Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 14, 2011

When leadership really matters," explains Useem. To demonstrate the power and value of having a leader's checklist, Useem examines accounts of extraordinary leadership, including the triumphant rescue of 33 miners in Chile last year. He previously wrote, The Leadership Moment.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2011

Here's the challenge: most nonprofits are not racially and ethnically diverse, especially at the highest levels of leadership. The study, like others , found that "nonprofit sector leadership lags population diversity." Articulating your business goals will make it easier to keep your "eye on the prize" when times get rough.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

We may want to move toward treating reporting as a compliance tool to public reporting as an articulation of shared desires and advocacy. For example, we might be moving from an organizational climate that has been bounded and insular toward greater engagement of grantees and communities in shared meaning making.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 29, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership Welcome! This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. In past postings Ive shared Marriotts core values. And, the most important core value is customer focused!

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2011

Even the most technically articulate board members will start to push back if they have to remember a handful of different log-ins and passwords, or have to learn too many different tools or systems. A board is made up of a group of people, and people have varying levels of comfort with, and willingness to adopt, new technology.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership Welcome! This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. •and other essential elements you need to consider to ensure consistent and effective communication.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2013

Having a leadership team aligned across an organization articulating the purpose, value, and rationale for a project goes a long way towards getting stakeholders and end-users pulling the proverbial rope in the same direction. Risk Identification and Management. Leadership changes. Executive Vision and Involvement.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 13, 2012

Key takeaways from the book include : Vertical alignment describes a condition in which every employee can articulate the enterprise's strategy and explain how his or her daily work activities support that strategy. Each organization must have a Main Thing.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 6, 2024

The strategic thinking, leadership, and problem-solving abilities you develop in the corporate world are invaluable in the nonprofit sector. Unfortunately, past leadership had not defined a direction for the organization. Adopt the mindset of an entrepreneur. It felt like we were driving a bus without a destination.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

When I started in the sector right after grad school, I realized that there weren’t a lot of folks who I thought looked like me who were in leadership roles. I saw that in an article I paraphrased, a part of an article I read about resilience in leadership in the Harvard Business Review probably six or seven months ago.

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