Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Mayberry, former linebacker for the Chicago Bears and now keynote speaker and global expert in leadership development, culture change, and organizational performance, took the lessons he learned on the field and in the locker room straight to the boardroom. Those are: Lukewarm leadership buy-in. An emphasis on teamwork.

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Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2023

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in May 2023 curated just for you. Generation Why : How Boomers Can Lead and Learn from Millennials and Gen Z by Karl Moore Perhaps more than ever before, young people entering the workforce are searching for meaning and authenticity in their careers.

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Career Advancement

MARCH 5, 2018

Gianna asked me to help her work on setting her professional development goals, and this is the plan we came up with. Maybe there’s a particular kind of project you want to take on, or perhaps you’re looking to take on a leadership role. Ask yourself where you need to grow in order to reach your professional development goals.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Posted in Career Development Leadership Development I recently interacted with someone on Google+ related to a post showing “average CEO pay in the US” compared to other nations. It stated flatly that the pay was 475 times the pay of the average worker. So I questioned the source.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Here are a selection of tweets from February 2023 that you will want to check out: Five Beliefs To Toss Aside To Grow Your Leadership by @TerriKlass 6 Leadership Tips for Not Being a Jerk at Work by @JenniferVMiller Why One Conversation a Day Is Essential for Us Humans by @DrNickMorgan PODCAST: How to Coach Leaders to Be More Effective via @CliftonStrength (..)

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Great Results Team Building

JANUARY 25, 2022

Learning and applying these lessons can provide management insight and superior leadership qualities. Some of the biggest influencers in the world are musicians, and they can teach us a multitude of ways to guide our own career and leader positions. Here are some excellent leadership lessons that we can learn from musicians.

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Career Advancement

MARCH 5, 2018

Gianna asked me to help her work on setting her professional development goals, and this is the plan we came up with. Maybe there’s a particular kind of project you want to take on, or perhaps you’re looking to take on a leadership role. Ask yourself where you need to grow in order to reach your professional development goals.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The truth is that even these world-class leaders have room to grow and can find ways to identify their weaknesses, optimize their performance, and become even better leaders. But often, these top-tier executives don’t know where to go to achieve this critical perspective and guidance at this stage in their careers.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Recently I taught a brand new class on leadership at the Yale Law School. Despite popular misconceptions, young lawyers are hungry to become more self-aware and to sharpen their leadership competencies. If lawyers can overcome these tough leadership development obstacles, the rewards are enormous. Fair enough.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 9, 2020

So, what is professional development anyways? Professional development can give you the chance to grow and expand your knowledge on the subjects that matter to you. Career development is quite challenging to achieve without goals. Setting career goals encourages constant development. Here’s a short answer.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

L EADERSHIP development is a lifelong process. Drawing on her twenty-year career as an advisor to the C-Suite, Davey shares real-world examples and practical tools you and your team can use to handle even the most contentious conflicts as allies?instead Maxwell (HarperCollins Leadership, 2019) In Leadershift , John C.

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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. Be Ready with a solid business case.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 31, 2023

Mayberry, former linebacker for the Chicago Bears and now keynote speaker and global expert in leadership development, culture change, and organizational performance, took the lessons he learned on the field and in the locker room straight to the boardroom. Those are: Lukewarm leadership buy-in. An emphasis on teamwork.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Only 6% of doctors, 12% of journalists, and 12% of chief executives come from working-class backgrounds. Yet while other minority groups tend to have policies designed to equalize access, there is precious little to boost the class diversity in our organizations. Things are no better in other fields. Advantages beget advantages.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 22, 2023

Developing an effective employee engagement program is essential to foster a positive work environment and maximize employee satisfaction. In this article, we will explore strategies and best practices to develop such a program that can boost employee engagement and contribute to overall organizational success.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 13, 2023

What to Say if Your Boss isn’t Acknowledging Your Contributions I (Karin) once taught an evening MBA class called, “Dealing with Difficult People at Work.” All but one person in the class picked their boss. And, the number one issue was their boss was a chronic credit stealer. Would that be cool with you?

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2020

If you look hard enough you’ll see them next to each other in virtually every successful company and successful career. Nonetheless, we do know of at least two key attributes, beyond ability, that appear to function as catalysts for the creation of that special class of behavioral products specifically indicative of genius.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 8, 2015

The biggest mistake managers make when developing their people is that they don’t spend enough time doing it. Even imperfect development beats what many employees telling me they’re getting–nada. Good managers spend at least 10-20% of their time developing their people. Leadership is never handled.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 11, 2023

They share where they started mentally and then what he told them, and how his insights played out in their life and careers. Practice, train, and rehearse giving 100 percent until your coaches have no choice but to play you. ” * * * Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 28, 2013

An earlier post listed the 7 Principles of Leadership Development in no specific order of importance : Necessary Skilled-Knowledge. Education for Leadership. Strategy for Leadership Development. We asked ourselves to look back at our careers. Using Existing Employees as Mentors. The Chief Executive.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 3, 2021

Afterall, we got this far in our careers by following our instincts, practicing what we learned, and applying appropriate business strategies. Over the course of a career, we gain a myriad of tools and tips on how to lead. Let’s call this methodology what it is: a recipe for leadership. So, we rely on the leadership recipe.

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Leading Blog

MAY 31, 2021

Class Takeaways: The Industrialist’s Dilemma by Allison Felt via @StanfordGSB Five lessons in five minutes—learn how to survive disruption and turn headwinds into tailwinds. What Pirates Have to Teach Us About Leadership by @francescagino. This Is The Moment To Reinvent Yourself, Your Organization, and Your Career by @PhilCooke.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2018

As I watched the documentary, I was struck by how closely the story mirrored case studies from the business world, and how perfectly it illustrated the points I try to emphasize in the leadership and innovation class I teach at MIT. In fact, an original, revolutionary vision isn’t innovation at all (and it certainly isn’t leadership).

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Lead from Within

JUNE 15, 2018

Mistakes are a natural part of learning, living, and leadership. To build a successful career, you definitely need to develop expertise in your field. Mistake #2: Thinking your leadership skills will develop naturally with time. If you’re in a leadership role, you need to be constantly honing your skills.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2019

For the world-class companies that do this well, accountability isn’t an esoteric mandate handed down from senior leadership. Ask your immediate supervisor and members of the senior leadership team. How does the organization intend to encourage my professional development and career growth?

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Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Paul Spiegelman says, "Let''s face it: Employees in most companies get treated as second-class citizens. Develop Leadership Skills: A Mobile Reference Guide. If that''s the case, how can we expect them to treat customers well? The same is true for employees in the healthcare field. Our industry needs to be shaken up a bit.

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Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 21, 2015

It’s ironic that successful self-leadership has more to do with others and less to do with self. My hope is that they will help you be more successful over your career and journey in life. The first surprise about self-leadership is that working for money, power and fame is, ultimately, an unfulfilling pursuit.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 24, 2023

Flexibility Whether an undergraduate student looking to earn your degree or a professional seeking a better career, pursuing an online business degree can help you achieve your goals. This program allows you to take classes from any location on a flexible schedule, including at home. These include communication and creativity.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2017

Those skills, while uniquely human, are not what we are typically trained to do and require a deal of messy personal development. Forged in Crisis : The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times by Nancy Koehn The crisis that can break one person can give birth to leadership in another. New skills will be needed.

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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. Take stock of the progressive development plans and programs they’ve made available to the workforce. “What makes a great CHRO, great?

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 8, 2014

Because despite all our efforts to “lead change” and encourage servant leadership, most of our readers are struggling in imperfect hierarchical organizations working for an imperfect boss. She knows the long road of the marathon runner and the joy of good song, all of which inform her leadership. And even as [.]

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 17, 2021

For example, becoming an expert in strategic planning, leading change, building great teams, mentoring, career management, and business analytics will increase your power. It takes attending classes and seminars, reading books and articles, conducting research, watching videos, and speaking with experts in your field.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 26, 2012

When it comes to fostering and developing leadership, my answer tends to be that it’s just a part of what WMACs do; it's engrained in their DNA. That's not to say that these companies are not conscious of leadership. WMACs are always conscious of and investing in the development and leadership of their people.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2020

T HE leadership we need now can be found in the entrepreneurial mindset—the characteristics found in entrepreneurs. We need new ways to lead during the crisis – from how to reshape our careers or work, to how to craft a fresh collaborative model in this instantly all-digital age. I wanted to have fun instead of sit in class,” he said.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 17, 2017

Rather, they come from testing out leadership skills in relationships with others. Companies can let those skills develop on their own – e.g. through the growth of the individual as he or she is exposed to more work-based situations, and as he or she must resolve corporate problems and adjust to new organizational scenarios.

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Modern Servant Leader

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

In a leadership development class I was teaching yesterday, one of the participants mentioned that their employer offers. Having a good mentoring program as a part of your company’s leadership development program is a huge benefit, and you should definitely be doing it. Speed Mentoring.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

Whether you are new to studying leadership or have practiced and studied it for many years, I am sure you will benefit and enjoy the leadership lessons today’s post provides. One of your first leadership lessons is “A subordinate’s trust in their leader is the most important factor in the success of any organization.”

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