Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 31, 2023

Reciting the company’s mission statement at team meetings. Question: Describe your notion of a Cultural Purpose Statement. How does it differ from the mission statements we’re used to companies issuing? They have a mission statement that simply states why the company exists.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

The reason this is such a great question is that I’ve witnessed far too many executives confuse vision and mission in terms of both definition and application. It’s important to understand that vision statements are design oriented, while mission statements are execution oriented.

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 14, 2020

As someone who has spent their career going inside organizations that do customer service extremely well – from Nordstrom, USAA, Southwest Airlines, Zappos , L.L. Southwest Airlines creatively spells words such as “luv” in its mission statement and internal documents.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MARCH 21, 2016

In a recent blog, I shared the “#1 greatest lesson for executive coaches” – to get over our own egos. There’s another piece of advice I have for you that is critical to being a successful executive coach. Most of the executive coaches I meet are great coaches and horrible business people! This just isn’t so!

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

I’ve been fortunate enough in my 30 year career to have been asked that question too, and after a good bit of reflection, I can break it down to 10 essential steps: Declare Your Intention to Lead (and why)- Before you can even start the journey, you have to WANT to do it.

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 4, 2016

I’ve been fortunate enough over the course of my 34-year career to have arrived at what I call the leadership summit – a high place of great business success and personal satisfaction, and a fulfilling culmination of years of effort, determination, and dedication.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 31, 2011

Why Mission Statements Suck [link]. All I’m saying is that there’s another hip and a good candidate for the graft would be a senior HR executive. To most of us, mentors are people of experience and knowledge who help the less experienced advance their careers and/or their education. Is There a CEO Afterlife?

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Marshall Goldsmith

JULY 18, 2011

Why I realize we cannot all be entrepreneurial in the sense that we can't all start our own companies, I believe we can all be entrepreneurial in terms of how we approach our own careers. He beamed at the hundreds of young people in the audience and said: "Looking back on my career, I don't feel like I have ever worked a day in my life.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 28, 2015

In the book, former Los Angeles Fire Department Captains turned business executives Tom Pandola and James W. More specifically, they learned and applied these lessons over nearly 50 combined years of fire service careers, and used them successfully in nearly 30 combined years in business.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Taking from my own experience, I've been lucky to be successful (measured by quick progression up the career ladder, material comforts etc) and yet I'm still working on being professionally significant. I think one reason for that is that I always had a strong sense of purpose/my purpose and who I am.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

Create a personal mission statement. As a leader is it important to have a personal sense of mission crafted into something you can reflect on daily and measure your performance against. Try to understand how things work from all angles; be aware of what’s going on from the front lines to the executive level.

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Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

Matt Sweetwood, branding expert, defines personal branding as: " Personal branding is the practice of people marketing themselves and their careers as brands -- the ongoing process of establishing a prescribed image or impression in the mind of others about an individual." is a leadership, career, and marketing expert and coach.

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Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Moving Forward In An Uncertain World posted at Epic Living – Leadership Development Career Management Training Executive Life Coaching Author. Eric Pennington explains “why you must move forward, even if uncertainty surrounds and confounds you.&#. nissim ziv presents What are the Qualities of a Good Leader?

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Roundtable Talk

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

.&# “We need a team player that takes direction well, you know… a strong leader that can work independently and is a self starter.&# “We will strive to be the blah blah blah blah; as reasonable.&# (This was the mission statement!) “We Red flag mechanisms… got yours? → Like Be the first to like this post.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

Organizations spend considerable resources on corporate values and mission statements, but even the most inspiring of these — from Volvo’s commitment to safety to Facebook’s desire to connect people — tend to fade into the background during the daily bustle of the work day. Andy Molinsky. What do you enjoy?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2013

A few leading-edge companies are making real progress in increasing the proportion of women in their executive ranks by turning the problem on its head. At the workshop, women create a personal mission statement and map it directly to their career goals and the company''s needs.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

Even worse is when those sound-bites are used in an attempt to make statements which embolden a corporate position that doesn’t really even exist to begin with. Rarely do I speak with an executive who hasn’t drunk the talent messaging Kool-Aid. then you are likely just paying lip service to the value of talent.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2016

Like the dead hand reaching up from the grave in a horror movie, a long-severed employment relationship can emerge from your past and trip up your career mobility — particularly if the employer has ever been touched by scandal. Most job-seekers do not conduct enough research on the organizations they join.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Instead, he fell into the common trap of failing to recognize how organizational biases can derail the execution of that strategy. Let’s be realistic: Having a mission statement too often means very little to low-seniority staff in many organizations. Execution Managing people Strategy'

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2015

But we have come to embrace the concept of a “career of achievement” in addition to a “career of advancement.” It was in a case involving the latter that led Red Hat’s executive vice president and chief people officer DeLisa Alexander to approach Máirín to talk about a proposed project.

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Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

I follow 6 principles on a daily basis, which I know has made a significant impact on my career success. 6) Career – I’ve always known what I wanted to do and been engaged in work I truly believe in, but I’ve sabotaged myself with too much idealism and not enough business wisdom. Work: it does a career good!

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This is best accomplished by allowing employees to see clearly where they stand in the organization versus where they want to be in their careers. It is about mentors imparting the multiple lessons that theyve learned to their mentees and helping them better navigate through their own careers.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Friday, December 24, 2010 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Having a mentor is one of the best things you can do to advance your career as a leader. How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills This Week's Book Recommendation 3 Things Your Mission Statement Must Have Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place?

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

Worse yet, without positive feedback, employees feel no sense that they are appreciated as individual talents with specific desires to learn and grow on the job and in their careers, reports Nicholas Nigro, author of, The Everything Coaching and Mentoring Book. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy?

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 20, 2011

How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills This Week's Book Recommendation 3 Things Your Mission Statement Must Have Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place? Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? Be A Good Coach Coaching is the single most important part of expanding others capabilities.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 12, 2010

How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills This Week's Book Recommendation 3 Things Your Mission Statement Must Have Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place? Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? Be A Good Coach Coaching is the single most important part of expanding others capabilities.

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Eric Jacobson

JUNE 19, 2010

Saturday, June 19, 2010 How To Help Your Employees Click More At Work Research from universities around the country show that employees who "click" with each other at work have more career success. And, those who "click" well get to the core of the office network within 18 months, while it can take 13 years for those who dont "click" well.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 3, 2010

As a coach , a manager: identifies an employees need for instruction and direction and this need is usually directly related to his or her performance or career goals. How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills This Week's Book Recommendation 3 Things Your Mission Statement Must Have Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place?

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

How can I help you reach your career goals? How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills This Week's Book Recommendation 3 Things Your Mission Statement Must Have Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place? What can I do in the next review period to help you achieve/improve? What do you want most from your job?

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

No matter what time allocation basis is selected by the organization, it is vital that some basis exists in writing and in execution. The marketplace is rapidly expanding and is an excellent career choice for young people. Mission statement. Guidelines and Customs to be Observed in Corporate Communications.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

More than 80 percent of what one sees and hears is clever, informative, research-based, sensibly executed and intended to orient target audiences toward marketplaces. The bigger question is: how accessible are the executives, and how is company vision articulated and shared? Greatness is earned over an entire career.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2015

It comes back to our mission statement. If you could give your younger self one piece of career advice, what would it be? Strategy execution Managing uncertainty Managing organizations' When you don’t need to win games to make money, what’s the incentive to win? We want to win.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2015

Stybel, a career management and board adviser and an executive in residence at Suffolk University’s Sawyer Business School. But your career can get sidetracked if you don’t treat people in a dignified way.” “The way you fire people needs to reflect the words you have in your mission statement.”

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Roundtable Talk

JULY 21, 2010

The most successful companies always have a clear and consistent mission statement and it definitely is the case with Zappos. Pingback: RoundtableTalk: Top posts of 2010 | RoundtableTalk Leave a Reply Cancel reply RSS - Posts Subscribe to our Blog Brought to you by: Online MBA Rankings Join our Fan Page The Executive Roundtable Inc.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 23, 2010

Traditional Thinking : Centralized communication and career programs impact all employees equally. Rethinking Retention : Supervisors drive what employees know and learn and help them prepare for careers. Rethinking Retention : Supervisor-employee relationships have a disproportionate impact on retention; the supervisor is the company.

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