Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 23, 2023

“Experiential Intelligence provides a new lens from which to view what makes you, you—and what makes your team and organization unique,” says Soren Kaplan , author of the new book, Experiential Intelligence. Kaplan explains that over 100 years ago, we established IQ (Intelligence Quotient) to predict success.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2013

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in March. Kaplan and Robert B. Intelligent Leadership : What You Need to Know to Unlock Your Full Potential by John Mattone. Build your leadership library with these specials on over 120 titles. For bulk orders call 1-800-423-8273.

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Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2013

Here''s a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in May. Ten Virtues of Outstanding Leaders : Leadership and Character by Al Gini and Ronald M. What You''re Really Meant to Do : A Road Map for Reaching Your Unique Potential by Robert Steven Kaplan. The Three Rules : How Exceptional Companies Think by Michael E.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 18, 2021

Kaplan on the dangers of peace: “Avoiding tragedy requires a sense of it, which in turn requires a sense of history. Find more ideas on the LeadingThoughts index. * * * Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in September. Leadership BS : Fixing Workplaces and Careers One Truth at a Time by Jeffrey Pfeffer. What You Really Need to Lead : The Power of Thinking and Acting Like an Owner by Robert Steven Kaplan. H3 Leadership : Stay Hungry. Always Hustle.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Kaplan on the connection between past, present, and future: “The greater the disregard of history, the greater he delusions regarding the future. Source: Warrior Politics: Why Leadership Demands a Pagan Ethos. * * *. Source: Thinking with History. The classics help counter … historical amnesia.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 10, 2013

Posted in Leadership Development [link] I am so honored to share the screen on Huffington Post Live with Angela Maiers, Saul Kaplan,Robin Chase, Whitney Johnson and Brian Cuban as we discuss Choose2Matter - helping our kids realize how much they have to offer and give to the world.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2011

W E HAVE more recorded information about leadership now than at any other time in history. It’s time to rediscover true leadership—to rethink our fundamental assumptions. Leadership matters now more than ever. From Values to Action : The Four Principles of Values-Based Leadership by Harry M. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 26, 2013

In What You''re Really Meant to Do , Robert Kaplan tells the story of a television producer that got passed over for a promotion. You undermine your "ability to exhibit character and leadership traits" that could help your career, says Kaplan. Initially, he took the easy way out. He chose to frame it as a "political" issue.

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Leadership Freak

JULY 30, 2017

Janice Kaplan cried on New Year’s Eve. She snuggled with her husband and watched a movie before the crystal ball dropped in New York City. She didn’t want her year to end. I… Continue reading →

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Mills Scofield

AUGUST 25, 2014

Thank you Nicha Ratana-Apiromyakij & Saul Kaplan for this honor and story about BIF10. BIF10 Brown University Culture Innovation Leadership Networking Saul Kaplan Strategy business model' TIME magazine ( online )!! I am so privileged and blessed to be a part of BIF. Sign up ASAP for BIF10 !!!

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leaderCommunicator

APRIL 3, 2020

Welcome to my weekly round-up of the best-of-the-best recent leadership and communication blog posts I've seen over the past week. This Week's Round-Up of Leadership and Communication Blogs: Human connection bolsters the immune system. Typically, as you might have noticed, I tend to cover broad topics.

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Leadership Freak

AUGUST 19, 2012

Soren Kaplan in Leapfrogging Kaplan offers a “finding your future [.]. Preparation prevents reaction. Prepare for future failures so you won’t end up caught in the snare of fear. One way to combat our fears is to hit them head-on.”

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Mills Scofield

JULY 24, 2014

BIF10 Business Innovation Factory Business Models Culture Innovation John Hagel Leadership Networking Saul Kaplan Strategy' Can''t wait for BIF10 !!! The BIF Summit is the ultimate interdisciplinary happening.".

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 19, 2011

The difference, says Harvard professor Robert Kaplan, is “how they deal with these periods of confusion and uncertainty. With many down-to-earth examples, Kaplan will expand the range of questions you should be asking yourself. They feel as if they should be somewhere else, doing something else.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

But then as now, there is no greater attribute for a ruler than humility built on an accurate assessment of his own limits, from which the finest cunning emerges.” — Robert Kaplan, Warrior Politics. “In

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leaderCommunicator

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Welcome to my weekly round-up of top leadership and communication blog posts. By: Elle Kaplan via Inc As the CEO of a mission-driven, socially-conscious firm, I’ll be the first to tell you that vision and values are crucial, but it takes more than big-picture thinking…. What were some of the top leadership articles you read this week?

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Coaching Tip

AUGUST 26, 2015

A person's conception of leadership matters because it will likely have a strong influence on how he or she processes the writings, leadership coaching , and development practices he or she experiences. That power can work against us, in that it undermines our ability to get to a widely shared understanding of leadership.

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Leadership Freak

JANUARY 3, 2013

I asked the “expert on surprise,” Soren Kaplan, “If you could [.]. Extraordinary leaders realize surprise is a catalyst not an enemy. Reject surprises to your own peril. Surprise energizes innovation.

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Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Alan Webber BIF BIF9 Carmen Medina Culture Innovation Jazz Leadership Livestrong Networking RCUS Saul Kaplan Strategy Virtues-Values Whitney Johnson' #RCUS inspires and transforms our world in ways we may know now, later or may not ever realize. Here are a few BIF9 Storytellers who inspired me.

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LDRLB

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Leadership. The world is a busy place, especially for those in leadership. The Leadership Challenge by James Kouzes & Barry Posner. This is the quintessential book on leadership with loads of empirical support. Leapfrogging by Soren Kaplan. Great leaders need solid foundations. Innovation. We’re biased.

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Leadership Freak

AUGUST 1, 2012

The more fearful we are the more pessimistic we grow about the future,” Soren Kaplan, author of, Leapfrogging: Harnessing the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs. [.]. I’m a huge fan of “just go do something,” but a world filled with options and uncertainty paralyzes. When fear prevents the next step, pessimism prevails.

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Leadership Freak

AUGUST 15, 2012

Soren Kaplan thought he knew about giant leaps forward until [.]. Leaders rise up during uncertainty and press through ambiguity; they embrace surprises. The surprising truth is surprises represent the path to breakthroughs.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Fear Your Strengths: What You Are Best at Could Be Your Biggest Problem Robert Kaplan and Robert Kaiser Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2013) Actually, what we should fear are complacency and self-satisfaction as well as the assumption that “just good enough” really is. As I began to read this book, I was reminded of the title of […].

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Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

In LEAPFROGGING , author Soren Kaplan reveals why this command-and-control mindset is exactly what stymies innovation. The leapfrogging life cycle that Kaplan describes in his book is not a step-by-step how to guide. Soren Kaplan: Leapfrogging: Harness the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

The tools include: SWOT analysis, Porter's 5 forces of competition, McKinsey's 7-S framework, BCG’s product portfolio matrix, Kim and Mauborgne's blue ocean, Kaplan and Norton's balanced scorecard, Mintzberg’s deliberate and emergent, Prahalad's bottom of the pyramid and twenty-one more. * * * Like us on Facebook for additional leadership and personal (..)

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Mills Scofield

MAY 14, 2014

Last year, in a discussion on the paradox of integrity, trust and vulnerability with John Hagel, Saul Kaplan, Mike Waite , President of Menasha Packaging Corp. Character Culture Efficiency Innovation Integrity John Hagel Leadership Menasha ORBIS Respect Strategy accountability'

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LDRLB

AUGUST 29, 2012

But could we be overlooking an essential and critical ingredient of breakthrough leadership and innovation? Soren Kaplan is the author of Leapfrogging and a speaker, educator, and managing principal at InnovationPoint , where he teaches leaders how to create business breakthroughs. So why are we resisting them in business?

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Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Kaplan, one of the original creators of the Balanced Scorecard in 1992. Kaplan also reveals the "six strategy execution stages": Stage 1: The CEO leads the change agenda and drives it from the top to reinforce the mission, values and vision. Leadership sets the ambitious vision and stretch targets.

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LDRLB

JUNE 18, 2012

Subjects completed a “leadership questionnaire” and received one of two random results; they were told either they had an aptitude for strong leadership or, they “may not be as competent as others.” This research reveals a leadership paradox when it comes to innovation. Innovation innovation kaplan'

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Coaching Tip

JULY 25, 2012

In LEAPFROGGING , author Soren Kaplan reveals why this command-and-control mindset is exactly what stymies innovation. The leapfrogging life cycle that Kaplan describes in his book is not a step-by-step how to guide. Soren Kaplan: Leapfrogging: Harness the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Additionally, explains Peterson, "trust is the number one leadership competency needed today, principally because of how it affects every other competency leaders need to have." Kaplan Other valuable takeaways from the book include: The gap between what a leader says and does is at the heart of trust.

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Mills Scofield

MAY 17, 2013

So honored to share the screen on Huffington Post Live with Angela Maiers , Saul Kaplan , Robin Chase , Whitney Johnson and Brian Cuban discussing Choose2Matter - helping our kids realize how much they have to offer and give -. Choose2Matter Entrepreneurship Huffington Post Live Innovation Leadership Quest2Matter Youth'

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LDRLB

MAY 8, 2013

It’s a simple tool ( download PDF or download PowerPoint ) for defining the following dimensions of an organization’s innovation culture: Leadership – How leaders influence innovation through explicit decisions and subtle behaviors. LEAPS Innovation Leadership Competencies. KEY Creativity Climate (Harvard).

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 27, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Breaking Out: How to Build Influence in a World of Competing Ideas John Butman What You’re Really Meant to Do: A Roadmap for Reaching Your Unique Potential Robert Steven Kaplan The UnStoppables: Tapping Your Entrepreneurial […].

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Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

In BIF10 Top Row L-R Marlea Brown, Andrew Kaplan, Nicha Ratana; Bottom Row L-R: Faisal Khurshid, Isby Lubin, Fiora MacPherson, Sarah Kandath, Me what, in Whom do you Hope ? Summer is ending, leaves are changing and we know what is coming, and I''m so filled with Hope ! Hope is a powerful force in life.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 24, 2018

Effectiveness in leadership is not about having all of the answers but not knowing and accessing the power of those you lead. In The Power of Vulnerability , Barry Kaplan and Jeffrey Manchester explain that the secret to unleashing the power of leaders, teams, and organizations, is through vulnerability. H ANG UP THE CAPE.

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