Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

He has over three decades of leadership experience in sales, including Vice Presidencies at Dun & Bradstreet Software, AC Nielsen, Solcorp (then part of EDS, now HP), and Deloitte and Touche. Thank you to the books’ publisher for sending me an advance copy of the book.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

News Flash – If you have to look for leadership it doesn’t exist…Today’s post is not going to sit well with many in the leadership profession, but then many of my posts seem to have that effect. In my opinion the practice of leadership identification is simply based upon flawed business logic, and it is make-work in the purest form.

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CEO Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2011

How good are leaders at predicting their own overall leadership effectiveness? This phenomenon has been noted in other research by Dunning and Kruger, who were awarded the 2000 Nobel Prize in Psychology for their report, "Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments."

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LDRLB

APRIL 25, 2019

More than 20 years ago, psychologist David Dunning and Justin Kruger demonstrated that when people knew very little about a topic or situation, they were very likely to over-assess their knowledge and ability. The truth is, there is little correlation between confidence and competence. In fact, it can often go the opposite way.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

He has over three decades of leadership experience in sales, including Vice Presidencies at Dun & Bradstreet Software, AC Nielsen, Solcorp (then part of EDS, now HP), and Deloitte and Touche. He is an expert at building, guiding, and sustaining high caliber sales teams, and creating exemplary standards in account management.

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RapidStart Leadership

APRIL 9, 2020

The post How to Lead with Certainty in Uncertain Times appeared first on RapidStart Leadership. It's hard to lead with certainty in uncertain times; here are five things to think about and three ways we can lead confidently despite the unknown.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 15, 2016

S tay in some sort of leadership role, but bring in an experienced CEO from outside. Layer in leadership as it makes sense for your processes, systems and size of organization. You may also have one or two other employees who are well qualified to assume key leadership roles. Most founders at this point face three key choices.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

You also have the opportunity to practice each of those steps on a project whose outcome is less significant than what people face when leadership is a significant part of their portfolio.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

There’s sometimes a disconnect between how we talk about leadership qualities (we tend to use words like authority , power , and emotional intelligence ) and what we actually require from the people leading teams and other working groups (arguably, competence and a deep knowledge of the specific work that needs to get done).

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Mark Sanborn

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Leadership is not an easy task, and even the best leaders are susceptible to errors in thinking that can hinder decision-making and, ultimately, organizational success. Recognizing and avoiding these pitfalls can significantly enhance leadership effectiveness. His teaches leaders and teams how to be extraordinary.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2017

This phenomenon is not limited to inclusiveness — the Dunning-Kruger effect, for example, explains that unskilled people are particularly prone to thinking they are more skilled than they are. In many of our other studies, we have found that senior executives have accumulated more leadership and managerial skill than junior managers.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2016

As Cornell psychologist David Dunning says, “The road to self-insight runs through other people.” Masters were obsessive about identifying and improving on their weaknesses; that means they were able to overcome the natural human bias toward illusory superiority (i.e.,

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2015

As the famous Dunning-Krueger effect demonstrates, the less competent people are, the less self-aware they are, so poor performers are particularly likely to benefit from a reality check. Leadership styles have enjoyed a lot of airtime. You are not making it personal.

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LDRLB

APRIL 7, 2014

We have Denise Brosseau, founder of the Thought Leadership Lab here on LDRLB. It would be really boring if we had a podcast talking about a podcast, so let’s talk about the book instead, and let’s talk about Thought Leadership Lab. Thought leadership does not happen overnight. DENISE: (laughs).

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2013

Leadership risk: Psychology has found that "for most people, the fear of losing $100 is more intense than the hope of gaining $150", and IT leaders are no exception. IT creates risk confusing leadership, governance, and managing. IT often fails to step up to its leadership role, identifying instead with "aligned with the business."

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