Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

Author Paul Falcone offers the following great advice for how to become a stronger career mentor and coach by helping your subordinates grow and develop in their own careers. Look for new ways of reinventing the workflow in light of your company's changing needs. Encourage others to engage in random acts of kindness.

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Mary’s Pence funds women-led organizations and groups working for social change in the U.S., They also have access to the Cooke Scholar Network, where alumni serve as mentors and open doors to career opportunities. When Natasha later joined the board of directors of Mary’s Pence , she found a nonprofit that aligned with her values.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2022

The demand for a platform to make the art of advice more accessible is thus easy for entrepreneurs to identify then pitch, but the serendipity — or the chasm between what makes someone an effective mentor versus just a speed dial for questions — is harder for them to scale. It also works with corporations such as Wells Fargo.

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Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Changing the narrative about Black nonprofit leaders In a report on the subject, the nonprofit Service Never Sleeps mentions that Black leaders are often held to a standard of perfection to receive support or recognition.

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NVIDIA AI Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Learn about the opportunity to mentor a team of girls for the 2025 season. Engaging with AI tools and understanding their impact on the workforce landscape is vital to ensuring these changes benefit everyone. Currents of Change: ITIFs Daniel Castro on Energy-Efficient AI and Climate Change AI is everywhere.

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The NonProfit Times

JANUARY 9, 2025

Share stories of lives changed, highlight your teams dedication, and let your mission shine in everything from your website to job postings. Offer mentoring, leadership development workshops, and training tailored to nonprofit careers. Crafting a Compelling Employer Brand People want to work where they know theyll make a difference.

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Association Analytics

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Forty-four percent of members found mentoring to be important, but only 28 percent of pros, while again 44 percent of members thought help with career advancement was important, compared to just 28 percent of pros.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 22, 2020

Transitioning to Google Drive is not something that will happen overnight, and like any organizational change, it will need to be managed carefully. .” Being able to point to using more online documents for board administration is one more item your organization can add to the “green” list. FULL BIO ].

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Candid

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Then, based on our findings, we implemented new initiatives to respond to the needs of our staff, such as “Career Conversations,” which requires managers to discuss career plans with all direct reports, not just those with whom they already had a mentor-mentee relationship.

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John Kenyon

MARCH 5, 2024

But sorry, folks, it won’t be leading your after-school art classes or mentoring youth anytime soon. So, keep nurturing those relationships and inspiring change, one person at a time. Let’s keep doing what we do best: changing the world, one human connection at a time.

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sgEngage

APRIL 7, 2021

Find acceptance and make the changes now so you can divert resources to the new or pivoted programming that is effectively serving your community now. As the latest in this chain of revolutionary upheavals, COVID-19 necessitated rapid-pace changes in program delivery and stakeholder access. Invest in leadership.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

Fully one-third felt that their priorities change frequently, creating confusion. Invest in coaching and mentoring initiatives to help leaders build emotional intelligence, resilience, and strategic thinking. Leaders who find themselves trapped in poorly designed systems must not merely cope but advocate for systemic change.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Accelerators have become a major force in the startup world, but these teeming masses of potential have been forced, like every other industry, to adopt major changes with the pandemic. Cutting out the commute time in a busy city leaves founders with more time for workshops, mentor matchmaking, pitch practice and other important sessions.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

I always encourage women to go beyond their job descriptionwhether it’s mentoring colleagues, optimizing processes, or taking initiative on projects. Try going above and beyond your assigned responsibilities and offer to become a mentor to colleagues or, utilize your knowledge, delivering in-house workshops.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 12, 2022

We all understand that technology has changed business. These are telltale signs: Your strategy has changed. Every change doesn’t need to happen at once. That steep trajectory isn’t a good fit with the speed of innovation required to navigate digital markets. But that’s often the extent of the update. Know the Signs.

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Nimble AMS

JULY 12, 2023

Mentor/Mentee program. Offer mentoring opportunities by connecting member volunteers in an official mentor/mentee program. When you add benefits to your program, volunteers will feel supported and appreciated by your association.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 17, 2025

Proprietary insights are the keys to game-changing businesses : you dont need a unique project to start an empire, just an intuition all your own. I believe I can forecast the success of an individual leader based on the amount of time it takes for them to change direction when the outcome is objectively inevitable.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

New Year's Resolutions for leaders : Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 28, 2023

Be willing to change your decisions. Support mentoring -- both informal and formal. Explain how a change will affect employee's feelings before, during and after the change is implemented. Give feedback in a timely manner and make it individualized and specific. End every meeting with a follow-up To Do list.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Be the change. Career coaches and mentors are great. Inventory the areas you want to strengthen or change and dedicate space in your schedule to assess your progress. What’s the first lesson of Leadership 101? Begin with yourself. Walk the talk—right? It sounds simple. But it’s the assignment that’s easiest to fail.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Organizations that focus only on forcing employees to fit in overlook the systemic changes required to foster true benefits. Equally important is offering opportunities for employees to contribute beyond their job descriptions, whether through special projects or mentoring.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

As with all new major technological changes (we’re looking at you, electricity and the internet), we must adapt and adopt. And then everything changed. Those thoughts are also a source of existential dread, even for people working at a tech company like Eventgroove! Our marketing team could fit in a MINI Cooper. Until I tried it.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Lobbying with local governments with the aim to make national policy changes. Salesforce employees in Israel volunteer their time to mentor local Arab Israeli youth for successful careers in the tech industry. My mentor Karim Fanadka was very invested in guiding me. My mentor Karim Fanadka was very invested in guiding me.

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Gyrus

JANUARY 3, 2025

Regulatory Changes The life sciences industry is subject to frequent regulatory changes. Continuous learning helps employees stay informed about these changes, ensuring that they understand the implications for their work and the organization as a whole. Why Continuous Learning is Essential for Compliance Training 1.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2021

Frustrated, she decided to try training engineers to meet her team’s hiring standards by mentoring at a local coding bootcamp. After two and a half years of mentoring on nights and weekends, Novati decided to turn her passion into a career. Its ability to dynamically change based on a student’s performance in particular was compelling.

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Recode by Vox

MARCH 13, 2025

Maybe, as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has predicted , this year will see the first AI agents join the workforce and materially change the output of companies (referring, presumably, to software workers rather than robots). With AI, presumably the need to mentor in-person becomes moot. What does that world look like?

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The Verge

MAY 6, 2021

The drivers don’t work for Amazon directly, but instead for companies known as Delivery Service Partners, and they report that their managers or dispatchers ask them to turn off Amazon’s Mentor app after leaving it running long enough to get a good score.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Today, startups generally fall into two camps: a minority that can afford to continue doing business as usual because they have a strong market position and a powerful financial base and the majority that is forced to adapt to ever-changing conditions. A mentor advised the founder to lengthen their runway as much as possible.

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Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

STEP 3- Find a Mentor. Finding a mentor might take a bit of time, but it will be one of the most crucial steps. Be creative about it, but make sure to find a mentor. The world of SEO is forever changing, so keep up with what’s current. The world of SEO is always changing, so make sure to keep up with what’s current!

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

Lin said AppWorks has a strong incoming pipeline because many startups in its ecosystem, including ones run by accelerator alumni and its mentor network of about 100 seasoned entrepreneurs, have reached product-market fit, are scalable and need to raise funding to accelerate growth. Want to double your rate of return?

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 16, 2021

Find a mentor. Similarly, Cendana’s advice to those interested in pursuing executive leadership roles is to find an executive director who is willing to mentor you. Mentors can make introductions for you and give you key insights that would take you years to learn on your own. And it’s true!

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 19, 2021

They’re flexible enough to pursue multiple paths to impact, which is critical given how quickly the world changes today. For Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA), personalization for each young person (a “Little”) and their adult mentor (a “Big”) is critical to its mission.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

Young volunteers and interns who are lacking in the longer view of mobile and social media can quickly advance provided they are mentored by experienced communications or development staff, or given access to quality training. New media managers have to be extremely flexible, rein in their moments of frustration, and adapt quickly.

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Candid

APRIL 6, 2022

Meme: To disrupt traditional research methodologies, MEASURE has developed the CARE model to help BIPOC-led organizations identify their theory of change and measure their impact. What is the MEASURE CARE Model and what problem are you trying to solve with this program? The Innocence Initiative tools we used led to amazing results!

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DipJar

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Letting your supporters know the costs of keeping water clean, mentoring children, changing laws, or helping veterans is equally important. It’s much easier to talk about your amazing work. But that’s just one component of successful fundraising communication.

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