Eric Jacobson

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How To Be Heart-Led Company

Eric Jacobson

That’s why companies with the best retention, morale, and productivity are led by leaders with heart. Some junior person at an AI company might apparently be great at writing succinct memos on complex topics, so the common response is to give that person more memos to write. The underlying gift is where the magic and true value are.

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Seven Ways To Create An Effective Company Culture

Eric Jacobson

Fortunately, most of my career I’ve worked in effective company/corporate cultures. Top managers had a clear, realistic and strategic vision for how the company would grow and compete in the marketplace. Employees were challenged and rewarded through growth opportunities, education and training, and pay increases.

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How To Achieve Diversity, Equity, Inclusion And Belonging Within Your Company

Eric Jacobson

This is your playbook for how to approach DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging) work in a way that will support real progress in your company,” says Owyoung. Studies prove that companies with more diversity in their ranks are more innovative, expand their markets, and perform better financially.

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How Smart Companies Can Close The Skills Gap

Eric Jacobson

“In the next ten to fifteen years, rapid change in a post-pandemic world and emerging technology will revolutionize nearly every job, eliminate some, and create new forms of work that we have yet to imagine,” says Deanna Mulligan , author of the new book, Hire Purpose: How Smart Companies Can Close The Skills Gap. It is the entire world.

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How Smart Companies Can Close The Skills Gap

Eric Jacobson

“In the next ten to fifteen years, rapid change in a post-pandemic world and emerging technology will revolutionize nearly every job, eliminate some, and create new forms of work that we have yet to imagine,” says Deanna Mulligan , author of the book, Hire Purpose: How Smart Companies Can Close The Skills Gap. It is the entire world.

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Why Leaders Need To Develop Their Middle Managers

Eric Jacobson

The book, Power To The Middle , shows how managers are the crucial link between a company’s ground floor and top brass. However, new KcKinsey research reveals that this outdated perspective needs to change and that well-developed managers are the strategy that companies must prioritize to succeed today,” they add.

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The Ideal Company Culture

Eric Jacobson

The workforce included a blend of long-term employees with a rich company, product/service and customer history; employees who had been at the company for five to seven years;and then new hires with a fresh perspective and keen sense of new technologies and techniques. Sometimes it was through company organized volunteer projects.

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