Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Last month, the Kansas City Business Journal published its list of 2013 Best Places To Work Companies in the Kansas City metro. As you review the winning companies profiles (the publication''s October 4, 2013 issue), you''ll notice that wellness and fitness programs and perks are common among this year''s winners.

Henderson 50

Henderson Hotels Ryan Company 50

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 14, 2014

I can''t put into words my respect, admiration and thankfulness for Matt, his leadership, elegance, eloquence, professionalism and humility. In simplest terms, it is a desire to participate in the act of gratitude that motivates people to act. As such, 75% of Americans seek the opportunity for service opportunities in other ways.

Emotional Intelligence 150

Emotional Intelligence Participative Short-term Letter 150

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 20, 2014

The lesson is the motive behind the word so you can use the same principle as you generate your words. ADVISOR – I launched the Gitomer Certified Advisor program in the fall of 2013. LESSON: Don’t stay attached to old technology or products even though they have brought success and profit in the past. Instant success.

Succession 50

Succession Customer Loyalty Competitive Advantage Content 50

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2015

They are called upon to advise companies that must manage risk in an increasingly complex global operating environment and navigate disruptive technologies that threaten their business models. If money is the motivating factor, a board seat is the wrong way to achieve it. First: Am I passionate about this business?

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage McKinsey Advice Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2015

Coinciding with this is recent discussion in the business media that since “work” no longer adheres to the traditional 9-5, and technology allows us to be connected anywhere and everywhere, perhaps those longer work hours should be reconciled with more time off. But your supply of motivation and creativity is not endless.

Policies 8

Policies Creativity Report Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

For example, it took Umicore, a global materials technology group, five years (2002–2007) to lay the basis for its transformation from a commodity supplier of base metals into a premium provider of emission control catalysts, rechargeable battery materials and other value-added solutions. Allow time and persevere.

Company 10

Company Chemicals Short-term How To 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

During those nine months, Cellairis’ leadership had been distracted from their core business. System-wide revenue for 2013 was $350 million – seven times revenue for 2005. Sure, it must always consider whether to adjust that strategy in the face of new competition, changing customer demand, technological innovation or all three.

Strategy 8

Strategy Wireless Company Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

The technological advances of the digital age have allowed the global workforce to be better connected, more collaborative, and have greater personal impact than ever before. More than a year after its publication, I’m still reeling from the results of Gallup’s 2013 Global Workforce Study. Or are they? Or are they?

Management 8

Management Globalization Drucker Uncertainty 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

The European Commission believes that digital business ecosystems are critical to Europe''s future competitive ability, and the key to realizing "this promise of fostering the development of those technologies, systems, applications and services that are critical to achieving higher growth, more and better jobs, and greater social inclusion."

CIO 8

CIO Competitive Advantage Agility Hamel 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

The challenge is obvious: the quickening pace of technological change has shrunk the shelf life of skills acquired by today’s university graduates to just a few years. In a 2013 Deloitte survey of executives at large companies, 39% said they were either “barely able” or “unable” to meet their needs for talent.

Skills 8

Skills Company Core Competence Career 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2015

Please note that titles used here reflect the positions the individuals held in 2013, when we conducted the interviews for a separate article ). ” Other talent management concerns that were mentioned once include: motivating people through hard times, retention and development, and managing diversity and cultural differences.

CEO 8

CEO Stephenson Pharmaceuticals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2013

The same diminished economic frictions, along with new business models, organizational structures and enabling technologies, have accelerated the appearance of new, unanticipated competitors with new value propositions or the old value propositions presented faster, better and/or cheaper. Barriers to entry have been destroyed.

CIO 8

CIO CEO Outsourcing Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

McKinsey’s DataMatics 2013 survey shows that companies that use customer analytics extensively are more than twice as likely to generate above-average profits as those that don’t. To have the influence to help set business strategy for the company, CMOs need to translate customer insights into terms meaningful to senior leadership.

P&L 10

P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Good leadership certainly helps, but more often than not, the organization will revert to business as usual. I spoke with Patty McCord, the former chief talent officer of Netflix from 1998 to 2013. They are usually more highly motivated and need less direction so we gravitate toward them and choose to spend our time with them.

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

doubled from 20% to 40% between July and December 2013, and has stayed at that level since. Successful change leaders, on the other hand, are open, bold, and have a clear sense of their motivations. Change management Execution Leadership' Change leaders work across boundaries.

Middle Management 13

Middle Management Six Sigma Taylorism Taylor 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Although this can present leadership challenges related to shifting strategy, culture and operations, it certainly isn’t rocket science. The board approved, and Erasmus’s next CEO – Ernst Kuipers – drove this forward from 2013. Insight Center. Innovating for Value in Health Care. Sponsored by Medtronic.

Health Care 8

Health Care Committee Compliance Project 8

Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

The problem, though, with these discussions of managing a multi-generational workforce is when the focus shifts to trying to articulate differences in values, motivations, and attitudes based purely on generational cohorts, especially when it comes to trying to differentiate the Millennial generation from previous ones.

P&L 243

P&L Fraser Motivation Organizational Behavior 243

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2017

The first concerns the challenge of creating the meaningful use program for the HITECH Act when I served as national coordinator of health information technology from 2009 to 2011, at the beginning of the Obama administration. Two personal stories illustrate these points. Two personal stories illustrate these points.

System 8

System Skills Health Care Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

In this letter, I’d like to explain more fully why I view the $51 billion already spent by Apple on open market (including accelerated) share repurchases under your leadership as a major misallocation of resources for both the company and the U.S. Unlike Mr. Icahn, I do not write to you as an Apple shareholder (I hold no Apple shares).

Innovation 10

Innovation EPS Incentives Supply Chain 10