Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 20, 2022

This time each year, I select from all the leadership books I read during the year my pick for the best new leadership book of the year. And their book provides readers clear and practical insights to help them succeed in making those connections. A word that comes up a lot in the book is “empathy.”

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

We discovered through a rigorous analysis applying 70 years of Nobel-prize winning economics that Mobsters have leadership teams and structures that enable their success despite continuous efforts to disrupt them. Relentless offers five transformative leadership lessons that leadership training programs must incorporate and promote.

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CO2

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Aaron Hobbs President of RISE shares his experience in having an executive coach and the benefits he gained, during this interview. What led you to seek executive coaching, and why did you choose your particular coach? I was fortunate to move into a leadership role at, what I consider, a fairly young age. Why do I do that?

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Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Executive coaching focuses on improving performance and developing individual skills. With regard to one-to-one coaching of leaders, often referred to as executive or leadership coaching, it is often used by organizations when a leader has been appointed to a new role or has been identified for one in the near future.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

In the text that follows, I’ll provide you with 4 constructs to help you evolve your thinking around digital transformation. They are not filling current openings to maintain the business they’re in, but hiring executives to reimagine the business and lead them into their redefined future. Think next chapter vs last book.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2022

In my book Communicate with Courage: Taking Risks to Overcome the Four Hidden Challenges , I illuminate obstacles that hold most of us back at some point in our lives and present methods of overcoming them. One-on-one coaching (or executive coaching) is tricky territory. We all have different growth needs.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Own Your Leadership Leadership isn’t about quiet compliance; it’s about courageous conversations. ” is a call to leadership. We’d love to hear from you: when “they” just don’t get it, how do you constructively address the failure to communicate? So don’t assume it’s the only answer.

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Modern Servant Leader

MARCH 29, 2021

The study analyzed 17 different attributes across Glassdoor, Indeed, and LinkedIn to derive a single score, called the Digital Leadership Culture Index (DLCI). In addition, it combined their previous study focused on postsecondary leadership programs, to generate recommendations for state governments, colleges, and universities.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2018

S O MUCH OF LEADERSHIP is managing tensions. And that’s what The Dichotomy of Leadership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin is all about. After the publication of their first book, Extreme Ownership , many people latched on to the aggressive implications of the word “extreme” and missed the more nuanced balance that a leader must have.

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Nathan Magnuson

APRIL 1, 2019

From time to time, I’m asked how my military experience informed my leadership. ” You might be a new soldier with his first leadership assignment or a new executive getting thrown off the deep end. Life or Death Leadership. In the military, the implications of leadership were fully felt. No Excuses.

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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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N2Growth Blog

JULY 22, 2014

But to the surprise of most leaders today, increasing overall performance has become a complex, and in some cases, a Bermuda Triangle-like mysterious process that continues to baffle even the smartest people in the field of leadership and change. OrgSx (to get it done, execution). Distinctio (to distinguish, differentiation).

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 23, 2020

Young professionals today are the leaders of tomorrow, as I share in my book Stand Out! New urban apartments are now constructed with a courtyard in the center for community activities. It’s because executives have been duped into taking the wrong approach to engaging young professionals. and Ignite Your Leadership Expertise.

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Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 13, 2018

Modern leadership training is being taken over by a clever but misguided trend. It’s a train that many corporations are jumping onto, but the intent is often confused and therefore the execution is weak. Instead of hiring leadership based on recommendations and resumes, hire based on a clear understanding of what a person’s role is.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Shamis: One of the most gratifying experiences in writing a leadership book is the introspection youallow yourself in the process. Inept managers were responsible for losing talent with leadership potential. As with all good strategies, the execution, measurement, and evaluation are imperative. Personalized Learning.

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QAspire

JUNE 27, 2022

Leaders have a choice of either noticing those emotions intentionally and intervening constructively when needed or just ignore the emotions to focus only on the outcomes and the process. I had the opportunity to read the book and it is a treasure of wisdom on building high-performance teams through the power of team EQ.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 26, 2022

What they do need is to align people around what matters and execute with urgency and intensity every day ,” explains Slootman. The bottom line is that great execution can make a moderately successful strategy go a long way, but poor execution will fail even the most brilliant strategy.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

It took a global pandemic to shake open executive minds to the possibility of better ways of doing office work. Buildings and their construction are among the largest contributors to global resource use. Their new book, Office Shock: Creating Better Futures for Working and Living (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Jan.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Our perceptions of leadership and who can become a leader often have distinctly cultural roots. The hypothesis being tested was that the leadership narrative used by leaders is rooted in their cultural heritage. Cultural heritage. It’s a finding the author believes could have a number of applications.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 1, 2014

This post recently appeared in SmartBlog on Leadership : There’s a LOT of advice out there on leadership and management – almost as much as you’ll find on dating, careers, and how to raise your kids. However, I’d recommend running away as far as you can from the following pearls of leadership & management wisdom: 1.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 6, 2021

“By focusing in specific ways on five key leadership elements — Purpose, Process, People, Presence, and Peace —you can increase your time, capacity, energy, and ultimately your leadership impact,” explains Amy Jen Su , author of the book, The Leader You Want To Be: Five Essential Principles for Bringing Out Your Best Self—Every Day.

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Coaching Tip

JUNE 25, 2014

We are called to conduct leadership in government, commerce, schools, neighborhoods, families, parachurch ministries and a myriad of other contexts. . The people who study leadership are action-oriented and want to learn skills they can use to fix the problems they see in their organizations. Leadership Tips. Related articles.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 11, 2022

According to Ron Ricci and Carl Wiese , authors of the book, The Collaboration Imperative , high-performing teams have the following characteristics : People have solid and deep trust in each other and in the team's purpose--they feel free to express feelings and ideas. Everybody is working toward the same goals.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 20, 2017

Recently I was at an event at the Princeton Club talking about my new book, The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness. More than ever before, we have a real gap in our leadership. The climate of leadership these days is laced with distrust and skepticism. Break down the silos.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 31, 2022

According to Ron Ricci and Carl Wiese , authors of the book, The Collaboration Imperative , high-performing teams have the following characteristics : People have solid and deep trust in each other and in the team's purpose--they feel free to express feelings and ideas. Everybody is working toward the same goals.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 2, 2017

He has designed leadership and succession programs for emerging and experienced leaders for NASA, Saks Fifth Avenue, UBS Bank, Walsh Construction, Spanx, the Pittsburgh Pirates, the U.S. Bill’s Books Motivate and Inspire. And sooner or later they reach a moment of reckoning that Bill calls a leadership kick in the ass.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 11, 2010

I don’t do so in an attempt to torture you with redundant thought, but rather because I believe it is a message that is often taken far too lightly by chief executives. Put simply, I believe that leadership absent vision is a train-wreck waiting to happen.

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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

AUGUST 3, 2020

Tamara Ghandour defines innovation as “thinking differently about what’s right in front of you to create an advantage” in her book Innovation is Everybody’s Business. In addition, she offers this constructive advice: Calm the lizard brain down by letting it know the analysis is coming after you innovate. There’s a time for that.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 15, 2021

The impact of autonomous, interconnected vehicles extends well beyond automobile (and related) production to impact road construction-related firms and industries — from asphalt and paving companies to heavy equipment to laborers to local municipal and federal highway budgets. All of this requires thinking many steps ahead.

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Great Results Team Building

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The beauty of an accountability partner lies not just in their role as a cheerleader, but in their ability to challenge you, to question when needed, and to provide the constructive criticism that often leads to breakthroughs. HEY – BE SURE TO TAKE A PEEK INSIDE MY TEAM LEADERSHIP TOOLBOX OF RESOURCES !

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

So, you can imagine how delighted I was to read George’s and Zach Clayton’s new book, True North, Emerging Leader Edition. In this new book, the authors offer practical strategies and techniques to become an authentic leader and reveal how you can navigate your own path to success. Principles are values translated into action.

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Eric Jacobson

APRIL 27, 2022

According to Ron Ricci and Carl Wiese , authors of the book, The Collaboration Imperative , high performing teams have the following characteristics: People have solid and deep trust in each other and in the team's purpose--they feel free to express feelings and ideas. Everybody is working toward the same goals.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

According to Ron Ricci and Carl Wiese , authors of the book, The Collaboration Imperative , high-performing teams have the following characteristics: People have solid and deep trust in each other and in the team's purpose--they feel free to express feelings and ideas. Everybody is working toward the same goals.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 8, 2014

As seen on SmartBlog on Leadership. If you go beyond five high level annual priorities, it will diminish focus and effective execution by tending to overwhelm those responsible for implementation. What separates the best leaders from the rest when it comes to employee engagement? Very nicely done!”.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 16, 2021

According to Ron Ricci and Carl Wiese , authors of the book, The Collaboration Imperative , high-performing teams have the following characteristics: People have solid and deep trust in each other and in the team's purpose--they feel free to express feelings and ideas. Everybody is working toward the same goals.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 9, 2019

Guest post from Dick Richardson: A simple definition of leadership is “Leadership is influencing others to do what they would not do if left to their own accord.” What made these speeches so persuasive was not necessarily their oration, but their vision and appeal to the heart as well as the mind, and their construction.

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