Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Reciting the company’s mission statement at team meetings. Presented as an actionable playbook and in a very conversational style, Mayberry writes in his book about the confusion and negative misconceptions about culture and explores the five roadblocks to cultural excellence. An emphasis on teamwork. All slogans and no action.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 18, 2022

That's why I became an instant fan of the book, One Minute Mentoring: How to Find and Work With a Mentor -- and Why You'll Benefit from Being One. In what is about a one- to two-hour read, you'll gain knowledge and easy-to-use tools for how to find and leverage mentoring relationships. The mission statement should reflect this.

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LDRLB

APRIL 13, 2020

I don’t know what got you out of bed this morning, but I do know that it probably wasn’t your company’s mission statement. There’s a good chance you don’t even remember the mission statement itself, but an even better chance it doesn’t inspire you to jump out of bed and head to work. And how are we defining leadership?

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

AUGUST 25, 2015

One of the most important things you can do is to identify your team’s mission. And one of the biggest wastes of time is creating a mission statement that is not used. How to Write a Mission Statement in 5 Steps explains what a mission statement is and how to write one.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 22, 2021

He writes, “To avoid pain is to basically deny our potential. Then in step five, make specific goals that are concise, realistic, and time-bound, starting with an objective statement like “I will never lose another job for underperformance.”. Maintain total mission focus.” Observe, learn, and grow. Like removing temptations.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 15, 2018

How I Accidentally Discovered Our Company’s Staff Values. After everyone had a chance to write their comments and ideas on giant post-its, we all sat down, as a company, to discuss them. I wanted my people to explain their thoughts: how they described our company’s culture and its success.

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LDRLB

APRIL 27, 2020

One of the core questions at the heart of Gallup’s employee engagement survey is “Does the mission/purpose of your company make you feel your job is important?”. And we’ll share how to know whether or not you’ve got a sense of mission or purpose that will truly drive motivation in your organization. They want it at work as well.

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HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

Before getting down to writing an employee handbook , HR professionals need to understand what they should include by law. Company mission statement: Your company’s mission statement is an important part of its identity, so it should be included in the HR handbook. What is an employee handbook?

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 12, 2021

That's why I became an instant fan of the book, One Minute Mentoring: How to Find and Work With a Mentor -- and Why You'll Benefit from Being One. In what is about a one- to two-hour read, you'll gain knowledge and easy-to-use tools for how to find and leverage mentoring relationships. The mission statement should reflect this.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Jesse Stoner of Seapoint Center submitted The Difference Between Mission, Vision, Purpose, Strategy and Goals. Jesse asks: “ Confused about the difference between mission and vision? or between purpose and mission? Welcome to the October Leadership Development Carnival. Team Building.

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LDRLB

APRIL 13, 2020

I don’t know what got you out of bed this morning, but I do know that it probably wasn’t your company’s mission statement. There’s a good chance you don’t even remember the mission statement itself, but an even better chance it doesn’t inspire you to jump out of bed and head to work. And how are we defining leadership?

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The Practical Leader

MARCH 30, 2022

Raise your hand if your organization has a mission statement. Mission statements are as common as a logo, website, or budget. Many mission statements sound like they were written by bureaucrats and lawyers. When I do that survey during leadership/culture presentations, almost every hand goes up.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 15, 2020

That's why I became an instant fan of the book, One Minute Mentoring: How to Find and Work With a Mentor -- and Why You'll Benefit from Being One. In what is about a one- to two-hour read, you'll gain knowledge and easy-to-use tools for how to find and leverage mentoring relationships. The mission statement should reflect this.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 2, 2014

Frustrated, Kelly went old school and writing warnings for those at the bottom of the stack rank. She asked Frank, one of her most dedicated team members, how he was feeling. Can they grasp real meaning in their work beyond the growing daily to do list. It is about helping people see the meaningfulness of their role vs. just a job.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 6, 2023

Reciting the company’s mission statement at team meetings. Presented as an actionable playbook and in a very conversational style, Mayberry writes in his book about the confusion and negative misconceptions about culture and explores the five roadblocks to cultural excellence. An emphasis on teamwork. All slogans and no action.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 3, 2020

That's why I became an instant fan of the book, One Minute Mentoring: How to Find and Work With a Mentor -- and Why You'll Benefit from Being One. In what is about a one- to two-hour read, you'll gain knowledge and easy-to-use tools for how to find and leverage mentoring relationships. The mission statement should reflect this.

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Leading with Trust

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Trust in Your Mission —Organizational mission statements are common and most of our organizations have them, even if we can’t always remember them verbatim (I said they were common, not effective or well written!). But how about a personal leadership mission statement? What is your mission as a leader?

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 31, 2023

Reciting the company’s mission statement at team meetings. Presented as an actionable playbook and in a very conversational style, Mayberry writes in his book about the confusion and negative misconceptions about culture and explores the five roadblocks to cultural excellence. An emphasis on teamwork. All slogans and no action.

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LDRLB

APRIL 27, 2020

One of the core questions at the heart of Gallup’s employee engagement survey is “Does the mission/purpose of your company make you feel your job is important?”. And we’ll share how to know whether or not you’ve got a sense of mission or purpose that will truly drive motivation in your organization. They want it at work as well.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 5, 2020

This fast-paced world needs humble, open-minded influencers who resist hasty conclusions and refuse to write off input. How would an alien’s insights on your team meetings, business practices, customer service, product innovation, etc., help you bring your mission back to true north? Curiosity doesn’t kill cats or leaders.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 7, 2023

Of course, the idea behind those cute, well-worded statements is to communicate vision and mission. Yet, those are usually very broad statements. How I try to share the current vision in my head: Sharing my heart for the personal vision I have requires more intentionality in communication. I also write a lot of emails.

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The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 19, 2022

“The Great Resignation” is part of a greater rethink about what matters most at work — and in life. The pandemic forced a pause that gifted us with time to step back and search more deeply for purpose and meaning. The last seven posts focused on Frank’s search for spirit and meaning. We want to make a difference.

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Tell us more about your mission to help businesses create sustainable growth. My mission is to enable this worldwide (it’s a mission larger than I am and can be sustained after I am no longer on this Earth). Ruth King argues that they must also consider the importance of building wealth or risk bankruptcy. ” -Ruth King.

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The Practical Leader

MARCH 23, 2022

Why do we exist (our reason for being, mission, or purpose)? How does our work align with our life’s mission or purpose? But a team or organization’s Focus and Context aren’t techniques, statements, or approaches. He told us he called a friend and got this message; “Hi. and What do you what?

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Ron Edmondson

JUNE 22, 2023

I was once asked to help a church process how to get younger people to attend. Today I’ll take an opposite approach and share ways to stop a church from growing. After we discussed some change recommendations a man pulled me aside and said, “ Son, we don’t need no fancy ideas around here. We like being a small church.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

That's why I became an instant fan of the book, One Minute Mentoring: How to Find and Work With a Mentor -- and Why You'll Benefit from Being One. In what is about a one- to two-hour read, you'll gain knowledge and easy-to-use tools for how to find and leverage mentoring relationships. The mission statement should reflect this.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 5, 2019

That's why I became an instant fan of the book, One Minute Mentoring: How to Find and Work With a Mentor -- and Why You'll Benefit from Being One. In what is about a one- to two-hour read, you'll gain knowledge and easy-to-use tools for how to find and leverage mentoring relationships. The mission statement should reflect this.

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Eric Jacobson

JUNE 21, 2019

That's why I became an instant fan of the book, One Minute Mentoring: How to Find and Work With a Mentor -- and Why You'll Benefit from Being One. In what is about a one- to two-hour read, you'll gain knowledge and easy-to-use tools for how to find and leverage mentoring relationships. The mission statement should reflect this.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

For instance, by measuring performance, a person would know how much they can achieve over a given period of time. Comparing the present output with the former one can be instrumental in measuring standards and how employers work in different circumstances. Types of Performance Measures. It is expressed in units.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Some people underestimate the importance of a business strategy and particularly writing it. Writing a business strategy will help you to learn if it is actually possible and what roadblocks might be in your way, meaning that you can fix them and work out how to get around them before you have to.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MARCH 1, 2017

My mission is simple. Peter Drucker instilled this short phrase in me, “Your mission statement should fit on a T-Shirt,” as he did with so many others, and it has guided my career for many decades. How many integrity violations does it take to ruin the reputation of your company? What’s his problem?”

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CO2

AUGUST 6, 2013

by Gary Cohen In order to help clients understand what a mission statement is and how to create one, CO2 Partners has put together this Mission Statement Video. The mission statement is our statement of purpose. The mission also acts as a guide. free at last!’”)

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Joseph Lalonde

AUGUST 3, 2015

Almost instantly when you hear the Dun dun dada of the Mission Impossible theme song, you know what’s coming… Action. Mission Impossible 4: Rogue Nation released this past weekend. The new Mission Impossible movie delivered in every way possible, including leadership lessons. Make sure the mission is understood.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 12, 2013

But struggle is how we grow. Snyder writes that we should face struggle “head on—not hiding from it or feeling shame—because struggle is the gateway to learning and growth.” Struggle is a part of any human endeavor and leadership is no different. The problem is we view struggle as a negative. Snyder recommends: Adopt a growth mindset.

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Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

At one meeting of the Board of the Peter Drucker Foundation, I asked Peter, “You have written so much about mission—what is your mission?”. Here are learnings that I received from Peter Drucker, which have shaped who I am, what I do, and how I work in the world. It is not to prove how smart we are or how right we are.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 22, 2019

“I don’t know that there’s necessarily a correlation between leadership style and their email writing. My mission: To describe their leadership style and general attitudes about their work as reflected in their emails. Tell them what’s apparent in their writing. I’ve never researched that specific connection.”.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 3, 2017

That's why I became an instant fan of the book, One Minute Mentoring: How to Find and Work With a Mentor -- and Why You'll Benefit from Being One. In what is about a one- to two-hour read, you'll gain knowledge and easy-to-use tools for how to find and leverage mentoring relationships. The mission statement should reflect this.

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