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Flashback: Best New Leadership Book Of 2014

Eric Jacobson

He has presided over a dramatic turnaround, catapulting Scripps from near bankruptcy to a dominant market position. My favorite chapters are: Know Your People Tell Stories Create a Culture of Advocacy Build Loyalty and Engagement from the Middle Bring People Together Ask “What If?” In that regard, he taught me a “work ethic.”

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Flashback: Best New Leadership Book Of 2014

Eric Jacobson

He has presided over a dramatic turnaround, catapulting Scripps from near bankruptcy to a dominant market position. My favorite chapters are: Know Your People Tell Stories Create a Culture of Advocacy Build Loyalty and Engagement from the Middle Bring People Together Ask “What If?” In that regard, he taught me a “work ethic.”

Books 65
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Flashback To Best New Leadership Book Of 2014

Eric Jacobson

He has presided over a dramatic turnaround, catapulting Scripps from near bankruptcy to a dominant market position. My favorite chapters are: Know Your People Tell Stories Create a Culture of Advocacy Build Loyalty and Engagement from the Middle Bring People Together Ask “What If?” In that regard, he taught me a “work ethic.”

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Best New Leadership Book Of 2014

Eric Jacobson

He has presided over a dramatic turnaround, catapulting Scripps from near bankruptcy to a dominant market position. My favorite chapters are: Know Your People Tell Stories Create a Culture of Advocacy Build Loyalty and Engagement from the Middle Bring People Together Ask “What If?” In that regard, he taught me a “work ethic.”

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Serve Memorably

Strategy Driven

The FIRST thing to cut is executive pay, then management pay, then eliminate middle management as needed. Do you understand it’s ALL about customer loyalty (not customer satisfaction)? The last things employers should cut are sales, service, and training. OR MAKE THEM SALESPEOPLE, and have them contribute to the effort.

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How to Make Sustainability Every Employee’s Responsibility

Harvard Business Review

I have interviewed over 100 CEOs, C-suite executives, middle managers, and shop floor workers in more than 25 companies across the world to understand why most companies fail to embed sustainability in their business models and, also, what drives success among the handful that do.

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Revealing The New Realities Of Employee Engagement

Tanveer Naseer

You must make sure that managers at all levels are aware of and engaged with planned changes, and that they understand the importance of reinforcing key messages with their teams. If middle managers and supervisors signal to employees through their words or actions that they lack faith in their leaders, employees’ trust will decline rapidly.