Eric Jacobson

JUNE 5, 2021

Today, I bring back one of my most-read blog posts from 2017. It read as follows: At the end of each year, I select my choice for the best new leadership book for that year, and then highlight that book on my blog. And, it's likely to be among the select few options for best new leadership book of 2017.

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Eric Jacobson

APRIL 28, 2021

Today, I bring back one of my most-read blog posts from a few years ago: At the end of each year, I select my choice for the best new leadership book for that year, and then highlight that book on my blog. Well, we're only five months into 2017 and there is a new leadership book so good that I can't wait until year-end to share it with you.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 26, 2020

At the end of each year, I select my choice for the best new leadership book for that year, and then highlight that book on my blog. Well, only five months into 2017, I had already found a new leadership book so good that I couldn't wait until year-end 2017 to share it. Technology is killing inspiration.

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HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

In an exclusive interview with HR Digest, Trent Henry, EY’s Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), shares key strategies driving EY’s commitment to diversity, innovation, employee well-being, and leadership development. Through Henry’s insights, HR professionals gain valuable perspectives on navigating HR leadership in a dynamic environment.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Guest post from Sophie Wade: Leadership is in the midst of a major makeover. Autonomy is a key one that impacts leaders’ positions and roles which has been found to be a critical component for increasing employee engagement and thence productivity, as noted already by Peter Drucker decades ago, especially in relation to knowledge workers.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 9, 2018

But then you turn around and the same leadership team that posted the values is behaving in a completely contradictory manner – and you wonder why we don’t trust leadership. Disturbingly, the 2017 Edelman Trust Barometer revealed 63 percent of its survey respondents said CEOs are somewhat or not at all credible.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 31, 2023

In a previous article , I explored how technology is generally not feeding through into productivity statistics. Data shows that despite considerable advances in technology in the last decade, productivity has largely remained flat. As a result, it remains to be seen how either it or the U.K.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 8, 2016

To survive and prosper in 2017, companies must adopt a way of managing that is based on their capacity to learn and change—consciously, continuously, and quickly. There is opportunity to enhance one’s competitive position in every phase of those cycles. Guest post from Michael G. Are you ready? They are trying to survive, not grow.

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HR Digest

MAY 3, 2019

"Workforce Skills Upgrade: A New Competitive Advantage" SAP is one of the few companies leading diversity & Inclusion, having implemented a comprehensive workforce skills upgrade since 2017. The HR Digest: Under your leadership, SAP successfully implemented a comprehensive workforce skills upgrade in 2017.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 29, 2017

At the end of each year, I select my choice for the best new leadership book for that year, and then highlight that book on my blog. Well, we're only five months into 2017 and there is a new leadership book so good that I can't wait until year-end to share it with you. Technology is killing inspiration.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 1, 2017

Instead of worrying about when they’re going to leave, focus on helping your employees be as valuable as possible while they’re with you; ● It’s unlikely that one organization could offer the range of opportunities – skills, positions, locations, terms, or dynamics – that every employee will want over the course of their careers.

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Leading with Trust

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Are there positive sentiments expressed or negative? It includes the training process, the daily work experience including the quality of the work environment and the technology they use, career growth, interactions with leadership and the organization’s policies and procedures, and eventually retirement or separation.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 3, 2018

At the end of each year, I select my choice for the best new leadership book for that year, and then highlight that book on my blog. Well, we're only five months into 2017 and there is a new leadership book so good that I can't wait until year-end to share it with you. Technology is killing inspiration.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Jim Kim (President of the World Bank), Peter Drucker (founder of modern management), Paul Hersey (noted author, teacher, and personal mentor of mine), and Warren Bennis (one of the world’s greatest leadership thinkers of his time). Authority on new technology and communication. Has been recognized as the World’s #1 Leadership Thinker.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

And, what's on your list this year that wasn't on last year's list?

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 29, 2018

While many people will mention all their experiences, if someone only has leadership skills as a secondary skillset and no actual qualification in this area, then you may have to find someone else who does have the qualifications you’re looking for. could have more honed in leadership skills than someone who didn’t. Resilience.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Technology. One way to attract candidates is to have updated technology. All of these aspects help draw in the right people, so they apply for positions at your company. It’s difficult to get any work done without modern technology, and smart candidates will recognize this and run the other way. All rights reserved.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 23, 2018

It may take some time for employees to get used to cloud computing and paperless technologies. One of the main reasons is that employees can be split over various locations due to outsourcing and the capabilities of new technology. Society has evolved to become far more inclusive, and we’d all agree that this is a positive feature.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 3, 2020

By early 2017, about 2.2 For centuries, we’ve built and organized scientific and technological knowledge through testable explanations and predictions. They must embrace a new leadership model. Boost Your Positive Intake. Subscribe to Leadership Insights , the blog that transforms. -Daniel Kahneman.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 28, 2017

I was amazed when more than 12,000 people applied for the 15 positions. Herminia Ibarra – Thinkers 50 #8 Management Thinker 2015-17, #1 Leadership Thinker 2013-15, Professor at London Business School, former professor Harvard, best-selling author of Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Technology has provided companies of all sizes with a very efficient tool to improve team communication ; while you should never underestimate the value of the phone or email, instant messaging apps such as Slack, Hipchat, or Campfire instantly pass work updates to your colleagues. Copyright 2007-2017 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 18, 2018

At the end of the day, the employees are going to use all of their energy and skills to improve production and adopt a positive attitude that is of great help for any workspace. Meteor Forms is essentially a technology that helps its clients build customized forms. Copyright 2007-2017 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 19, 2015

In 1998, I advised the Disney corporation and reminded them that Walt Disney’s 100th birthday in 2001 would offer great marketing and positioning opportunities. These anniversaries should be celebrated in 2017: NASA’s move to Houston, 55th. Technology is but one tool of the trade. University of Texas Medical Branch, 125th.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2017

Drucker Forum 2017: Growth and Inclusive Prosperity. This article is one in a series related to the 9th Global Peter Drucker Forum, taking place in November 2017 in Vienna, Austria. Of course, success of individual Hidden Champions is based on their leadership and strategy. Scientific competencies also play an important role.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Fortunately, the proliferation of digital communication data and the advancement of sensor technology have enabled us to more precisely measure workplace behavior. Although we were not able to see the identity of individuals, we still had data on gender, position, and tenure at the office, so we could control for these factors.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

hospitals and health systems experienced an average 39% reduction in their operating margins from 2015 to 2017. However, doing this with blanket eliminations of layers carries a risk: inadvertently pruning away the next generation of leadership talent. PM Images/Getty Images. A recent Navigant survey found that U.S. As the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2018

My recent paper , coauthored with Naoshi Ikeda and Sho Watanabe of Tokyo Institute of Technology, empirically tests this quiet life hypothesis with Japanese data. That might be true in some cases, but our research suggests the negatives outweigh the positives. Do managers really work less hard without competition and monitoring?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Therefore the most important aim for digital companies is to achieve market leadership, create network effects , and command a “winner-take-all” profit structure. Facebook’s gross margin of 76% on its 2017 revenues of $46.5 Facebook’s gross margin of 76% on its 2017 revenues of $46.5 billion and $0.8

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2018

When I speak to large groups about leadership, one question I often ask is, “How many of you have ever received a compliment from your boss that actually offended you?” ” On the surface, these efforts seem innocuous, perhaps even positive. H.Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Getty Images. Making stuff up.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

companies can’t fill their open positions, according to a McKinsey Global Institute study that found that analytical, engineering, and management roles are the hardest to fill. Platform Adoption Identify and implement an appropriate technology solution to support the identification, sourcing, and management of independent labor.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2018

From leadership transitions and restructurings, to mergers and acquisitions, to regulatory changes, there seems to be constant unrest in the workforce. But how your leadership reacts to change will trickle down and impact your managers, who then impact your employees and their engagement. Alan Copson/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

Yet progress within organizations has been slow – there is still a lack of women and minorities in leadership positions, and certain industries like tech and finance are lacking diversity at all levels. The structured interviews were conducted by me over the phone, Skype, or in person, between February and June 2017.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Last year was a record year for data breaches , and 2017, so far, has seen its fair share of high-profile cyberattacks. Being open in the aftermath of a breach is the thing executives are in a position to control — but more often than not, they evade the truth. Tom Knight/Getty Images. Not being transparent.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

In Seattle, for example, large employers will have to pay a $15 minimum wage by January 2017. So far, the technology we hear most about in retail is self-checkout. Consequently, investors should ask: What technologies are you planning to use to increase labor productivity without undermining service or increasing costs elsewhere?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2017

However, over the past few years, they’ve focused on digital content to engage kids around positive life experiences and giving back. The leadership team conducts a weekly evaluation to assess, “Is what we’re doing working?”

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HR Digest

JULY 14, 2022

In recent years, Jones has raised the bar for DE&I leadership across the globe for a number of talent initiatives for groups that are traditionally underrepresented in STEM. The HR Digest: Under your leadership, Intel continues to make great strides in the field of diversity and inclusion (D&I).

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HR Digest

MAY 3, 2019

In an interview with The HR Digest, Lewis describes how she uses Lockheed Martin’s Full Spectrum Leadership to deliver results and shape the future. Lockheed Martin Code Quest 2017 Denver. The HR Digest: 'Full Spectrum Leadership' is the cornerstone of leadership at Lockheed Martin.

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