Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 18, 2010

Wednesday, August 18, 2010 Plan Monthly Job Learning Days Having your employees learn more about what their fellow employees do is invaluable. When everyone knows how each job/position on your team fits together, your team can accomplish so much more. So, plan a half day where you pair up employees.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Tuesday, December 14, 2010 Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategic Plan Mike Brown, the founder of the Kansas City company called, The Brainzooming Group, encourages business leaders to solicit feedback from their customers when creating a strategic plan. Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 17, 2010

Monday, May 17, 2010 Build A Strong Team. Be An Effective Team Member. Its somewhat difficult to find a copy of Price Pritchetts 1992 handbook called, The Team Member Handbook For Teamwork, but if you do locate a copy, it provides you good, practical, useful information. Youll learn as a manager how to build a strong team.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Sunday, November 7, 2010 How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour Kansas City’s Joe Calhoon, published earlier this month, The 1 Hour Plan for Growth , where he provides a system for creating a clear and compelling business plan for growth. I believe business plans are critical to any business — new or old.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 25, 2010

Tuesday, May 25, 2010 Play Team Sports To Build Leadership Skills Todays high school and college team sport athletes are learning leadership skills that will serve them well when they enter the workforce. Be An Effective Team Member. Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

As we near the last quarter of 2010, its wise to think about how we can make our businesses stronger in 2011. One way will be to ensure our crisis management plans are in place. Toyotas and BPs woes this year have certainly put crisis management plans on the radar screen. Unfortunately, most businesses dont have a plan.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 17, 2010

Sunday, October 17, 2010 What To Think About For Next Year Hopefully, 2011 will be better for most businesses. ▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 4, 2011

Tuesday, January 4, 2011 Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees? One of the best ways I've found to retain employees is to engage them in the business planning process. Have senior management put together annual and quarterly business plan drafts, then engage employee teams to give feedback and come up with ideas.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 20, 2011

Thursday, January 20, 2011 "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks StLouis magazine is featuring in its January issue 60 companies that they deemed "great places to work". Helping those companies to earn that honor are the perks they give their employees, some of which you might want to consider for 2011.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Monday, September 6, 2010 Keys To Telling A Good Story In Your Presentations Joey Ashers new 100-page book, 15 Minutes Including Q&A provides a "plan to save the world from lousy presentations," proclaims Asher. . -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO).

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 15, 2011

Saturday, January 15, 2011 Reach Communications & Leadership Expert David Grossman Via His New App If you havent engaged with David Grossmans website, Blog and incredibly useful eBooks, make a point of checking them all out at his website for The Grossman Group. Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

I appreciate all the work you’ve put into it, as do your team members.&# ▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 21, 2010

Saturday, August 21, 2010 Lots Of Lessons From Post-it Notes There are lots of lessons tied to those canary yellow squares, called Post-it Notes -- how ideas and innovations can come from anyone on your team at any time. How they can be used by leaders to boost morale. How test marketing is critical. Enjoy the history of those yellow squares.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 1, 2010

If you say youll send a team member a report, do so. But, following through is critical to keeping your team effective and efficient. If you promise to get an employee an answer, get it for him or her. As the Nike campaign/slogan so aptly says, "Just Do It." Too many managers dont follow through. Perhaps they get busy.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 5, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ▼ December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees. How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Tell him how his actions negatively affect the team. Remind him that he is a valuable part of the team and that you have confidence his performance will improve. Tell him what performance is in need of change and be specific. Let the discussion sink in. Dont rehash the discussion later.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Equally bad, a lack of decision will impede the progress of the managers team. Good managers know that most decisions can be tweaked along the way as their teams carry out their tasks impacted by the decision. Some managers make endless requests for data as a way to postpone their having to make a decision.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 22, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees. How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 16, 2011

Sunday, January 16, 2011 20 New Words Every Leader Should Know Each year, new words and expressions become bona fide entries into the worlds top English dictionaries. Here are 20 of those words that recently made it into dictionaries -- many of which youve likely heard your younger employees using.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 1, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ▼ December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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Eric Jacobson

APRIL 26, 2010

April 27, 2010 1:20 PM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) UpTweet Subscribe To Posts Atom Posts Comments Atom Comments Blog Archive ► 2011 (9) ► January (9) The Power Of Mentoring: Formal And Informal Are You Leading Like Marriott? Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 17, 2011

Monday, January 17, 2011 New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reach That Goal Social psychologist, Heidi Grant Halvorson, wrote Succeed to help you understand how goals work, what tends to go wrong, and what you can do to reach your goals or to help others reach theirs. Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 6, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. To get the eBook, go to the Speechworks home page. Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 11, 2010

However, if you dont have time to read books about how to be an effective and good leader, you can select a few words from the list below and then practice what those words mean, as you lead your team every day. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 30, 2010

If not, and you want to be a more effective leader for your team at work in 2011, select one or more of these 70 New Years resolutions for leaders: 1. Constantly challenge your team to do better 11. Teach something new to your team 24. Show respect for all team members 25. Dont micromanage 2. Be visible 15.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

According to Emarketer, the proportion of companies using dedicated blogs as a marketing channel—excluding blogs on social networks and microblogs such as Twitter—will rise to 39% in 2011 and to 43% by 2012. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 7, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 30, 2010

August 31, 2010 3:59 PM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) UpTweet Subscribe To Posts Atom Posts Comments Atom Comments Blog Archive ► 2011 (9) ► January (9) The Power Of Mentoring: Formal And Informal Are You Leading Like Marriott? Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 6, 2011

Thursday, January 6, 2011 Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Then, either volunteer and/or organize a team of your employees to volunteer ! By Volunteering As the nation honors Dr. Martin Luther King , Jr. on Monday, January 17, volunteer or make the decision to volunteer in your community.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 9, 2010

What is our Plan? And, if #4 and #3 above dont match up correctly, then the business or organization must take action to set a plan to correct the disconnect. One recommendation is to at least include members of your management team, sales team, marketing team and research team when you ask the five questions.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 5, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Choose the best strategy and make a plan to implement it. ▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 21, 2010

If revenue is down, or if youve lost a large customer, or if a new competitor has entered the market, let your team know. Dont keep your team in the dark. Your employees need to know about the health of your company or organization. Dont give them a false sense of the situation by sharing only good news.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 29, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees. How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 8, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees. How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

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