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Author Archives: Darin Eich
Work Freedom: The who, what, where, when, why, and how of work checklist
It’s a valuable thing to work with who you want, on what you want, how you want, where you want, when you want, and to own what you work on. It’s meaningful to have a quick but thoughtful answer to … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Development, Workshops
Tagged activity, assessment, Autonomy, Career Development, Checklist, HR, Human Resources, infographic, Organization, Professional, Reflection, Student, Work Freedom
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Hit Escape Three Times
Take a look at all of the things you are involved in, doing in your work, or at your organization. Which do you need to hit the Escape button on? About what do you tell yourself, “Times have changed…this doesn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Development
Tagged cut, Escape, New Year, Planning, save time, strategy, time management
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Move faster in the morning with a time management assessment
Lately I have been most passionate about helping people to innovate their own lives, solve their own problems, respond to change, and transform themselves at a higher level. This begins with identifying a challenge. A common challenge I see many … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation Knowledge, Personal Development
Tagged activity, assessment, coffee, make time, morning, save time, start, time management
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Step up the ladder: A visual infographic to help you start innovation
A metaphor and visual model can help us get started with innovation and the important, frequent, and necessary conversations with others about what we are working on. I’ve whipped up an innovation ladder model infographic to help you think about … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged conversations, framework, image, infographic, innovation, model, start
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Use the repeat button with care in your life and work
When I listen to music I love the repeat button. I especially love the “repeat 1” button. I love to hear the same song over and over again. It drives most people crazy. After a while, admittedly about 5 times, … Continue reading
Survey says: The 4 most critical skills to develop due to the rapid pace of change
The American Management Association (AMA) surveyed 2,115 managers about the most important skills needed in our organizations. It is not the 3Cs but now a different set of 4Cs: Critical thinking/problem solving, Communication, Collaboration, and Creativity/innovation skills. Why are these 4Cs … Continue reading
The innovation opportunity is to improve your technology literacy
This sixth grader, Thomas Suarez, gave a TED Talk. For me that alone stands out. How many 6th graders do you see doing TED Talks? He develops IPhone apps. His most popular one is called “Bustin Jieber.” He created it … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Personal Development
Tagged apps, literacy, opportunity, technology
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Resource: Student Leadership Programs Knowledge Community from NASPA
As we’ve been spreading the word about the pre-release sampler version of my leadership development book, I’ve been identifying many of the social media resources for leadership educators. NASPA has a couple of resources on Facebook for people interested in … Continue reading
Leadership Program Resource: The Social Change Model of Leadership Development
The Social Change Model of Leadership Development is a popular model in use on college campuses. Susan Komives shares some backstory and description about this model with the 7 C values + Change.
Leadership Development Professional Resource: Association of Leadership Educators
Many leadership development association members have helped me to develop my upcoming book, Root Down & Branch Out: Best Practices for Leadership Development Programs. I have built a sampler version for leadership educators that myself and some colleagues have been … Continue reading
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