Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Extreme Teams is a fascinating book by Robert Bruce Shaw , where he takes you inside top companies and examines not just great teams (your more “conventional” teams), but extreme teams. This requires clarity on the part of group’s senior management on the business environment in which they operate. How do we make money?

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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. It was a tough choice, so for 2022, I'm picking two books: Both books are timely, highly relevant, full of great teachings and well worth reading for leaders at any stage of their careers.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 31, 2023

26:29 Two of the greatest determinations of human behavior are the people around us and our environment. We have to look at what we pre-program ourselves to do with the people around us and the way that our environment is constructed. That’s the structure that we operate within and our discipline is a byproduct of that.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

DECEMBER 22, 2010

So if your intent is to engage your team and/or have great dialog, consider the following: The Physical Environment The room should not be too large or too small: A room that is too large can often suck energy – and sound – away from the discussion. What else have you noticed about the environment that promotes team dialog?

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2016

In this uncertain environment, including the mounting global economic concerns, a humble mindset will be the only thing that will unlock the most promising business, social and economic innovations. Posner have written a new book that examines a fundamental question: How do people learn leadership? Kouzes and Barry Z. Blog Post ).

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

What has become more clear about our business and the way we operate this year? What parts of our operating model worked well during the height of disruption? It’s safe to say 2020 was a low-tide environment. His new book is “ Leading from Where You Are ” (January 2020).

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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! There has never been a greater need for leaders who can get results, adapt to changing environments, and connect with others in meaningful ways. In addition to corporate work, Nathan is the author of the books Stand Out! Why not you?

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White Paper Consultative Creativity Operations 391

Marshall Goldsmith

MARCH 30, 2015

Dear Followers: I’m excited that my new book Triggers is finally finished! So, the question becomes: How can we forecast our environment so that we are aware of its influence over us and how we can use what we learn to our success? If we did, we wouldn’t be blindsided by our environment so often. We create our environment.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 27, 2020

T HE BIGGEST CHANGE being brought about by AI is not human replicas, but the emergence of digital operating models. The operating model is how that is accomplished. The goal of the operating model is to deliver value at scale, to achieve sufficient scope, and to respond to changes by engaging in sufficient learning.

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Operations Industry Learning-by-Doing Automotive 287

Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Extreme Teams is a fascinating book by Robert Bruce Shaw , where he takes you inside top companies and examines not just great teams (your more “conventional” teams), but extreme teams. This requires clarity on the part of group’s senior management on the business environment in which they operate. How do we make money?

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 1, 2023

Extreme Teams is a fascinating book by Robert Bruce Shaw , where he takes you inside top companies and examines not just great teams (your more “conventional” teams), but extreme teams. This requires clarity on the part of group’s senior management on the business environment in which they operate. How do we make money?

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Eric Jacobson

APRIL 1, 2023

Extreme Teams is a fascinating book by Robert Bruce Shaw , where he takes you inside top companies and examines not just great teams (your more “conventional” teams), but extreme teams. This requires clarity on the part of group’s senior management on the business environment in which they operate. How do we make money?

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Written by Jim Mattis and made better with the help of Bing West, the book details the lessons Mattis learned from more than 40 years in the Marine Corps. He organizes the book in terms of the changing nature of his leadership responsibilities as he moved up the ranks. Good character development is evident in Call Sign Chaos.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2020

I’m so focused on CEO succession I even wrote a book called, “Why Are We Bad at Picking Good Leaders?” was a visionary and an operational savant, who worked tirelessly to gain momentum in the early years. All of this is to say, I’m obsessed with finding inspirational leaders. Well, there’s no question John H.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 4, 2021

Fundamental question: Is the context in which the team operates favorable for performing effectively (e.g., Positive work environments create positive outcomes. It is helpful to think about conditions as operating on two levels: the broader organizational or business unit level and the local, team-specific level.”. “It

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Extreme Teams is a fascinating book by Robert Bruce Shaw , where he takes you inside top companies and examines not just great teams (your more “conventional” teams), but extreme teams. This requires clarity on the part of group’s senior management on the business environment in which they operate. How do we make money?

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Its performance determines the health of your daily operations and the long-term success of your enterprise. My new book, Total Value Optimization , takes you step-by-step through the optimization process and shows you the key interventions that will take your company to the next level and make a measurable difference to your bottom line.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The book was a huge business bestseller and served as a guide for managers for many years to come. Yet, 40 years later, few now speak of the book. When the book project started in 1978, the U.S. Capitalism is under scrutiny today as to whether it’s the right system for the country to operate under.

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Leading Blog

MAY 6, 2020

R YAN GOTTFREDSON begins his book Success Mindsets , with the question, “ Is your thinking the best way to think? ” Our mindset is the filter through which we view our environment and, subsequently, what is going on inside of us—our thinking and emotions. It is an extremely important question to ask and one that rarely gets asked.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 26, 2011

One of the new features I will be adding to my blog this year is what I’m calling the “Coffee House Book Review”, which will feature reviews on books from the fields of leadership, management, marketing, and other areas of interest to those who are running or managing a business or organization.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 17, 2019

In 1992, I was the G3 (Operations Officer) for one of the Army’s 10 Divisions – forward deployed in Europe. military operates, where mission orders are issued along with the commander’s intent, thereby giving subordinates the freedom to operate within that framework. When No Trust Exists. In the U.S.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Tips for diagnosing the current environment. Help people see themselves operating in the new environment. His latest e-book, Leadership-Perfecting Your Approach and Style -($1.99) is available on Amazon Kindle. Organizations and markets are complex and constantly changing. Make a list of all significant changes.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 20, 2020

Many of you might have recently read or seen extracts from Simon Sinek’s new book on the Infinite Game. What Polman clearly understood was that if you are kind to the planet and the communities in which you operate, that long-term success is inevitable.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Here’s a rather quick/short summary of key highlights of 2022 for me: Book Illustrations The year started with the buzz around my friend Krish Shankar’s new book “ Catalyze: Power up your people ecosystem ” that was released in December 2021. The book contains visual chapter summaries in form of my sketchnotes.

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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. It all boils down to identifying and cultivating the optimal working environment for team members to flourish.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 19, 2014

Going paperless is a great way to streamline office operations – and help save the planet by reducing paper. FREE COPY of a StrategyDriven Expert Contributor book †. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95 Book value is not guaranteed. Please consider the environment before and after printing this article.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 28, 2021

Living out their own code becomes critical to that process, especially in a political environment with really no code. It is hard not to become political, even when writing a book such as this, but it is critical to the FBI’s credibility that it is not seen as political. Constitution and the criminal code.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 8, 2020

You need people on your team with both strategic and operational skills—two very different kinds of people. Make sure you spend as much time looking out on the horizon, checking for competitors, changing environments, and new technologies—risks sure, but also opportunities to evolve.

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Next Level Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

I’ve shared my own ideas over the years in blog posts and in my book The Next Level , but since I don’t have all the answers, I decided to ask some of the leaders who are focused on building teams of go-to people for their best advice on how to do it. Step one is to create a safe environment for the team. Teach them to fish.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 13, 2022

It’s increasingly evident that corporate success requires a healthy natural environment, an educated workforce, peaceful coexistence between nations, and consumers with money to spend. It aims to produce harmonious and long-term relationships with customers, suppliers, governments, the natural environment, and even competitors.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The best CEOs kept all six plates spinning at all times, even if the external and internal environment meant that some needed to be spun faster or slower than others,” explain the authors. How do you recommend readers read the book and use it to apply the learnings? are all questions that weigh heavily on the minds of today’s CEOs.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

During the book writing process, I reflected on the multitude of individuals who graciously shared their time, words, wisdom, and encouragement with me along my personal leadership journey. They created a workplace environment in which my contributions mattered and in every human interaction with me demonstrated this. Reflection Fuels.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 20, 2018

But getting clear on everything, from why your organization exists and what its priorities are, to how people must operate based on their clearly defined role, requires time and effort. In addition to our current cluttered environment, habits and our psychological makeup can stand in the way of clear thinking. the lack of clarity?and

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

“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 book, Culture Is The Way. It all boils down to identifying and cultivating the optimal working environment for team members to flourish.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2018

To be clearer, while our environment may be ambiguous, our organizations should never be. While author Karen Martin would not seem to agree with what I just said, it is precisely because we live in a VUCA world that her book Clarity First becomes so essential. In most cases, it is all man-made, but it is our reality.

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CoachStation

MARCH 14, 2023

Let’s firstly look at the environment and culture you are about to step into, including the induction process. You should also learn about the industry the company operates in and the competitors they face. Learn the company’s technology and systems: Many companies use specialised software or systems to manage their operations.

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LDRLB

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

They cover how to overcome resistance and prepare an environment for change. When reading the book, my mind kept going back to Senge’s concept of mental models. Specifically, mental models and sacred cows are a way of life…they make operations easier.

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