Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 25, 2012

In the book, Branham teaches readers how to : Avoid employee-job mismatches. Leverage exit and turnover data (often from exit interviews) to increase employee retention. Yet, the most commonly used employee survey in the world today--Gallup's 12 questions, contains not one question about senior leadership.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership Welcome! Give an example of when you demonstrated good leadership. Describe a situation in which you had to change your leadership style to achieve the goal? Describe a situation when these qualities helped you lead others. What was your approach?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2023

So, I thank my dad for teaching me the following business and life lessons : Listen - Growing up, I thought my Dad was perhaps shy or quiet. He loved even more to teach. I now fully understand the need to prepare for presentations, meetings, interviews, etc. Really, he was just a great listener. He loved to learn. I miss you.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 21, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership Welcome! 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.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 6, 2024

Jeff Wetzler Today, Wetzler shares these insights with us: Question: Do you believe both introverted and extraverted people can be equally successful at learning and then using the skills you teach in your book? Question: Why is it so important to master only one skill you teach at a time? Wetzler : Absolutely.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 15, 2014

On this Father''s Day , I thank my dad for teaching me the following business and life lessons : Listen - Growing up, I thought my Dad was perhaps shy or quiet. He loved even more to teach. I fully understand the need to prepare for presentations, meetings, interviews, etc. That time is still a blur to me. He loved to learn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2011

He spoke about leadership from the heart. He applies Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs to his career in business and his leadership style. In my interview, I shared that I didn’t know a modem from microwave, but that I had the passion and curiosity to learn and teach others.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 8, 2013

Learning After working as a communications consultant since May for Rockwood Leadership Institute , I finally had the opportunity to participate in their signature personal leadership development training, The Art of Leadership. As a Rockwood alum I recently interviewed put it, "It could be blueprint for something bigger."

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

NTEN's publication, designed especially for busy nonprofit executive directors, departmental directors, boards, and other leadership staff, is free and hot off the press. In the current issue you'll find: " How Your Organization Can Embrace Data--And Use What it Can Teach You ," by KD Paine, measurement expert and author.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2012

This area, content curation , is a social media competency that I’m focusing in my own learning and teaching. One of the best ways to learn is the study, observe, or interview the experts. One is a collection of selected articles, slide decks, and interviews with Robin Good. That’s less true.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 30, 2022

Among the especially helpful sections in the book is the one on how to effectively interview via Zoom and similar video conferencing platforms, and also the section on creating a 90-day plan to ensure success in your new job. His playbook, guide and techniques incorporate real life examples, research, and a little tough love.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Instead of saying in the middle of the campaign “we need $X”, they share an interview with one of the beneficiaries, or invite people to connect directly via twitter with children in Tanzania who attend the school funded through the campaign. Leadership development is incredibly important for our movements to build and grow and succeed.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 8, 2022

It will teach you how to navigate these types of paradoxes more effectively. In an interview with Polman, he told us - don't tell me we can't do both, Unilever serves 2 billion consumers a day, we must find a way to foster sustainable living through business. How can I take care of myself while supporting others?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

Over the last 11 years, I’ve conducted hundreds of in-depth interviews with people who experience chronic stress at a seven or above on a 10-point scale – that’s severe, very severe, or worst possible levels of stress – and they managed to avoid burnout. Question: The book's servant leadership teachings are particularly interesting.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2014

October 14 brings a powerful new book full of leadership lessons for " how to be a first responder in business." This week, Wood, answered questions about his book, the lessons he teaches, and the remarkable work of Team Rubicon. What leadership skills did you learn playing football that then served you well as a Marine?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 15, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership Welcome! 15 Inspiring Biographies For Leaders 20 New Words Every Leader Should Know Reach Communications & Leadership Expert David Gro. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2010

Our charge was to teach back-to-back simultaneous workshops covering social media strategy for NGOs and social media tools. It made me think of the metaphor of the Dance Floor and the Balcony a phrase and exercise that I learned from a session that Eric Eugene Kim facilitated. .

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership Welcome! Wednesday, August 11, 2010 Do You Really Need To Read Leadership Books? I am amidst reading leadership books, but if I didn't have the time, this list would indeed be perfect! The answer is yes. Great post Eric.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 22, 2014

I’ve just finished teaching a class at the Monterey Institute of International Studies based on my books, The Networked Nonprofit and Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. There is so much learn from observing and understanding organizational culture, interactions, power dynamics, leadership practices, and team work.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 11, 2022

Among the especially helpful sections in the book is the one on how to effectively interview via Zoom and similar video conferencing platforms, and also the section on creating a 90-day plan to ensure success in your new job. His playbook, guide and techniques incorporate real life examples, research, and a little tough love.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Here's why: I attended and presented at the Indian Leadership Forum in Mumbai on Feb 9-11. And during breaks from sessions, did a lot of media interviews. Teaching in an international context. When teaching in different contexts, especially outside of the US, you need to make some adjustments to your context.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 12, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership Welcome! Monday, April 12, 2010 Build These Leadership Skills I had the pleasure of interviewing Overland Park, KS-based author Leigh Branham recently. Curious: wouldn't being authentic also lead to having integrity.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Based on extensive research into storytelling, Paul demonstrates the power of a great personal story to reach and teach children—by showing the hero struggling and succeeding in a way that’s interesting and meaningful to them, or failing and suffering the consequences. Most interviews yielded between five and ten unique stories.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2018

The book is based on a five-year research project where Janus interviewed hundreds innovative nonprofit organizations. Her book is based on traveling the country and visiting and interviewing dozens of social entrepreneurs who started nonprofits such as Teach for America, City Year, DonorsChoose, charity:water, and others.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

More specifically, he teaches you how to: Use love to reveal your unique gifts. Describe yourself compellingly in job interviews. Pinpoint what makes you stand out from anyone else. Choose the right role on the team. Mold your existing role so that it calls upon the very best of you.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 11, 2013

1 The report was based on 310 survey responses and 30 in-depth interviews with people identified as next gen donors. They want to be proactive, build new skills and develop greater leadership capacities. Teaching philanthropy to children: why, how, what. Stay tuned! The Johnson Center at Grand Valley State University and 21/64.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 11, 2019

This 175-page self-help tale, wrapped in fiction, teaches you the nine mistakes that prevent many from achieving their goals. I won’t reveal the nine mistakes, however, here are some of my favorite takeaways and snippets from the lessons the book teaches: Be the hero of your story, not a minor character in someone else’s.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2017

Authored by Capulet’s Julie Szabo and Darren Barefoot, this report is based on in-depth interviews with leading practitioners and a literature review. Orange hats” are assistant crew leaders who teach “green hats” how to do trail building and maintenance correctly. They offer direction, supervision and make outings fun.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 25, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership Welcome! 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.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership Welcome! Monday, November 8, 2010 Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss Robert Sutton, author of Good Boss, Bad Boss , provides these leadership tips: Create an environment that encourages people to challenge each others ideas, but set a few ground rules.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership Welcome! Tuesday, September 21, 2010 How Do You Answer These Leadership Questions? 15 Inspiring Biographies For Leaders 20 New Words Every Leader Should Know Reach Communications & Leadership Expert David Gro. Third to last is crucial.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Leadership engagement Every nonprofit leader is in their position for a reason. The vendor can teach you how to pull all the data out of one system and put it into a new system, based on how you want the reports to look. Here are 4 reasons why hiring a holistic operations consultant is vital to a nonprofit’s success 1.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

You can review resumes, do mock interviews, or be a referral to job seekers through GEMs in Tech. You can mentor or teach a class with Tech Forward. Volunteer to support one or more of the thousands of Trailblazers pivoting to Salesforce careers from other industries.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 24, 2022

More specifically, he teaches you how to: Use love to reveal your unique gifts. Describe yourself compellingly in job interviews. Pinpoint what makes you stand out from anyone else. Choose the right role on the team. Mold your existing role so that it calls upon the very best of you.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 9, 2014

Along the way, Divine teaches you how to reaffirm your ultimate purpose, define your most important goals, and take concrete steps to make them happen. Question : In general do you find it easier to teach a younger (20''s/30''s) person or an older person (40''s/50''s) to think like an elite warrior to lead and succeed? Any idea why?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2019

He teaches you three key ingredients: Focus : How to say less with more meaning. It's all in his new book, You've Got 00:00:08 Seconds. Variety : How to stand out as slightly different. How to be notable and boost your reputation.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Most people know that they have to sell themselves during a job interview or an annual performance evaluation at work. And no other book on personal branding teaches readers the sales skills that will help them sell that brand—sell themselves—like a pro. But few people actually know how to sell.

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