Change Management, Interview and Skills

How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

Saturday, September 18, 2010 How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills Here is this weeks book recommendation. How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills This Week's Book Recommendation 3 Things Your Mission Statement Must Have Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place? And, the eBook is free!

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Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Saturday, October 23, 2010 Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders The next time you are interviewing a candidate and you want to access their leadership skills, consider asking the candidate these questions: What personal qualities define you as a leader? What was your approach? Did it work?

Interview

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Do Exit Interviews

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 21, 2010

Sunday, March 21, 2010 Do Exit Interviews Knowing why an employee leaves your company can help you to reduce your employee turnover rate. So, do an exit interview whenever possible with each departing employee. The book is a quick and handy resource for any leader, manager or Human Resource professional.

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When nonprofit strategic planning goes wrong

Candid

AUGUST 23, 2023

Additionally, it should build on the unique skills and capabilities the organization brings to a community or field. In practice, this might mean considering where your nonprofit has a chance to grow, recognizing when ways of working need to adapt to changing conditions, or opting to rethink your mix of programs.

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San Francisco Nonprofit Metrics Boston

Build These Leadership Skills

Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 12, 2010

Monday, April 12, 2010 Build These Leadership Skills I had the pleasure of interviewing Overland Park, KS-based author Leigh Branham recently. Posted by Eric Jacobson at 8:01 PM Labels: Leadership Books , Leadership Skills , Management , Motivating Employees 1 comments: davidburkus said.

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Play Team Sports To Build Leadership Skills

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 25, 2010

Tuesday, May 25, 2010 Play Team Sports To Build Leadership Skills Todays high school and college team sport athletes are learning leadership skills that will serve them well when they enter the workforce. . -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO).

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Meeting Today’s Challenges: Why Your Organization Needs a Modern CFO

sgEngage

AUGUST 29, 2023

What to Look for in Your Modern CFO Here are the top six things to look for—and interview questions to ask—when hiring a modern CFO for your nonprofit. Interview Question: Explain how you handle revenue recognition for multi-year restricted grants.

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4 Reasons Why Your Nonprofit Needs A Holistic Operations Consultant

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 4, 2023

If your organization needs to improve its grant writing skills, it is likely you are only going to seek grant writing consulting. Changing systems from QuickBooks to Intacct is not going to solve a “bad reporting” issue. However, changing culture will. Changing from one system to another is a process change.

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Consultant Culture Nonprofit Issue

Do You Need a “Communications Manager” or a “Community Manager” at Your Nonprofit?

NTEN

JUNE 6, 2011

Do you need a Communications Manager or a Community Manager for these new channels? To tackle these questions, I interviewed experts in both nonprofit communications and online organizing. What's the difference? I also informally polled the NTEN community.

Management

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Changemaker Spotlight: JD Trueblood, Turtle Creek Association

sgEngage

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Traveling the country, meeting these extraordinary individuals, and helping them craft resumes and participate in mock interviews opened my eyes to the incredible work being done by nonprofits also in this space. Despite having limited resources, these organizations were driving real, meaningful change.

Associations

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Give Positive Feedback. Don't Praise.

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

An example of positive feedback is : “Bob, your communications skills have dramatically improved over the past couple of months. How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills This Week's Book Recommendation 3 Things Your Mission Statement Must Have Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place?

Giving

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Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2010

A strong mentoring relationship allows the mentor and the mentee to develop new skills and talents, to build confidence, and to build self-awareness. Does this person have the traits and skills I want to develop? A mentor can benefit leaders new to their leadership role and they can benefit experienced and seasoned leaders, as well.

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Reach Communications & Leadership Expert David Grossman Via His.

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 15, 2011

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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5 Reasons To Do An Employee Survey

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

Survey

Survey Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategic Plan

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Posted by Eric Jacobson at 8:10 PM Labels: Books For Managers , Change Management , Customer Feedback , Customer Service , General Management Skills , Strategic Planning 1 comments: Maths private tutor said. How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

Kansas City

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How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfalls

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead. based in Overland Park, KS.

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How To Write An Employee Satisfaction And Engagement Survey

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

Survey

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Keys To Telling A Good Story In Your Presentations

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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How To Talk About Poor Performance With An Employee

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead. You made your point.

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Find The Ideal Tone For Your Emails

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ▼ October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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Discover Your Leader Grade

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Friday, October 8, 2010 Discover Your Leader Grade If you need a tool to measure your leadership skills, check out LeaderGrade , by Quantum Workplace, which measures your leadership influence by asking your peers and followers to rate your leadership skills. How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

Kansas City

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Top Five Factors That Drive Employee Loyalty

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 30, 2010

Third on the top five list is an employees opportunity to use his/her skills. Posted by Eric Jacobson at 7:57 PM Labels: Employee Retention , General Management Skills , Leadership Skills , Management , Motivating Employees , Productivity Boosters 1 comments: davidburkus said.

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Do You Really Need To Read Leadership Books?

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead. Great post Eric.

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Don't Hire Someone Just Like You

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

Tuesday, August 24, 2010 Dont Hire Someone Just Like You Despite the temptation to hire someone like yourself, hire someone to complement your skills --not to duplicate your skills. Managers often find it easier, more comfortable, or less threatening to hire someone with similar skills and work habits. Good post Eric.

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How To Uncover The Real Reasons Your Employees Leave

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

To do that, you need to ask specific questions that may not be ones you currently include in your exit interviews. Fortunately, Richard Finnegan, shares in his new book, Rethinking Retention in Good Times and Bad , four key questions you should include in your exit interviews: Why did you decide to leave us?

Kansas City

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Great Business Quote

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 7, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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5 Tips For Generating Ideas From Employees

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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Do you have a brand strategy?

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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What To Think About For Next Year

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ▼ October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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"Great Places To Work" Employee Perks

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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Share The Bad News

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 21, 2010

Posted by Eric Jacobson at 8:13 PM Labels: Communications Skills , General Management Skills , Leadership Skills , Management , Providing Feedback , Team Building , Team Building Vision Sharing 1 comments: Shawn Murphy said. Or, theyll hear it second-hand. Eric, I am singing your praise right now!

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Engage Your Employees.Especially Now

Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 26, 2010

Posted by Eric Jacobson at 7:37 PM Labels: Books For Managers , General Management Skills , Goal Setting , Leadership Books , Management , Motivating Employees , Soliciting Suggestions 1 comments: davidburkus said. Love the Blue Shirt Nation idea. I'll have to check the book out.

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Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place?

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Set a goal to get your crisis management program in place by the end of this year so youll start 2011 well prepared! How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills This Week's Book Recommendation 3 Things Your Mission Statement Must Have Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place?

Place

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Communicate Often And Tell A Story

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 14, 2010

Reynolds shared her expertise with me recently during an interview. How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills This Week's Book Recommendation 3 Things Your Mission Statement Must Have Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place? Leaders need to communicate often, regularly and consistently," she recommended.

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Communication Story Mentoring Kansas City

This Week's Book Recommendation

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

Kansas City

Kansas City Mentoring Kansas Leadership

How To Give Constructive Feedback

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 10, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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Giving Kansas City Mentoring Kansas

The Five Points Of Professionalism

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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Migrating Your Government Services to Digital: Getting Started

Forum One

MAY 6, 2021

By understanding your staff needs and their skills in tandem with understanding how modernization will help achieve your mission, you are more apt to create a system that staff can use to be more effective, efficient, and happy. In this post, we will focus on the “people” element of your organization’s digital modernization. Focus on people.

Government

Government Digital Service System

Use A Board Of Advisors

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 8, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

Mentoring

Mentoring Kansas City Kansas Leadership

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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Always Follow Through

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 1, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

Kansas City

Kansas City Mentoring Kansas Leadership

Check Out These Free Tips For Making An Effective Presentation

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ▼ October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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Effective Tips Free eBook

4 Quick Tips For How To Lead More Effectively

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

Effective

Effective Tips Kansas City Mentoring

How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills

Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders

Trending Sources

Do Exit Interviews

When nonprofit strategic planning goes wrong

Build These Leadership Skills

Play Team Sports To Build Leadership Skills

Meeting Today’s Challenges: Why Your Organization Needs a Modern CFO

4 Reasons Why Your Nonprofit Needs A Holistic Operations Consultant

Do You Need a “Communications Manager” or a “Community Manager” at Your Nonprofit?

Changemaker Spotlight: JD Trueblood, Turtle Creek Association

Give Positive Feedback. Don't Praise.

Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011

Reach Communications & Leadership Expert David Grossman Via His.

3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips

5 Reasons To Do An Employee Survey

Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategic Plan

How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfalls

How To Write An Employee Satisfaction And Engagement Survey

Keys To Telling A Good Story In Your Presentations

How To Talk About Poor Performance With An Employee

Find The Ideal Tone For Your Emails

Discover Your Leader Grade

Top Five Factors That Drive Employee Loyalty

Do You Really Need To Read Leadership Books?

Don't Hire Someone Just Like You

How To Uncover The Real Reasons Your Employees Leave

Great Business Quote

5 Tips For Generating Ideas From Employees

Do you have a brand strategy?

What To Think About For Next Year

"Great Places To Work" Employee Perks

Share The Bad News

Engage Your Employees.Especially Now

Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place?

Communicate Often And Tell A Story

This Week's Book Recommendation

How To Give Constructive Feedback

The Five Points Of Professionalism

Migrating Your Government Services to Digital: Getting Started

Use A Board Of Advisors

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers

Always Follow Through

Check Out These Free Tips For Making An Effective Presentation

4 Quick Tips For How To Lead More Effectively

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