Eric Jacobson

MAY 16, 2023

CEO coaches and authors John Baird and Edward Sullivan share that anyone can learn how to make an authentic connection with their teams in order to drive better outcomes. At the core of leading with heart is coaching leaders how to listen and hear through conversation. Too many leaders listen to respond rather than listen to hear.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 17, 2022

CEO coaches and authors John Baird and Edward Sullivan share that anyone can learn how to make an authentic connection with their teams in order to drive better outcomes. At the core of leading with heart is coaching leaders how to listen and hear through conversation. Too many leaders listen to respond rather than listen to hear.

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The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Symptoms include being managed by e-mail , meeting mismanagement , and many other signs of busyness addictions. He took to heart some of the extensive research showing how poorly served frontline servers usually pass along. Kerry saw that many were systems, policies, and processes designed to serve management.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2019

For the IT architecture to be effective, it should be between centralized and decentralized. The enterprise architecture should manage changes in the architecture, but input by other employees should be appreciated. Balance between Centralization and Decentralization. Additionally, mode 2 requires agility.

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Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

That’s one reason I was interested to talk with Leo Tilman and General Charles Jacoby, who co-wrote a new book, Agility: How to Navigate the Unknown and Seize Opportunity in a World of Disruption. In emergency management, Hurricane Sandy stands out. How do organizations with a culture of agility handle risk differently than others?

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

It’s perhaps understandable, therefore, that managers would strive to achieve a degree of cultural fit when they recruit. Indeed, a few years ago research from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) found that a poor cultural fit can cost somewhere between 50-60% of that employee’s annual salary.

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Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

If you are a manager you know that challenges can be overcome by solid people and systems. Endless reference back and forth and up and down the Management Structure. Excessive ‘decentralization’ or ‘centralization’. This can happen in the information based meetings that Sue ( Mark’s manager) has with the other managers.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 30, 2023

Managers often hire consultants to help them solve major organizational problems. Many ideas are sifted through, and the most relevant one presented to management along with the consultant’s recommended action plan. Managers are hearing them for the first time. Keep units small and decentralized.

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Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 9, 2013

What process will transform managers into leaders ready for strategic action? Who will design, manage, and deliver world-class leadership programs? What process will transform managers into leaders? Determining exactly how to turn these challenges into opportunities keeps many CEOs awake at night.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 7, 2014

October 14 brings a powerful new book full of leadership lessons for " how to be a first responder in business." And, how to be prepared -- physically, mentally and emotionally. Weak leaders and unhealthy organizations fear decentralized power and intellectually empowered small-unit leaders because they''re difficult to "control."

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 20, 2022

CEO coaches and authors John Baird and Edward Sullivan share that anyone can learn how to make an authentic connection with their teams in order to drive better outcomes. At the core of leading with heart is coaching leaders how to listen and hear through conversation. How to connect with empathy and lead with compassion.

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Instead he spent the better part of his 96 years unraveling the secrets of management. He did this to such a degree that he became recognized as the “Father of Modern Management.” at First In his first book devoted entirely to management Drucker wrote: “Leadership is of upmost importance. But management cannot create leaders.”

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 22, 2014

If you are responsible for leading teams, how can you be sure that the work being done throughout the day will innovatively increase impact and productivity to make tomorrow a better place? Or, if you are responsible for managing Solopreneur projects, how can you be sure that the work will increase impact and productivity?

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. Drawing on her vast experience as a venture capitalist, organizational design expert, and management consultant, Ardi argues that the future belongs to the Betas. I call it Alpha.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 9, 2019

Let’s take a look at the challenges workforce mobility presents and a few tips on how to implement an effective enterprise mobility strategy. But is there are a way to still drive innovation with an increasingly decentralized lifeforce? The Challenges. The answer is yes. They won’t. Don’t be Afraid to Ask for Help.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Between surging demand, labor shortages, outdated air traffic management, and travel reservation I.T. That’s a shame because the aviation industry as a whole still continues to be an industry model for how to operate with extremely high reliability despite having a highly fragmented set of organizational entities. In the U.S.,

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 22, 2014

The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. Drawing on her vast experience as a venture capitalist, organizational design expert, and management consultant, Ardi argues that the future belongs to the Betas. I call it Alpha.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. It means knowing how to mix and match. She has served as a Partner/Managing Director at CCMP Capital and JPMorgan Partners and was a Partner at Flatiron Partners. She also has a background managing and leading executive search firms.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 21, 2014

The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. Drawing on her vast experience as a venture capitalist, organizational design expert, and management consultant, Ardi argues that the future belongs to the Betas. I call it Alpha.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 28, 2014

When similar journeys are decided on by leaders in the driver’s seat of their organizations, the challenge to accomplish such a task means that CEOs must be able to navigate their way around the VUCA minefields (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity) and instruct their senior teams how to do the same. On to Iwo Jima.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Many companies have managed to gain an edge tapping into its transformative power. Here is how to use smart planning to make strides toward greater agility and market success. After all, change is the only constant thing in Agile project management and development. Make sure top management understands this.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Does your organization have a data analytics manager yet? How about a social media specialist? A sustainability manager? Our research found that organizations vary in how tightly they structure new positions, but they fall into one of three configurations: too tight, too loose, or just right. Are new roles sprouting up?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Those benefits fall into three categories: To jumpstart network effects that provide a first-mover advantage: Many of the projects being built using blockchain technology are “protocols” that govern the interactions between users in a decentralized autonomous network.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Product managers, user researchers, and business leaders traditionally have the strong intuition and domain expertise to identify key unsolved user and business needs. Meanwhile, data scientists and engineers have a keen eye for identifying feasible data-powered solutions and a strong intuition on what can be scaled and how.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Understanding your company’s DNA can help you know what you can and can’t do, and how to achieve agility and authenticity in a changing world. The examples below seem to suggest that a company must stay true to its DNA, but has a lot of room to express that DNA in new ways whether in external strategy or internal management.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2016

However, overspending is often the result of decentralized and siloed decision making over the utility budget. For example, the finance department approves what to buy, facilities maintains equipment, HR tells employees how to conserve energy, and marketing manages the company’s corporate sustainability reporting.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Learn the benefits of a team that works together, tips for encouraging teamwork, and how Patriot Software uses unique methods to connect team members. According to David Grossman of The Grossman Group great leaders don’t just manage employees; they make sure employees are motivated, engaged and inspired when coming to work.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 3, 2010

What do you do if you're a middle manager who sees the big picture but you work for a boss who only focuses on the here and now? And therein lies the challenge for eager, upwardly mobile self-starting managers: you want to put your ideas into play and see their results, but your boss only wants you to do what you're told.

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Lead from Within

MAY 28, 2020

Here are some of the things the pandemic is teaching us about the future of leadership: We will need leaders who know how to show presence without being physically present. We’re experiencing a shift in how leaders interact with their people. We will need leaders who know how to engage the expertise of others.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Our journey of more than 20 years has led to a lot of success and has taught us some valuable lessons for how to make remote arrangements work: Hire the right people. Once clear, consistent outcomes are set, management conversations shift from exercises in delegation to problem-solving sessions.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2013

So how do people — and even dogs — routinely manage it? Managers under pressure to make many decisions can''t subject every one of them to thorough and dispassionate analysis. This is the kind of thinking that business managers can also profit from. But manage it, and you become the industry leader.

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Decker Communication

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

As we close out the decade, let’s look at how leadership has become decentralized and team-oriented. Consider the following shifts and how a leader’s communications play an even more critical role. . The Days of Centralized Leadership in Business are Long Gone. . The Power of Teams .

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2018

In China look at the unique organization of entrepreneurial cells Zhang Ruimin has created at Haier, and in France look at Vinci Group’s success, under Xavier Huillard, with a radically decentralized model designed to foster entrepreneurial creativity in its three thousand constituent companies.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

They might focus on how incumbents cope with the rapid obsolescence of their old capabilities, say, or with internal resistance to inevitable change. For our study, we collected data on 512 strategic initiatives, both centralized and decentralized, launched by 48 leading U.S. and international electric utilities.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2015

So how should leaders adapt? I recently discussed the issue of managing through uncertainty with retired U.S. Petraeus has managed uncertainty of global scope and with the highest stakes. Our conversation left me with three recommendations for managing uncertainty that we all can use: Learn faster than your opponent.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2014

Treasury tasked with combating money laundering issued guidance on Bitcoin, defining it as a “decentralized” class of “virtual currency” that, though not equivalent to legal tender, “acts as a substitute for real money”. Clarity is coming, and with it, likely, greater involvement from banks. In March of 2013, the department of the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2015

” And although his suggestions for how to improve the odds have been widely accepted, the success rate of major corporate change programs remains essentially unchanged — it still hovers at 30%. ” Many managers don’t realize that the two are not the same. The change management work focused on execution.

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