Eric Jacobson

MARCH 12, 2024

Rather than seeing it as an obstacle to overcome, integrate it into your strategic approach to invigorate your high-growth potential and outperform competition under any market condition,” explains Rebecca Homkes , author of the new book, Survive, Reset, Thrive. Yet, resetting and leaning into change is essential. “If

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 23, 2020

Now, the types of leadership qualities that show up on list after list are there for good reason. However, when you look closely, you discover that it becomes difficult to see empathy as anything other than essential for competent leadership. Empathetic executives adapt to the inevitable shifts in business with calm confidence.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Therefore, it’s imperative that as a business leader you have the essential meta-skill to navigate your business with a thorough understanding of your current situation, vision to see the future destination, and the ability to create the path to reach it,” explains Rich Horwath , author of the book, Strategic. Horwath : Killing meetings.

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CEO Blog

MAY 12, 2011

I look at my calendar and don't see much on so I book them. And my book review of the day. I read Linda Henman's book " Landing in the Executive Chair - How to Excel in the Hot Seat ". She talks a bit about working your way through the ranks and the difference between being a CEO and a different senior executive.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2020

O NE OF THE MOST challenging leadership problems is to get people to speak up , especially as it concerns realizing the value of the “small voice in the room.”. He is co-founder of the Mayfield Alliance with former Facebook Executive Blaise Bertrand whose mission is to deliver a transformational leadership methodology for everyone.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

It’s so tempting, once leaders get their marching orders to deliver profit targets, to dive right into the details of execution. After all, it’s the nature of a business - going from Point A to Point B as quickly and efficiently as possible, to gain a competitive advantage and secure the market share necessary for success.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Flashback to this post from early 2015 : After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best new leadership book of 2014 is, The Front-Line Leader: Building a High-Performance Organization from the Ground Up , by Chris Van Gorder. You’ll find the 200-page book easy to read.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Flashback to this post from early 2015 : After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best leadership book for 2014 is, The Front-Line Leader: Building a High-Performance Organization from the Ground Up , by Chris Van Gorder. You’ll find the 200-page book easy to read.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 11, 2016

Auster and Lisa Hillenbrand , authors of the new book, Stragility: Excelling At Strategic Changes. Achieving Stragility is the key to competitive advantage that lasts," they add. The book provides lots of examples, concrete tips, action steps and tools. That agility is a key part of Stragility.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Soon, I will announce my choice for best book about leadership for 2017. After reading nearly 30 new books about leadership this past year, my pick for 2016's best new leadership book is, Mastering the Challenges of Leading Change , by H. In the meantime, let's flash back to last year's winner. James Dallas.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Eberhardt: Honest, purposeful, and respectful communication is one of the most effective leadership skills, yet CEOs who promote a culture of candor are still uncommon in business today. Eberhardt , President and CEO, Pathwise Partners is a Gazelles™ c ertified Executive Coach and consultant for CEOs, entrepreneurs, and boards.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Originally published in December 2016: After reading nearly 30 new books about leadership this past year, my pick for 2016's best new leadership book is, Mastering the Challenges of Leading Change , by H. James Dallas. When the rate of external change exceeds the rate of internal change, the end is in sight.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 16, 2017

After reading nearly 30 new books about leadership this past year, my pick for 2016's best new leadership book is, Mastering the Challenges of Leading Change , by H. Technically, the book came out in the fall of 2015, but gained its popularity and momentum in 2016, hence my selection as my 2016 pick. James Dallas.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Therefore, it’s imperative that as a business leader you have the essential meta-skill to navigate your business with a thorough understanding of your current situation, vision to see the future destination, and the ability to create the path to reach it,” explains Rich Horwath , author of the new book, Strategic. Horwath : Killing meetings.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 15, 2014

Guest post by Great Leadership monthly contributor Beth Armknecht Miller: Several years ago I was working with a business owner who had become stuck because of the way the company structure was set up. Time ticked away and they started to loose their competitive advantage. They were older and had different financial needs.

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Skip Prichard

AUGUST 25, 2019

” Those words are printed on the back cover of Five Frequencies: Leadership Signals that Turn Culture into Competitive Advantage. Five Frequencies prescribes more than 20 practical Signal Boosts for turning culture into competitive advantage. 5 Leadership Frequencies. But it’s not sustainable.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 6, 2017

After reading nearly 30 new books about leadership this past year, my pick for 2016's best new leadership book is, Mastering the Challenges of Leading Change , by H. Technically, the book came out in the fall of 2015, but gained its popularity and momentum in 2016, hence my selection as my 2016 pick. James Dallas.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 14, 2019

If we can harness the untapped potential buried deep within the hearts of our people, we can turn engagement from a liability into real, sustainable competitive advantage and usher in gains in productivity unseen since the industrial revolution! Today he serves as the Vice President of High Performance Leadership.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 24, 2013

“The truth is that no one factor makes a company admirable; but if you were forced to pick the one that makes the most difference, you’d pick leadership.”. When it comes to leadership development, the commitment of the CEO and top dogs is the #1 most important success factor. So let’s say you’ve won over a CEO and the executive team.

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Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 1, 2014

State of the art management and leadership techniques are continually evolving. And, the winner of the 2013 Thinkers50, Clay Christensen, now sees his ideas of disruptive innovation used and applied by managers in their relentless quest for competitive advantage. The Thinkers50 book series is now available from McGraw Hill.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MARCH 6, 2021

The 2nd edition of our book Connection Culture: The Competitive Advantage of Shared identity, Empathy, and Understanding at Work features a robust collection of practices you can employ that will boost connection among your team.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Because leadership requires working together, it’s important for leaders to demonstrate humility (feeling and displaying deep regard for others’ dignity) to create healthy working relationships. Her new book is The Extraordinary Power of Leader Humility: Thriving Organizations—Great Results. Where are we going? Do you see me?

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Modern Servant Leader

JANUARY 1, 2013

The Top 10 Twitter Accounts for Servant Leadership. Here they are, The top 10 Twitter accounts for Servant Leadership followers in 2012: 10. James has many books on Leadership that continue to be a great foundation for insights. Jack has an awesome perspective on leadership – largely from Native American history.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

Critical thinking skills are not a luxury for senior executives – they’re a survival skill. and we read books on how to master everything from the newest software application to the latest management theory. Strong mental acuity is a competitive advantage not to be taken lightly. thinking independently.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best is the book, The Font-Line Leader: Building a High-PerformanceOrganization from the Groumd Up , by Chris Van Gorder. You’ll find the 200-page book easy to read. That reinvention led him to that 1973 hospital security director job.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 22, 2011

This is an outstanding book that should become a classic for its extensive research on leadership and organization effectiveness. Central to that high failure rate are huge shortfalls in developing the “soft skills&# of leadership and culture. The book should really be entitled “Healthy Performance.&#

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Coaching Tip

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

It's easy for executives to get caught up with meeting targets and lose sight of the leadership skills they need to motivate teams. In the new book, LEADING WITH EDGE , author Jose R. Source: Leading with Edge: Activate Your Competitive Advantage Through Personal Insight. Modeling and driving expectations.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Top-down, command-and-control leadership styles are outdated and ineffective with this modern-day workforce. Other costs of not adapting leadership styles for your younger employees are harder to quantify, including lost knowledge, relationships, opportunities, and more. If it means more than six jobs in ten years, so be it.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 30, 2019

Flashback to this post from early 2015 : After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best is the book, The Front-Line Leader: Building a High-Performance Organization from the Ground Up , by Chris Van Gorder. You’ll find the 200-page book easy to read.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 2, 2017

Auster and Lisa Hillenbrand , authors of the book, Stragility: Excelling At Strategic Changes. Achieving Stragility is the key to competitive advantage that lasts," they add. The book provides lots of examples, concrete tips, action steps and tools. That agility is a key part of Stragility.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

Whether you are new to studying leadership or have practiced and studied it for many years, I am sure you will benefit and enjoy the leadership lessons today’s post provides. One of your first leadership lessons is “A subordinate’s trust in their leader is the most important factor in the success of any organization.”

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

“When it comes to culture, one of the most glaring issues is that far too many leaders do not recognize it as one of their greatest competitive advantages,” says Matt Mayberry , author of the new book, Culture Is The Way. Those are: Lukewarm leadership buy-in. Having ping-pong tables and other fun games in the office.

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Coaching Tip

MARCH 26, 2018

Most executives today recognize the competitive advantage of human capital, and yet the talent practices their organizations use are stuck in the twentieth century. With this playbook, the authors aim to help executives deploy human capital as effectively as they deploy financial capital. Energize the board. Reinvent HR.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2019

They see any economic change as a springboard for profitable growth and competitive advantage. works with senior executives and teams across an array of companies, such as Johnson & Johnson, Bristol-Myers Squibb, AmerisourceBergen, and Nike. Many believe it’s certain that a recession is pending.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 15, 2019

Evaluative people can execute and sustain ventures. Former Disney Parks and Resorts executive, Lee Cockerell, often says that feedback is a gift. Losing this is essentially losing one of the company’s most sacred competitive advantages. Assumptions and the value propositions must be validated—and developed accordingly.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 3, 2012

That’s the nature of our vocation called leadership. But there’s an interesting question that bears some deep thought here: “While all these other things may change, do the fundamental lessons of great leadership remain timeless?” It’s really a “stealth” strength we need to leverage.

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Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Are you staying ahead of the competition and creating a sustainable advantage? That’s the opening line in The Strategy Book by Max Mckeown. Max Mckeown is an author of several best-selling, award winning books. He’s also a sought-after speaker on subjects ranging from competitive advantage to strategy to leadership.

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