Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In Dream Big and Win , author Liz Elting shares the lessons she learned ― both the successes and failures ― while building a billion-dollar company from scratch. Why the key to motivating employees is in taking a personal stake in your people’s success. How an effective leader pivots to accommodate each of their employees’ work styles.

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Leadership Freak

JANUARY 22, 2014

shared Jack Welch’s “encouragement” when it […]. Author Book Notes Decisions Fear Feedback Goals Leading Taking others higher Teams difficult conversations Jim McCann Leadership Leadership Development organizational success' Jim McCann, founder and CEO of 1-800-Flowers Inc.,

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General Leadership

JUNE 30, 2014

“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” ” Jack Welch , former CEO of General Electric. The post The Growing Season for New Leaders Never Ends appeared first on General Leadership. … Read the rest.

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Leadership Freak

DECEMBER 10, 2014

The most frustrating experience in leadership is making poor people-decisions. Jack Welch said… Continue reading → Gossip Taking others higher Leadership Leadership Development leadership success organizational success' You had such high hopes. People-decisions make or break leaders.

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CO2

JULY 25, 2023

Successful leaders spend 70 to 80 percent of their time asking questions, not answering them. general Jack Chain who was responsible for the country’s nuclear arsenals, to Jack Welch, former CEO of G.E. People get promoted for having good answers. Since then, I’ve expanded upon my conclusion. How else could we think about this?”

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CO2

JULY 25, 2023

Successful leaders spend 70 to 80 percent of their time asking questions, not answering them. general Jack Chain who was responsible for the country’s nuclear arsenals, to Jack Welch, former CEO of G.E. People get promoted for having good answers. Since then, I’ve expanded upon my conclusion. How else could we think about this?”

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 31, 2018

Yet, it’s not the same in every case—likability does not necessarily equal followership when it comes to leadership. Would that same CHRO be as successful at a firm where the culture was more about innovation and less about continuity? Apple is in an industry where fresh ideas, fast thinking and constant change are keys to success.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

After all, it’s the nature of a business - going from Point A to Point B as quickly and efficiently as possible, to gain a competitive advantage and secure the market share necessary for success. In other words, we can’t put the business cart before the leadership horse. The leadership part HAS to come first.

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Career Advancement

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

“Before you become a leader, success is all about growing yourself. After you become a leader, success is about growing others.” – Jack Welch. Other factors may also inhibit leaders from investing time in developing their employees’ leadership abilities. Place a library of books on leadership in the break room.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 7, 2017

Welcome to the August 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric, said, “When you were made a leader, you weren’t given a crown; you were given the responsibility to bring out the best in others.” Cy Wakeman of Reality-Based Leadership provided Stuck With a Bad Leader?

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Leadership Freak

MARCH 27, 2015

Suzy… Continue reading → Interview Success Growth leadership success' “Where marriages go off the rails is where you get married to your job and you start making decisions with your boss first, and then you come home and inform your spouse.”

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 24, 2012

There are a gazillion sites and books full of leadership quotes, so I’ve never been too inspired to duplicate what’s already out there. However, I did enjoy combing through all of those sites and picking out what I thought to be the 25 best leadership development quotes. Of course, I had to pull out some weeds, too.” — Jack Welch.

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CO2

JUNE 14, 2023

Learn how to break out of the mental mold and tap into the 75% of questions you are not asking with our leadership guidance. Good Leaders Ask Questions More Often Than They Answer Them The paradox of leadership is that the reasons why people get promoted into leadership are different from the reasons that they succeed as leaders.

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CO2

JUNE 14, 2023

Learn how to break out of the mental mold and tap into the 75% of questions you are not asking with our leadership guidance. Good Leaders Ask Questions More Often Than They Answer Them The paradox of leadership is that the reasons why people get promoted into leadership are different from the reasons that they succeed as leaders.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 18, 2018

Duryea : Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Jack Welch, and even Thomas Edison are a few of the great visionary leaders in their respective industries. Similarly, Jack Welch with General Electric turned around an aligning company to fix its core business model. Guest post by David A. Jacks’ vision fixed GE’s focus and GE’s core business model.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Guest post by regular Great Leadership contributor Beth Armknecht Miller : During the course of my work with leaders, I find that so many of them get hung up on the “should and shouldn’ts” of leadership by comparing themselves with other leaders. We need to have our own leadership brand that is true to our uniqueness.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 13, 2021

T AKING ON A POSITION of leadership comes with assuming risk, encountering organizational challenges, and being a moral role model for an organization. Three attributes that are critical to taking on the mantle of leadership are decision-making, resiliency, and character. Character is the foundation of leadership.

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Women on Business

JUNE 13, 2012

According to a 2010 Virtual Teams Survey Report, respondents identified lack of clear leadership as a major obstacle for virtual teams and cited the need for an improved management process. As Jack Welch counsels new leaders, “It’s about them, not about you.” Shift your focus from yourself to the team.

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Career Advancement

MAY 25, 2021

“Before you become a leader, success is all about growing yourself. After you become a leader, success is about growing others.” – Jack Welch. Other factors may also inhibit leaders from investing time in developing their employees’ leadership abilities. Place a library of books on leadership in the break room.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Hollywood has the Oscars, Television the Emmys, publishing has the Pulitzer prizes, and leadership development has its own annual awards. There’s Chief Executive’s 2012 40 Best Companies for Leaders , Fortune’s 25 Top Companies for Leaders , and the just published Hay Group Best Companies for Leadership Study and Top 20.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 30, 2014

A rare exception to the “go outside for talent” mantra was General Electric under the reign of CEO Jack Welch. Of course, I had to pull out some weeds, too.” ~Jack Welch. In my view the only real approach to sustainable business success is an internal “grow your own” management and leadership program.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 9, 2012

I’ve recently had the opportunity to help design a brand-new open-enrollment Woman’s Leadership Development Program to be offered through the University of New Hampshire’s Executive Development Program. Here are 10 Elements of a Great Woman’s Leadership Development Program: 1. Start with a solid research foundation.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2015

Below are my top 60 favorite leadership quotes of all time. Leadership is not what you know or who you know, but how to transfer what you know into the hearts and minds of who you know.” – Mike Myatt. “A Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. Jack Welch. “A By Grant Wattie. Margaret Mead.

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Joseph Lalonde

JULY 30, 2018

A Reel Leadership Article Pam and I were planning on seeing the new Tom Cruise movie Mission Impossible: Fallout this past weekend with our Moviepass accounts. To The Movies also provided many leadership lessons. In this week’s Reel Leadership, we’re going to look at the leadership lessons from Teen Titans Go!

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Leadership Freak

AUGUST 24, 2017

I’ll never forget Jack Welch saying you have about a 50/50 chance of hiring the right person. Surveys confirm that the majority of organizations have hired the wrong person.* The wrong hire: Drains… Continue reading →

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Leadership Freak

JANUARY 31, 2016

All successful leaders universally share one quality. Jack Welch – retired… Continue reading → I’ve interviewed and learned from some of the world’s most respected leaders and thinkers. James Whitehurst – CEO and President of Redhat.

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leaderCommunicator

JANUARY 24, 2013

Business leaders frequently ask me, “What one leadership style is most effective?”. The reality is there’s not one style that’s best, or most effective, or that produces successful results time after time. The days of the cookie cutter, charismatic CEOs like Ray Kroc, Walt Disney and Jack Welch are gone. It’s a two-way street.

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Coaching Tip

JANUARY 27, 2011

After all, one reliable pathway to success is to imitate (or at least closely examine) the top predators and how they function. Looking back, we find that even with his successes, the model didn't translate into other areas. By Guest Author Art Gould. When a giant like Google changes management styles, we ought to take notice.

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 7, 2012

One of my favorite Jack Welch quotes is, “The team with the best players wins.” You’ll fail apart from surrounding yourself with talented people. This means: Great leaders identify and develop great leaders. But, how do you identify the best players? Look for those who are: Already active. Frustrated.

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Sales Wolf Blog

MAY 10, 2010

» May 10, 2010 Three Critical Success Factors of Rainmaker Sales People We are often asked, "Why do some sales people seemingly have what it takes while others do not?"    There are three critical success factors that true "hunter" or "Rainmaker" sales people must have.

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Nathan Magnuson

JANUARY 7, 2019

Recently retired Kansas State football coach Bill Snyder famously crafted 16 Goals for Success which he used with his football teams over his decades of coaching. ” According to Coach Snyder, one of the root causes of success was belief itself. Goal #13 stated, “Expect to win… and truly believe we will.”

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Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

Jack Welch, renowned former CEO of General Electric, famously stated, “There is no such thing as work-life balance. As a leadership coach, I often hear from clients asking me about work-life balance and how to make it happen. Success is a process, a quality of mind, and a way of being. THE LEADERSHIP GAP.

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Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Books Business Coaching Career Communication Leadership Skills Success Work life Forbes Jack Welch life signature Michael Jackson passionately presentations public speaking tips and tricks' Source: Karen Hough: Be the Best Bad Presenter Ever: Break the Rules, Make Mistakes, and Win Them Over.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JUNE 6, 2010

Stephen Warrilow presents How To Manage Change - Putting It All Together posted at Change Management - Practical Strategies For Success , saying that in the current economic climate, all organisations are experiencing the impacts of change and many could now benefit from the practical knowledge of how to lead and manage change. 

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Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

Here is what one participant had to say about the Team Building & Leadership Program; I had attended a few retreats and participated in several team building exercises over the years. I thoroughly enjoyed it and would recommend Michael Cardus’ Create-Learning to anybody seeking to build successful teams. Welch Allyn Inc.

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 30, 2023

They can learn from their mentor’s own journey and past struggles and successes. I’ve seen many successful mentoring pairs create joint learning opportunities, where they identify a book or a course that they take together, discuss their insights, and plan how to apply their learning. Harness the Power of Complementary Mentoring.

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Sales Wolf Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Copyright 2007-2010 - Chris Young Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter « The Rainmaker Fab Five Blog Picks of the Week | Main | The Rainmaker Fab Five Blog Picks of the Week » November 12, 2010 Possibility Maximizer: Its Everybodys Business with Jack & Suzy Welch Happy Friday - I hope you have had a wonderful week so far!

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