. Because of this freedom of thought, they are able to find unique solutions to challenging issues. Add to that, intelligent personnel management and savvy asset management, and you will find yourself on the path to more effective leadership.

If you have found most leadership books cut from similar cloth, you will not find this book to be. This is the most interesting book on leadership to come down the pike, and certainly the most valuable, in my opinion.

If you feel like a natural leader, but you are unsure how to separate yourself from the rest of the pack, buy this book to learn how. If you are currently working in a leadership position and things just aren't going the way you want them to, read this book. If you find yourself in neither of the situations mentioned above, but you want to be, read this book. The author will guide you step by step up the yellow brick road to your own leadership success.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Practical Advice for New Leaders and Those Who Want to Improve
"Now while I was speaking, praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God,... Read more
Published on June 10, 2010 by Donald Mitchell
4.0 out of 5 stars Remarkably Thorough and Practical
Kevin Eikenberry considers remarkable leadership to be a series of competencies that one can learn and apply. Read more
Published on January 14, 2010 by Karen L. Jett, CMA
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book
I purchased this book as a gift for a friend of mine and he said it's a great book and helped him alot
Published on October 29, 2008 by Joe
4.0 out of 5 stars Building communication on and off the job
Kevin Eikenberry's book "Remarkable Leadership" has been a transformational read as I try to incorporate many of the leadership methods into my job and personal life. Read more
Published on April 18, 2008 by Matthew Jordan
4.0 out of 5 stars A great help to find the leader in you
Kevin Eikenberry's book is especially useful to anyone who wishes to become a better leader. Not only does Eikenberry outline what skills remarkable leader's posses, but he helps... Read more
Published on April 15, 2008 by Melanie Rosenberger
4.0 out of 5 stars It is a valuable book
This is a handbook for improving your leadership skills. Each chapter starts with a self assessment on skill level and then it carefully lays out what you can do to improve. Read more
Published on March 23, 2008 by Reg Nordman
5.0 out of 5 stars A comprehensive guide to develop leadership skills
Kevin Eikenberry and I met in December 2007 at 800-CEO-READ's Pow Wow for business authors. His new book entitled Remarkable Leadership is impressive. I'm not surprised. Read more
Published on February 27, 2008 by Michael Lee Stallard
5.0 out of 5 stars A Leadership for Everyone
Kevin is doing a masterful job of developing the remarkable part of everyone. His book and his workshops are designed to help unleash the intrinsic motivation and greatness we all... Read more
Published on October 26, 2007 by David T. Guerra
5.0 out of 5 stars Leadership is a life long learning adventure
As a subscriber to Kevins weekly newsletter, the quality of this book is no surprise. A step by step way to build your existing leadership skills as well as creating new ones. Read more
Published on October 22, 2007 by Harlan Goerger
5.0 out of 5 stars for anyone interested in "learning" to be remarkable
Remarkable Leadership is filled with, and brimming over with "bonus bytes" that are captivating in capturing important information for anyone interested in "learning" to be... Read more
Published on October 22, 2007 by Dr. Rae Associates
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