Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Rising Together is for readers at every stage and level in their careers who recognize that building a broad range of relationships is essential to their advancement, now and in the future. Believe they are valued for their potential as well as their contributions. Perceive that how they matter is not strictly tied to their positional power.

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LDRLB

JANUARY 12, 2011

Hsieh’s (2010) theory is that if you build ways for employees to take control over their career futures into organizational design, one lucky by-product is that these employees will be happier. In essence, Zappos created a structure that is designed to keep employees in control of their careers.

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LDRLB

JANUARY 12, 2011

Hsieh’s (2010) theory is that if you build ways for employees to take control over their career futures into organizational design, one lucky by-product is that these employees will be happier. In essence, Zappos created a structure that is designed to keep employees in control of their careers.

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Decentralization Competitive Advantage Career Entrepreneur 88

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The researchers highlight how the decentralization encouraged by the pandemic has meant that many companies have deployed tools such as HighMatch to measure for cultural fit. The tools aim to systematically measure applicants for their alignment with company values.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 20, 2022

It was a tough choice, so for 2022, I'm picking two books: Both books are timely, highly relevant, full of great teachings and well worth reading for leaders at any stage of their careers. They have the courage to have conversations often considered taboo or too difficult.”

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Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

General Charles Jacoby is a military leader whose career culminated as four-star Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. They define agility and offer leaders a roadmap for navigating change. Leo Tilman is the founder of Tilman & Company, Inc. and is an expert on risk, strategy, and finance. Northern Command.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. In her new book, The Fall of the Alphas: The New Beta Way to Connect, Collaborate, Influence – And Lead , she shows why the Beta model is the key to both business and career success. Earlier in her career, she was an operating executive at R.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 22, 2014

The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. In her book, The Fall of the Alphas: The New Beta Way to Connect, Collaborate, Influence – And Lead , she shows why the Beta model is the key to both business and career success. Earlier in her career, she was an operating executive at R. I call it Alpha.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. The increased communication and collaboration required of Beta organizations demand a new style of leadership and career planning. Earlier in her career, Dr. Ardi was an operating executive at R. I call this one Beta. Dana Ardi, Ph.D.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 21, 2014

The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. In her new book, The Fall of the Alphas: The New Beta Way to Connect, Collaborate, Influence – And Lead , she shows why the Beta model is the key to both business and career success. Earlier in her career, she was an operating executive at R.

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Deep Imprints

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Because there was (and remains) no clear career path for women in ministry. When we decentralize, we end up with more of a personal view. If God is changing the way things are, and decentralizing the church, then our whole perception of relationship will change. They felt isolated and disrespected. Then I lost my advocate.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

Most Western executives have limited exposure to a frontier market until they are relatively senior in their careers. Spending time early in your career in a frontier market has a lasting impact on all your subsequent management decisions. At worst, they misjudge or simply stay out of markets vastly different from their own.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 18, 2014

Decentralization reality vs. having one ABC Company strategy, are in conflict. Learn why people come to work at ABC Company, why they stay, and why they leave. Identify key positions and key people to target for succession planning. Analyze internal/external labor demographics/pipelines.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

It's easy to make the case that collaborative leadership is the wave of the future: Technology makes decentralized decision-making and flat organizations more feasible than ever. One thing we've heard again and again is that collaboration can be a double-edged sword in terms of being perceived as powerful.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Communication, the human connection, is the key to personal and career success. Alli Polin of Break the Frame observes that teams are increasingly decentralized and leaders are challenged to create connection when face to face interaction is infrequent at best. Follow William. Follow Wally. Follow Shelley.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Schools can’t continue to deliver an expensive credential that is not seen as delivering a viable path to a career—no matter what the long-term value. To prosper in the new competitive environment, institutions must engage the whole school system in supporting the personal and career development of their students.

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Skills Education Long-term Career 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2015

During his military career, Petraeus stressed the importance of the “strategic corporal,” the young leader whose tactical actions could have strategic consequences, advancing or undermining an overall campaign. ” Earlier in his career, he received training better suited for a more certain environment.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2016

This means that cities and companies will attract better talent if they can demonstrate that the move will contribute to the professionals’ careers, including after they leave the company. Over time, California is experiencing a brain gain over regions that restrict workers’ ability to move more freely in their career paths.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2011

How does one successfully manage a company with a dozen diverse, decentralized businesses of varying sizes that employ over 100,000 people in 130 countries, especially in an uncertain economic environment? The answer is to make things simple, says Bill Allen, head of Group Human Resources at Copenhagen-based A.P. Moller-Maersk.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2018

centralized or decentralized), but no matter the structure having data science leaders in the room for product and business strategy discussions will accelerate data product development. The higher the data literacy of the product and business functions, the better able they’ll be to collaborate with the data science and tech teams.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Broadly, EDM seemed to reverse the trend of a decentralized company and office. ” As a result, top talent left rather than risk stalling their careers. And it didn’t exactly bring out the best in people, for good reason. Prior, growth was associated with “a certain amount of dispersion of function and authority.”

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 15, 2018

The book covers these topics and more: Trust Leading by example Listening Asking powerful questions Coaching Culture At the end of book, Nathan shares valuable links for recommended reading on leadership, career and life topics. That class was where I realized I wanted to pursue leadership as a career.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 7, 2020

Chamber of Commerce Foundation, the biggest challenges employers and HR faced in 2019 is helping people adjust to AI, robotics, and other forms of automation through retraining and career changes. Where I think upskilling is most productive and mutually beneficial is when employers and employees share in the responsibility.

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Nathan Magnuson

OCTOBER 19, 2015

I’ve been privileged to help develop several leadership development programs (LDPs) in my career and I can tell you no two are identical for the simple fact that people and organizations are inherently unique – different cultures, different missions, different situations. Some LDPs use a majority of computer-based training (CBT).

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 23, 2019

This is likely to require decentralizing the structure of our organizations, with smaller teams given greater autonomy to act, experiment and learn. The insights from these teams should then be allowed to flow up and around the organization to spread learning throughout.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Leading energy companies are investing in decentralized energy grids, demonstrating the broad feasibility of such approaches. Finding effective and affordable ways to help people acquire transferable skills during their careers, not just before they start out, is a large social challenge. The New Science of Human Capital.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

You might say that a radically decentralized, p2p financial system spontaneously arose. You might say that a radically decentralized, p2p financial system spontaneously arose. And thats exactly the role that pubs began to play. And thats exactly the role that pubs began to play.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

They’d met at university, and although Derek had gone on to graduate school and a career in banking, while Rogier had joined his family construction business and then founded Contect, they’d never lost touch. But the decentralization debate was different. The two men went way back. Now Vera was getting worked up.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 13, 2024

It’s a realm where trust is decentralized, and innovation knows no bounds. This digital frontier is dismantling traditional business models and placing power back in the hands of individuals. From DeFi to NFTs, Web3 is rewriting the rules of commerce, democratizing access, and redefining ownership in the digital realm.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2012

"Leadership" has changed when a decentralized group of people can take down a government. Communities of practice, where they share a common career or field of business, will extend your offer because it extends their expertise (like McAfee mavens ).

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Obama nominated Robert McDonald , an Army veteran and experienced executive who had honed his leadership skills during a 33-year career at Proctor and Gamble, to attempt the difficult turnaround. The fallout was dramatic: the Secretary of Veterans Affairs resigned and the FBI initiated a criminal investigation.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

But they will need an extremely clear purpose, and shared, decentralized power throughout. And, of course, this affects management's role and how we all manage our careers. When a clear purpose is coupled with shared power, people can self-organize to reach the goal. More on that in future posts.).

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Lastly, don’t decentralize marketing…consistent messaging across markets, mediums and constituencies is critical. Marketing is not a part-time endeavor, and if you don’t have a qualified C-level marketing executive leading the charge, don’t just trust things to the most vocal staff member.

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