Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The following 10 leadership and business book authors answered this question for me: Question: While we surely will find ourselves challenged by COVID-19 in the foreseeable future, what is the most important thing a leader can do as they lead their business/organization? Help your organization and team stay focused on what matters most.

How To 65

How To Leadership Uncertainty Long-term 65

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 29, 2020

The following 10 leadership and business book authors recently answered this question for me: Question: While we surely will find ourselves challenged by COVID-19 in the foreseeable future, what is the most important thing a leader can do as they lead their business/organization? The world just gave permission to have people working remotely.

Leadership 65

Leadership Uncertainty Long-term Supply Chain 65

In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 11, 2011

Believe me, there’s nothing that can match the turnaround experience in teaching or seasoning a young manager. New vacuum-packing technology drove sales and coffee-roasting advancements cut costs by 15%. While they have NFP status, they are a large organization so the finance picture is significant. About John. April 2011.

CEO 201

CEO Advertising Franchising Brand 201

Strategy Driven

MAY 6, 2016

If you work for a small firm or a giant organization, in fashion or finance, in Texas or Tanzania, you are competing in a ruthless, globe-spanning Expectation Economy. Change – environmental, political, social, cultural, technological, economic – is occurring constantly. Drivers of Change. You can’t have trends without change!

Trends 50

Trends Supply Chain Innovation Human Needs 50

In the CEO Afterlife

JULY 10, 2011

Whether the CEO is driven by personal ethics, a socially changing world, or headlines praising “sustainable” organizations, business is finally responding to the green trend—albeit slower than many would like to see. 5 principles of simplicity via @ matthewemay [link] Humans need a reminder RT @ hunterwalk Good design teaches.

CEO 112

CEO Productivity Products Company 112

In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 29, 2011

There are all sorts of strategies in today’s business – at the top is corporate strategy, followed by a slew of functional and sub-functional strategies ranging from marketing to waste management. Clout is a very effective growth strategy for many organizations. Create a performance-driven, values-led organization. So are goals.

Strategy 131

Strategy CEO Company Competitive Advantage 131

Skip Prichard

JUNE 1, 2020

55% of organizations are struggling with a talent shortage. 71% said their leaders are not ready to lead their organizations into the future. Bad leadership has a ripple effect on the performance of the people and organizations they lead. Technology has connected more people in more places at more times than ever before.

Leadership 110

Leadership Open-book Learning-by-Doing Quality 110

Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Make no mistake: Unless you and all the leaders in your organization can gain the trust of your employees, performance will suffer. Most employees have been hurt or disappointed, at some point in their careers, by the hand of power in an organization. Feeling safe is a primal human need. Carl had a Ph.D.

Company 62

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 62

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

However, a new survey by my HR advisory firm Future Workplace called “The Employee Experience” reveals the reality is that employees crave something far more fundamental and essential to human needs. Now think about your organization. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

Real Estate 15

Real Estate Call Center Hedge Survey 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2016

Smart, quasi-autonomous robots and machines are replacing humans in workplaces all over the world. Intelligent technologies are increasingly delivering greater value for less money. But “better than human” comes with its own managerial challenges. They learn fast, work hard, and certainly complain less.

Review 8

Review Kaplan Kaizen Performance Review 8

Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Make no mistake: Unless you and all the leaders in your organization can gain the trust of your employees, performance will suffer. Most employees have been hurt or disappointed, at some point in their careers, by the hand of power in an organization. Feeling safe is a primal human need. Carl had a Ph.D.

Company 50

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 50

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

A 2012 report on human capital from McKinsey added to the evidence, noting that organizations with top scores in employee motivation are about 60% more likely to be in the top quartile for overall business health. While broad research is a valuable resource, it can only take an organization so far.

Herzberg 11

Herzberg McKinsey Human Resources Human Capital 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

One fundamental problem with this repeating cycle is that there is too much “ attack surface ” for most organizations to defend without unrealistic levels of investment. Large enterprises typically operate dozens of security products with growing headcount in all areas of their security organizations.

ROI 10

ROI Long-term Banking System 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2017

By prediction, we don’t just mean the future—prediction is about using data that you have to generate data that you don’t have, often by translating large amounts of data into small, manageable amounts. They need to trade that off against the effects of allowing a transaction that is fraudulent. Humans need to do so.

Engineering 8

Engineering Learning-by-Doing Cost Training 8

In the CEO Afterlife

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The reason: a fundamental flaw in the management process that is supposed to renew brand health. The blemish is the abdication of brand attention by top management. CEOs (and to some extent, CMOs) are so preoccupied with Wall Street and/or the management fad of the day that their eye has drifted from the heartbeat of their brands.

Brand 168

Brand CEO Stage-Gate SWOT 168

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

The point of this tool is to help individuals and organizations measure their leadership competencies and act on their discoveries. When we related this finding to the director of leadership development for one of the world’s largest technology companies, he admitted the same was true for his organization. Why is this?

Learning-by-Doing 10

Learning-by-Doing Bottom-up Drucker Leadership Development 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2018

Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and computer technology are causing us to think again about some really basic questions: what is a firm? While there has been a lot of discussion about “what’s left for humans? While there has been a lot of discussion about “what’s left for humans?”

Company 11

Company Long-term Short-term Technology 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2015

. “Relax, don’t fight it,” he’s advised – can’t he see that it’s easier, simpler – better – to live in a world without unruly emotions – all the messy downsides of humanity? Drucker Forum 2015: Managing in the Digital Age. To take just three examples: Dehumanization.

Film 8

Film Drucker Technology Kahneman 8