Eric Jacobson

MARCH 25, 2024

The new book, Shine , is a transformative guide that illustrates how looking inward is the key to unlocking true entrepreneurial freedom. Certainly, Shine is a book for entrepreneurs, however, it is bound to benefit any business leader. Entrepreneurs often have a burning need to succeed. Doing them is harder.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 20, 2022

This time each year, I select from all the leadership books I read during the year my pick for the best new leadership book of the year. It was a tough choice, so for 2022, I'm picking two books: Both books are timely, highly relevant, full of great teachings and well worth reading for leaders at any stage of their careers.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Describing the new book, In Her Own Voice , by Jennifer McCollum , Anne Chow (former CEO of AT&T Business) says that “for women, the book does a beautiful job of explaining not just what to do to advance in your career, but also what to expect. Leadership Development : Do women have access to effective development?

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Traditional carrot-and-stick techniques may result in temporary gains, but once the bribe or the threat is gone, people’s commitment flags. He began his Chick-fil-A career over forty years ago as an hourly team member behind the counter of a local restaurant. Mark is a business leader, author, and storyteller.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 7, 2021

Strategic Clarity – leaders must constantly assess how well their organization’s strategy is understood across operations staff. Also, leaders must ensure that all staff proactively commit to their performance and values goals. You can see that what is easy to measure might not give you an accurate picture of reality.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 9, 2019

In that piece, he described his team’s efforts to examine a specific hypothesis (“Employee commitment drives customer service”) in the US operations of a major hotel chain. When employees believe their bosses have behavioral integrity, their commitment goes up. ? Their research methods and analysis discovered: ?

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Help people see themselves operating in the new environment. When the right people are involved in creating the plan, they are more committed to making it a success. You need a team of mutually committed individuals to make big things happen. Use words that are simple, visual, and concrete. Tips for a successful implementation.

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Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

I recently spoke with Stan, thought leader, columnist, and business leader about his new book Be Different! The Key to Business and Career Success. The title of your book is Be Different! Effective leaders know how to achieve operational excellence, and they embrace continuous improvement. Meet your commitments.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 30, 2023

Having conducted extensive field research, Ranjay Gulati , author of the book, Deep Purpose , The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies , reveals the fatal mistakes leaders unwittingly make when attempting to implement a reason for being. “My Gulati : A key insight in my book is that purpose is not a tax on business.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

My success came about through a combination of hard work, continual learning, fortunate career choices, and a bit of luck—by being in the right place at the right time ,” writes Ron Williams. The book is exceptional. He weaves the experiences of his career with the lessons we can all learn from them. Well told and insightful.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

“When it comes to culture, one of the most glaring issues is that far too many leaders do not recognize it as one of their greatest competitive advantages,” says Matt Mayberry , author of the new book, Culture Is The Way. Those characteristics include: A strong commitment to excellence. And that is to fully commit yourself.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Having conducted extensive field research, Ranjay Gulati , author of the book, Deep Purpose , The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies , reveals the fatal mistakes leaders unwittingly make when attempting to implement a reason for being. “My Gulati : A key insight in my book is that purpose is not a tax on business.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. Find HR’s hand (in a good way) in everything as an enabler and contributor to operations flowing all the way through to customer/client satisfaction.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 21, 2021

In my new book, Influence and Impact: Discover and Excel at What Your Organization Needs From You The Most , written with George Bradt, we provide the tools every leader needs to grow and develop into the leader that others want to follow. Decide if you want to commit to that job.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Guest post from Fardad Fateri: There are thousands of business books and many of them are excellent so we knew from the outset writing yet another business book would get little to no attention. Dr. Fateri writes & speaks frequently on organizational culture & career education.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

“When it comes to culture, one of the most glaring issues is that far too many leaders do not recognize it as one of their greatest competitive advantages,” says Matt Mayberry , author of the book, Culture Is The Way. Those characteristics include: A strong commitment to excellence. And that is to fully commit yourself.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 27, 2020

Prussian Field Marshal Graf Helmut Von Molke the Elder , famously said that no plan of operations extends with any certainty beyond the first contact with the main hostile force. Some time into my career, I came across a concept that helped me to understand—and then counteract—this lemming-like behaviour.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 31, 2018

The following is a book excerpt from How You Learn Is How You Live. While the practices in the book will help you to improve your performance or learn new content, the goal is to pay attention to your own learning process and to become more flexible in managing it. This process is what allows you to transform your life.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Having conducted extensive field research, Ranjay Gulati , author of the book, Deep Purpose , The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies , reveals the fatal mistakes leaders unwittingly make when attempting to implement a reason for being. “My Gulati : A key insight in my book is that purpose is not a tax on business.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The thread that runs through his career is the entrepreneurial mindset. They remain true to the vision and commit to the value of individuals. Donaldson and Karl Weber extract relevant lessons for leaders in Entrepreneurial Leader. By integrity, he means that they transcend themselves. They look beyond their ego.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 5, 2022

Having conducted extensive field research, Ranjay Gulati , author of the book, Deep Purpose , The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies , reveals the fatal mistakes leaders unwittingly make when attempting to implement a reason for being. “My Gulati : A key insight in my book is that purpose is not a tax on business.

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How To Customer Loyalty Operations Objective 65

Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Having conducted extensive field research, Ranjay Gulati , author of the new book, Deep Purpose , The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies , reveals the fatal mistakes leaders unwittingly make when attempting to implement a reason for being. “My Gulati : A key insight in my book is that purpose is not a tax on business.

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How To Customer Loyalty Operations Objective 65

Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Adapted, and reprinted with permission from Career Press, an imprint of Red Wheel/Weiser. Their paychecks will probably suffer, and their careers may be stalled because the organization is aware that they are not “giving it their all.” The second requirement one needs to be effective in a role is strong commitment.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 14, 2016

Early on in my career, I would rely on my technical capabilities to get recognized and climb the proverbial ladder. After 10 years in my career, I characterized my career as fairly successful, but I was missing the point of how to be a leader to my team. After my meeting with my manager, I decided to look up books on leadership.

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Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

This list includes books that have been selected because they are either extremely popular, frequently referred to, or groundbreaking in business literature. It is hands-down the most popular leadership book of all time. A book that is a favorite among consultants. 3) Lack of commitment. Listed in no particular order.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 18, 2018

That’s the level of commitment you need. Lack of passion leads to lack of commitment, accountability, and ultimately, your business results, a cancer that will eat your company alive if you let it. Hallberg then sold the company after two years of profitable operations with over 20% net profit to the bottom line.

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Career Advancement

JANUARY 23, 2017

Becoming an engaging speaker requires skill, courage, and an unwavering commitment to connect with an audience. That’s why Out Front is balanced between identifying women’s challenges in communicating, and providing an operating manual on how to overcome them. I needed to take my own advice. But technique is only part of the equation.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

That could be true, but don’t operate with that assumption or it will become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Above that, write down the milestone events of your career, good and not so good, and then connect those dots with a line. Inventory your work/job/career. His new book LOVE IS JUST DAMN GOOD BUSINESS (McGraw-Hill, Sept.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 6, 2023

“When it comes to culture, one of the most glaring issues is that far too many leaders do not recognize it as one of their greatest competitive advantages,” says Matt Mayberry , author of the book, Culture Is The Way. Those characteristics include: A strong commitment to excellence. And that is to fully commit yourself.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 31, 2023

“When it comes to culture, one of the most glaring issues is that far too many leaders do not recognize it as one of their greatest competitive advantages,” says Matt Mayberry , author of the new book, Culture Is The Way. Those characteristics include: A strong commitment to excellence. And that is to fully commit yourself.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 14, 2020

Throughout my career, I have spent a lot of time studying and teaching leadership. In a crisis, leaders are required to create models and draw conclusions while operating with imperfect and incomplete data. Finally, the best leaders are committed to learning and continuous improvement. It’s a fascinating subject!

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General Leadership

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

I’m speaking of those moments in which we find ourselves operating in the present without joy, face an uncertain future with little hope or are seemingly pursuing a path with no discernable purpose. A writer, in his fifties, had written a manuscript for a book and sent it to several publishers without success.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 17, 2019

There's no rule that says you have to stay in an organization that operates in chaos. If you truly run up against leaders who are unwilling to make changes, that's helpful information to have as you consider your career path. How long are you willing to put in effort toward change, and what will you do if you don't see it?

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 15, 2019

If you are able to link your personal and professional growth to the organisation, you are more likely to stay and participate at a higher level through increased commitment and loyalty. I think of it as a ‘soft contract’, the rules of engagement for how both parties can achieve maximum value from the relationship.

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 12, 2020

After reading her book, which is full of her wisdom, I reached out to her so that I could share some of her counsel with you. You work with leaders in very different businesses; your career has given you a unique perspective; you’ve seen leaders on top, and those struggling. She is the CEO of Outsell, Inc. How do you cultivate it?

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 22, 2018

Fortunately, in my career, I was provided with examples of what this meant, not just from Matt, but from working with a number of strong leaders. Though not his actual title, Reggie Thomas was our executive who looked for ways to make our operation better. They inspire by their own personal commitment.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 27, 2016

Born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, in 1880 and trained at the Virginia Military Institute, Marshall was a career military man who will forever be remembered for his efforts to promote peace and bring about a strong connection between America and Western Europe. Marshall’s Commitment to Knowledge Flow. Marshall’s Passion for Human Value.

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