Eric Jacobson

JULY 5, 2015

With the first half of 2015 past us, here's a look back at the three most read postings on my leadership blog so far this year. Schroeder helped to create a $1 billion company CKS|Partners, the world’s largest integrated marketing communications agency. Run through the fear rather than running away from it.

Self-aware 50

Self-aware Leadership Advice Entrepreneur 50

Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 3, 2014

In the volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) business landscape expected to continue for 2015, leaders face many challenges , requiring aggressive, sustained talent management strategies to prepare them for success. Six times more likely to use analytics to predict future leadership talent needs.

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Human Capital Conference Metrics Talent Management 103

Steve Farber

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Here’s a sample of how bad things really are: The National Automobile Dealers Association’s 2015 Dealership Workforce Study (the most current study of its kind) found that car sales consultants had the highest turnover at 72 percent annually (non-luxury turnover was 80 percent, luxury turnover was 48 percent). –Michael Kennedy.

Automotive 40

Automotive Industry Sample Training 40

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

While sales objectives are most common, trade shows may also be behavior, product, distribution or marketing oriented. Perform informal market research. Market your presence at the show in advance via mailings, distribution of VIP tickets and inclusion of your booth in advertising. Give samples, if possible.

How To 50

How To Follow-up Participative Objective 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2015

companies are discovering the appeal and opportunity of talent in emerging markets. Smart, ambitious women make up the majority of this talent pool, but time and time again, these women are being overlooked when it comes to assigning leadership positions. More and more U.S. based multinational company? based multinational company?

Core Competence 8

Core Competence Emotional Intelligence Globalization Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2018

But how well schools meet this goal, and to what extent their teaching influences their students’ leadership, is an open question. corporations from 1985 to 2015. The overarching goal of most business schools is to train future leaders to lead. To test our argument, we collected data on 2,031 CEOs who ran 640 large U.S.

Influence 12

Influence Education Pharmaceuticals Finance 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

From 2012 to 2015, the number of global corporate venture capital deals almost doubled, and their investments quadrupled, to $29.1 Among the 30 top companies in seven of the largest industries, almost half had a VC-fueled accelerator in 2015, up from just 2% in 2010. Top startups already have market leading solutions.

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Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8