Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 25, 2023

“Only you , as a senior leader, have the power to direct your company to continuous and sustainable success,” says Scott K. Growth is a leadership issue, not a sales issue,” he adds. And why the relationship that executives and leaders have with the sales organization is among the most important elements of growth leadership.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Episode 239: Antonella Pisani, the CEO and founder of Eyeful Media , a digital marketing and consulting firm, joins host David Dye, and discusses the importance of culture, values, and remote culture in leadership. She emphasizes hiring experienced talent and creating an intellectually stimulating environment.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 30, 2022

There are leadership lessons in Southwest Airline’s fall from grace. The company has been a servant-leadership darling since it’s inception and co-founder Herb Kelleher applied the principles for decades before stepping down as CEO in 2001. Yes, a massive winter storm was especially bad for the company.

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Airlines Leadership Short-term Long-term 188

Leading Blog

JUNE 15, 2020

I F you are building a startup, you’ll find no shortage of people who are willing to give you advice, particularly when it comes to raising financing. Unfortunately, much of this advice is wrong. Most startup advice, like most myths, have a kernel of truth to them, but you have to know when to apply it and when to skip it.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

A LL COMPANIES begin with a vision. Given that the global biotechnology market was valued at USD 1.55 My advice is not to simply store a list in your memory and pull certain items out when needed. The opportunities for bioentrepreneurs can be more exciting and impactful than ever in today's accelerated market.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2021

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in April 2021. Giants like Amazon and Alibaba are creating vast new market spaces through a deft combination of tools like machine learning and business savvy that reimagines customer experiences while generating immense shareholder value. And it's an epidemic.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 4, 2021

Today, the following expert business and leadership book authors shared their advice for how to effectively lead during 2021. My question to them was: What is your advice for leaders as we enter what is surely to be a challenging 2021 for most businesses? Nathan Magnuson -- Author of Stand Out!

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in December 2019. Become : The 5 Commitments of Purposeful Leadership by Mark Hannum. Mark Hannum reveals the evidence-based secrets that surfaced from vast data Linkage has collected on leadership effectiveness.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 12, 2021

Today’s leading-edge companies are taking complete ownership of outcomes and experiences for customers. Grow selectively (that is, where they can claim profitable market share) and in ways suitable for the local environment, not everywhere all at once. Operating Beyond: Rethink How Their Companies Operate.

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Strategy Supply Chain Globalization Bureaucracy 340

Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 30, 2022

There are leadership lessons in Southwest Airline’s fall from grace. The company has been a servant-leadership darling since it’s inception and co-founder Herb Kelleher applied the principles for decades before stepping down as CEO in 2001. So what went wrong and what can leaders learn from the example?

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Airlines Leadership Short-term Long-term 130

Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Want to take your company to the next level? Kerr is an author, management consultant, and leadership coach specializing in culture, vision, and people strategies. Please believe that regardless of what your company does or how it does it, there’s another firm right behind it ready to take your spot. Become Indispensable.

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Company Leadership Styles Books Tips 137

Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 20, 2016

One of the best pieces of advice I’ve ever gotten about this calibration was summarized so well by Don Lancaster – “Most ‘impossible’ goals can be met simply by breaking them down into bite sized chunks, writing them down, believing them, and then going full speed ahead as if they were routine.”.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2016

I N TODAY'S ECONOMY of volatility and velocity, the lifespan of a Fortune 500 company has plummeted from an average 50 years to a mere fifteen. When constant disruption is the new normal, how do companies succeed? Here are five key ways that winning companies stay on top: 1. Great companies recognize disruption and face it.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

If your company offers an orientation or training program, try to pay attention–or at least look attentive. In the same vein, never interrupt someone who’s giving you advice–even if it’s something you’ve known for years. THE LEADERSHIP GAP. A Leadership Manifesto: A Guide To Greatness.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

In contrast, consulting is a more directive approach that involves providing expert advice and guidance to organizations. Identifying Organizational Needs: Assessing Challenges and Goals Assessing the challenges and goals of an organization is a critical first step in providing effective leadership advisory and executive coaching solutions.

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Consultative Organization Self-aware Objective 217

Strategy Driven

JULY 6, 2018

What they were doing five years ago has no relationship to what they’re now marketing. 7 Levels of Advice Given. This level of advice is usually pro-active and is influenced by the advisor’s experiences with comparable situations. Prior experience in company environment. 7 Levels of Authority Figure.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Great Leaders Have No Rules : Contrarian Leadership Principles to Transform Your Team and Business by Kevin Kruse (Rodale Books, 2019) Kevin Kruse debunks popular wisdom with ten contrarian principles for better, faster, easier leadership. Maxwell (HarperCollins Leadership, 2019) In Leadershift , John C. Blog Post ).

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

At a critical junction in the American Revolution, George Washington used superior leadership to turn the tables on a stronger competitor – and so can you. That can leave smaller companies unwilling to commit to a head-to-head battle. That can leave smaller companies unwilling to commit to a head-to-head battle.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 4, 2014

Adam Bryant has put together a great leadership companion with Quick and Nimble. There’s great advice on a wide range of leadership issues from Why Culture Matters to Alone at the Top. As the CEO, I’m the chief editor of the company, but I want the idea to come from anybody. You don’t stand a chance of making it work.”

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Bureaucracy Leadership Ryan CEO 283

Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Back in her Verizon days, one of Karin’s favorite questions to ask a team member whom she was encouraging to think like an entrepreneur was: “If this was your company, would you _ (make this decision, hold this meeting, spend money in this matter, invest in this project)?” ” As you can imagine, the answer was often.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 16, 2021

While some people do not mind researching for hours on end to find an answer to their company’s issue, others want a more efficient and custom option that allows them to quickly get the information and advice they need. Leadership and Human Resources. Online consultants can help in a variety of ways.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 9, 2020

SaaS lead generation in a B2B environment can be quite challenging, and SaaS marketing is famous for being very data-driven with extremely little margin of error. In this guide, we will discuss some of the most effective B2B lead generation strategies for SaaS companies, starting with the first one. Effective B2B Content Marketing.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 23, 2020

W HEN David Cote became CEO of Honeywell in February of 2002, the company was a train wreck. The problem was that he had to deliver something in the short-term to the investors for survival but had to set the company up for tomorrow too. At the end of the book, he leaves us with some sound advice. He did both.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 19, 2023

Tim Richmond: One lesson I’ve learned, as simple as it sounds, would be to find a job at a great company. It’s important to bet on yourself and bet on your company. If you find a company that is a great place to work, a lot of opportunity will follow, and I can honestly say that now I’m living proof of that lesson.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 1, 2018

There are many demands upon entrepreneurs and senior management of companies. Top management regularly needs the creative inspiration to take the company to new heights. Cutting-edge executives (the very top and those about to take the mantle) need seasoned advice and inspiration. Online marketing firms. Advocacy Groups.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 4, 2016

Welcome to the July 2016 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Although mid-summer is a time when many of us slow down (as we should), this compilation of excellent cutting-edge leadership thinking will help motivate you to hit the ground running when your vacation or other summer relaxation period ends. Let’s Get Started.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Unfortunately, in most companies experience is the winning argument. Mostly, though, they do it because they care so much about the company. Leadership requires passion. Second, they have to have an idea for a solution that is radically different from anything currently in the market. If you don’t have it, get out now.

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Leadership Engineering Learning-by-Doing Creativity 285

Leading Blog

MARCH 6, 2023

Power is part of leadership, and it can be used in the service of others or for personal gain. We grow a company when we grow its people. She says, “I translated his sage advice to mean put your focus on followership, not politics.” T HE TIME TO THINK about power is before you get it.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

The company has grown through a long series of mergers and acquisitions to place itself among the world leaders in the production of many commodities, including aluminium, iron ore, copper, uranium, coal, and diamonds. Sam Walsh: I was looking for a fresh challenge in a global company run from Australia. On with the interview.

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Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

This is an except from Jan-Benedict Steenkamp’s Time to Lead: Lessons for Today’s Leaders from Bold Decisions that Changed History , New York: Fast Company Press. Reflections on Charismatic Leadership. In marketing, this idea is used in “purpose branding”—how a brand can change the world for the better. Printed by permission.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Beginning in the 2000s, capital became more abundant due in large part to the costs required to start a new company. VC firms stay with their investments longer (upwards of ten years), often providing advice, support, a network of relationships, and coaching to improve the odds of success. Market Size. 50 percent don’t.

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How To Finance Marketing Entrepreneur 265

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

How many times have you witnessed someone holding-out for a higher price, better valuation, evolving markets, technology advances, or any number of other circumstances that either never transpire, or by the time they do, the opportunistic advantage had disappeared? I appreciate you sharing your thoughts.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 10, 2020

I just didn’t know which field of study the company would rest in. In 2011, I formed SquareFoot, a new kind of commercial real estate company , to address growing companies and their office space needs. Marketing, and 3. Not if I wanted the company to deliver on the vision I had. Real estate, 2. Over the past 3.5

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Leading with Trust

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The Leadership Development Carnival, sponsored by Weaving Influence and the Lead Change Group , is a monthly publication of thought leadership from some of the brightest minds in the field of leadership. Check out Top Gun Rules and follow Wally Bock of Three Star Leadership. Want a good training model? Team Building.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 11, 2021

You should always be willing to pay for and follow great advice. Paying for advice is a capital investment in a valuable piece of mental machinery.”. The idea that the price paid for companies is based on past performance is only partly true. Mistake #4: Partnering. Mistake #9: Sell Too Soon. Mistake #10: Sell Too Late.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 3, 2020

When’s the last time your company created a talent strategy? According to respondents, organizations with effective talent-management programs have a better chance than other companies of outperforming competitors and, among publicly owned companies, are likelier to outpace their peers’ returns to shareholders. Three years ago?

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Career Advancement

MAY 15, 2017

he received an invaluable piece of advice from one of his directors, as I describe in my book Getting Ahead. These are the four most powerful leadership words you can say, and you should say them often. If you start using this phrase regularly, you’ll have shifted your whole leadership approach, and your people will take notice.

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