Eric Jacobson

MAY 6, 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. Reciting the company’s mission statement at team meetings.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 20, 2018

In Fusion , Denise Lee Yohn makes the case that “you can unleash great power when you fuse together your organization’s two nuclei: your culture—the way the people in your organization behave and the attitudes and belief that inform then (i.e., “the Are you who you say you are? Denise offers a number of ways to do that.

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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. Reciting the company’s mission statement at team meetings.

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Leading with Trust

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Well, nearly everyone agrees trust is a critically important factor in leadership success. YPO’s survey showed just 34% of the respondents said they had defined and specific plans for building trust in their organizations. But how about a personal leadership mission statement? What is your mission as a leader?

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Modern Servant Leader

OCTOBER 9, 2012

David McCuistion is a Modern Servant Leader subscriber and fellow Servant Leadership advocate. When I heard of his military background, Servant Leadership experience and his platform in Vanguard Organizational Leadership , I asked him for an interview. He kindly obliged, below… Servant Leadership Questions and Answers.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Guest post from Lorraine Grubbs : The US Army War College, in the post cold war years, described the future business environment in four words: Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity - code name: VUCA. This is a great way to demonstrate your caring environment from the onset. In this way, everyone will be on the same page.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Trust levels differ from organization to organization. While trust levels are not fixed, ‘what tends to motivate people within any organization tells you what level of trust you might realistically hope for.” So low-trust organizations rely on fear and high-trust organizations are motivated by duty and love.

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Eric Jacobson

JUNE 3, 2020

"These can be used as a top-down resource in organizations looking to develop or enhance a service culture," explains Martins. Martin says that the right culture: Inspires -- Culture isn't a mission statement; it's a statement of action. To deliver sensational customer service, you need to have the right culture.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 14, 2015

We began our research by asking people to describe their dream organization—one that feels authentic and within which it is possible for one’s best self to emerge. The dream organization, then, is also the high-performing organization. So organizations are pushed to share information, both inside and outside.

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CO2

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

In response, organizations have started contemplating questions like: Why do we exist? It’s common to see vague purpose statements centered around being the best or leading provider whatever sector the organization operates. In a Gallup poll, just 41% of them admitted understanding their organization’s purpose.

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CO2

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

In response, organizations have started contemplating questions like: Why do we exist? It’s common to see vague purpose statements centered around being the best or leading provider whatever sector the organization operates. In a Gallup poll, just 41% of them admitted understanding their organization’s purpose.

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 14, 2020

As someone who has spent their career going inside organizations that do customer service extremely well – from Nordstrom, USAA, Southwest Airlines, Zappos , L.L. Leadership Tip: great service cultures give employees leeway and power. Instead, I’ve discovered that every company’s culture is, on the surface, quite distinct.

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Eric Jacobson

JUNE 22, 2019

"These can be used as a top-down resource in organizations looking to develop or enhance a service culture," explains Martins. Martin says that the right culture: Inspires -- Culture isn't a mission statement; it's a statement of action. To deliver sensational customer service, you need to have the right culture.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

What good team-building events can offer is an opportunity for employees to do something together that allows for laughter, stress reduction, adaptability to a different environment, and renewed group focus. And with that, here are five team building activities which are a bit on the cutting edge for your organization to review.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 9, 2016

Within the leadership and management field, there is also much interest in discovering insights that can help us to better understand how to inspire the best in our employees. It’s that kind of team spirit leaders can foster in those they lead when everyone feels that they belong and can make a difference in your organization.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 10, 2014

Leaders have a special obligation all their own: to provide the kind of environment that encourages dissent. For big decisions, a debate team environment is perfect. Make sure that as a leader in your organization, you embrace conflict by reacting positively to the concerns presented by the dissenter.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 5, 2016

Why are so many organizations and so many workers struggling to find workplace nirvana? But, as a concept it is no different than a long list of other key success factors that organizations strive to achieve. The company must create an environment in which achievers can achieve. A matter of excellence is a shared responsibility.

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The Practical Leader

JUNE 12, 2019

Is your organization staffed by human capital? This year’s survey by Deloitte (with the badly chosen title of Human Capital Trends) concludes that organizations need to reinvent themselves with a human focus. How’s your team/organization doing against these benchmarks? Do you talk about head count? How are you doing?

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HR Digest

MAY 2, 2019

We have a Mission Statement to our Employees which says “We are committed to providing our Employees a stable work environment with equal opportunity for learning and personal growth.” But you also have to hire people who are engaged from the start, whose values are in sync with the organization.

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Brigette Hyacinth

JUNE 3, 2019

A toxic work environment results from a failure of leadership starting at the top of the organization and filtering all the way down. You cannot fix a toxic culture with imposing vision and mission statements. When people leave your organization, find out why.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

These interactions not only give me the chance to understand which leadership insights resonated with them the most, but it also allows me to learn more about the current challenges and pain points they’re looking to resolve in their organization. I’m the same CEO I was the day before our earnings announcement.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 3, 2011

Here are seven ways leaders can increase trust and reduce workplace drama by creating a stable environment and seven questions to help you get to the root of the problem. The lack of clarity could be in your policies, mission statement, job descriptions or even the methods of communication.

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Chart Your Course

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Many organizations talk about caring for its employees, but Interstate demonstrates it in number of ways. This environment is not for everyone, but for the 350 home office employees, it’s ideal. Interstate takes a unique role and responsibility for its employees and family members. ” Excerpt from Here Today Here Tomorrow.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 8, 2016

"These can be used as a top-down resource in organizations looking to develop or enhance a service culture," explains Martins. Martin says that the right culture: Inspires -- Culture isn't a mission statement; it's a statement of action. To deliver sensational customer service, you need to have the right culture.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2014

It is a vantage point by which forward-thinking organizations ask: What will we look like in the future? Analyze the company’s environment, resources and capabilities. Usually, management has not yet articulated their own individual values, let alone those of the organization. Develop a mission statement.

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Experience to Lead

APRIL 24, 2024

Recently, I facilitated a public learning experience in London called “Learning from the Unexpected,” which leveraged activities from our music-based Encore Leadership Experience. How do facilitators consistently create the right environment for learning? What is this organization and what do they do? Who will participants meet?

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 28, 2015

I have a deep respect for the leadership and teamwork embodied by Navy SEALS, Olympic athletic teams, and firefighters. That's why I find the new book, Light A Fire Under Your Business: How to Build a Class 1 Corporate Culture Through Inspirational Leadership , so interesting. How to inspire success in your teams and organization.

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Sales Wolf Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Successories Motivational Products Talent Managment Magazine Testing and Assessments - An Employers Guide to Good Practices Testing and Assessments - DOL The Rainmaker Group - Possibility Maximization An amazing group of people commited to making a difference in the world they live - one soul, one organization, one Customer Experience at a time.

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

One of the things that I enjoy about speaking at conferences and at various organizations is the opportunity to meet new people. And with another, I asked about their own personal experiences with an employee engagement strategy their organization uses and what they saw as the reason why it works.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 29, 2018

A winning company culture is key if you want to create a well-branded organization as well as one employees enjoy. There are numerous ways that you can create this winning culture, which includes reinforcing your values, making your expectations clear, continuously sharing your mission statement as well as leading by example.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Tasteless, forgettable mission statements don’t have the force of attracting strong customers. What defines glorious organization in the 21st Century? A company needs TWO mission statements: One for the company and one for its salespeople. If you give salespeople a real mission, they will accomplish it.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 29, 2012

Below are just a few of the follow-on impacts sales can have on an organization that ultimately affect the bottom line: Organizational Values – Selling to entities whose values significantly contradict those of the business sends a powerfully negative message to entire workforce. Indirect Financial Impacts of a Sale. All rights reserved.

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Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

Uncover Effective, Expert Personal Brand Statement Examples​ What do Rand Fishkin, Charlie Puth, and Martha Stewart all have in common? While many equate strong personal branding only to powerful leadership, there's a lot more that goes into crafting a personal brand statement. They are all killer personal brand examples.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 28, 2011

Even if your corporate culture leaves a lot to be desired, managers can create a localized environment that inspires your employees to achieve peak performance. You must organize your culture in a way that will help your people achieve great things without constant supervision from above. You can only create environment.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2013

To define the "how," we used the Campbell Leadership Model , which highlighted six expectations we had for every employee. Yes, organizations drift but you need to be persistent and follow through. As George realized, the lofty slogan and mission statement posted on a company's wall isn't enough.

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Coaching Tip

JULY 21, 2012

Buzz in this world is subtler and more organic. People who accomplish great things have a combined passion for a single mission with an unswerving dedication to achieve that mission , whatever the obstacles and however long it might take. That means that leadership is a means to an end --the mission it serves is the end.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2015

The foundational elements—call them employee satisfaction—are fundamentals such as having a safe work environment and the tools necessary to do the job. Take the statement “I can get my job done efficiently, without excess bureaucracy.” ” How many people in your organization would agree with it?

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