Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Helgesen : Back when I wrote, The Web of Inclusion , I was looking at how networked technologies were upending hierarchies in organizations by decentralizing decision-making and giving people access to unprecedented information. Question: In Rising Together , you present a pretty extensive list of very specific inclusive behaviors.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 22, 2014

Or, if you are responsible for managing Solopreneur projects, how can you be sure that the work will increase impact and productivity? Novo: Change the Lens of Thought-leadership and the Approach to Professional Development. Distinctio: Accept a New Way to Play in the Leadership and Innovation Sandbox – Differentiation.

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LDRLB

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

I’ve been playing around a lot with the idea of democracy in organizations (and the feasibility of its extremist cousin, decentralization). Author Dean Zatkowsky blends his own experience at Kinko’s with the greater case study of the organization, and even some classic management theory.

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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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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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Venture Capitalist Decentralization Idea Generation Books 61

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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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. The increased communication and collaboration required of Beta organizations demand a new style of leadership and career planning. She has served as a Partner/Managing Director at CCMP Capital and JPMorgan Partners and was a Partner at Flatiron Partners.

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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." What leadership skills did you learn playing football that then served you well as a Marine? And, how to be prepared -- physically, mentally and emotionally. My coach, Barry Alvarez, used to yell "know your role."

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Lead from Within

MAY 28, 2020

A global crisis of the scale of the COVID-19 pandemic brings wide-ranging changes—changes that not only affect a single organization or industry or nation but that cause us to rebuild the way we think about leadership. Gone are the days of top-heavy organizations where senior leadership makes all the decisions. The Leadership Gap.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The consultant has a solution: decentralize. We’re too decentralized. We see this play out over and over in two contrasting styles of leadership. Learning to embrace our own complexity is what makes it possible to manage more complexity. Empower more people to make decisions. We have a problem, the CEO explains.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

They hire technical specialists, local experts, and country managers from emerging markets but rarely promote them to corporate positions. In order to adapt to local cultures and market needs, companies must shift to decentralized, collaborative decision-making. That requires developing many leaders capable of working anywhere.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2016

” In other words, they practice an entirely new model of management. What does digital leadership look like in this sense? Our research, which we call the “digital DNA,” identified 23 new management practices CEOs should consider, focusing on empowerment, experimentation, collaboration, data, and speed.

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Decker Communication

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Those were the words of the leader of one of our multi-billion dollar clients, which accents the amazing changes in leadership over the last 40 years. . As we close out the decade, let’s look at how leadership has become decentralized and team-oriented. The Days of Centralized Leadership in Business are Long Gone. .

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2015

A “value management office” can greatly enhance an institution’s ability to improve outcomes and costs across the enterprise. ICCI now has five full-time employees with expertise in analytics and project management and three part-time graduate students.

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Health Care Management Cost Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Just imagine the noise level when that many smart and engaged female managers debated the pros and cons of wielding power. Many of these women already held senior leadership positions in large companies. Still, the art of consensus can sometimes slow women down and diminish their leadership credibility. Yes and no.".

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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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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2015

Given the amount of research that business schools have dedicated to understanding change management, the number of books and articles published on the subject, and the investment that companies have made in consultants and training, one would think that we would be doing better by now. The change management work focused on execution.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

He argues that it’s the rare CHRO who can serve as a strategic leader for the CEO and also manage the internal concerns of the organization. Leadership: ensuring leaders at all levels who think, feel, and act in ways that deliver sustainable market value to employees, customers, investors, and communities.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 3, 2019

That requires a new way of thinking about people and leadership. But there’s a model of leadership that will. Above all, driving the use of these techniques depends on the stance of leadership. Leadership should make it clear that they are offended by wasting time, as it’s also wasting energy, resources and brain space.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2017

Rather than managing that complexity by delegating and decentralizing, the CEO became even more controlling. Another CEO used prodigious management skills to successfully consolidate, grow, and dramatically increase the efficiency of a vertically integrated industrial company. I have seen this manifest itself three ways.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Or, already a leader, but looking to hone your skills? Then, the new kindle book, Ignite Your Leadership Expertise: Become the Trusted Advisor Others Seek , by Nathan Magnuson , is the book for you. With 10 leadership topics and easy to read within two hours, this book will both teach you and inspire you.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

You might say that a radically decentralized, p2p financial system spontaneously arose. You might say that a radically decentralized, p2p financial system spontaneously arose. And thats exactly the role that pubs began to play. And thats exactly the role that pubs began to play.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Toward a New Leadership Agenda. Leading energy companies are investing in decentralized energy grids, demonstrating the broad feasibility of such approaches. An increase in the dynamism and diversity of business environments means that people must adapt their skills more quickly. As an example, look at the digital skills gap.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 23, 2019

They’re tasks that will require us to have much less rigid roles and job descriptions than was previously the case, allowing us to flex and adapt as circumstances dictate, applying our skills and abilities in ever new ways. The rise of the superjob. “The concept of superjobs takes this shift one step further. .

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In hindsight, this thinking turned out to be far less important than what we learned about leadership, control, and trust, which ultimately were reflected in how each of the businesses was created, capitalized, and staffed. By mid-2004, however, the operation was mired in conflict over control and differences in management style.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2011

Most held a strong respect for authority, rooted in their early observations that those in positions of leadership were doing admirable things and warranted respect. In many cases, leadership demanded compliance, promoting risk-aversion and compliance, rather than respect.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Most companies manage projects in terms of outputs, not outcomes. Managers working in this context can be forgiven for thinking that their job is simply to finish making something. And yet our management culture and tools are set up to work in terms of outputs. The project may be “done.” Defining Done as Successful.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

It appears Nokia was not able to coordinate decisions and activities across departments or levels of management. Many innovative ideas became the victims of in-fighting among managers who had competing objectives. Why was this once-dominant player unable to execute and maintain its market position? When one million bottles of St.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Obama nominated Robert McDonald , an Army veteran and experienced executive who had honed his leadership skills during a 33-year career at Proctor and Gamble, to attempt the difficult turnaround. The leadership team had to work through vestiges of VA’s rule-based past. Could the organization turn itself around?

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Six Sigma Learning-by-Doing Crisis Kotter 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Using evidence-based guidelines linked to the electronic medical record, the nurse manages the patient’s care progression, and the bedside pharmacist contributes to optimizing management of the medication. The design team fully used lean methods such as rapid-improvement events, value-stream maps, and visual-management concepts.

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Health Care Quality Decentralization Planning 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Beijing-based telecom security company NQ Mobile has gone so far as to create a separate headquarters in Texas for its developed-market business, managed by an American co-CEO and entirely comprised of American employees. Boardrooms at home in China must also begin to reflect a cross-section of cultures and skills.

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Brand Globalization Company Development 8

CO2

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Developing Leadership Skills: What Do Great Leaders Have in Common? The Leadership Challenge From their research, Kouzes and Posner identified five common factors in taking approaches to leadership. If you’re supportive, hard-working, and fair, they will understand that these leadership skills are expected of them, too.

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CO2

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Developing Leadership Skills: What Do Great Leaders Have in Common? The Leadership Challenge From their research, Kouzes and Posner identified five common factors in taking approaches to leadership. If you’re supportive, hard-working, and fair, they will understand that these leadership skills are expected of them, too.

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CO2

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Developing Leadership Skills: What Do Great Leaders Have in Common? The Leadership Challenge. From their research, Kouzes and Posner identified five common factors in taking approaches to leadership. If you’re supportive, hard-working, and fair, they will understand that these leadership skills are expected of them, too.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Successful strategy execution calls for skillful orchestration of sometimes opposing forces and competing needs. When a detailed cost assessment identified significant savings potential, executive leadership boldly added another five percentage points to the target. Tension #1: An inspiring end-state versus challenging targets.

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Coaching Tip

JANUARY 27, 2011

When a giant like Google changes management styles, we ought to take notice. With legislation allowing stockholder voting on executive compensation, top-level management might be wondering if the shift toward consolidating responsibility might be the coming trend. By Guest Author Art Gould. Now, Mr. Page is assuming the CEO position.

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