Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 7, 2013

When I think about excellent mentors in the business world, I think of Debbie Laskey , who has mentored many people during her career. Debbie is passionate about mentoring. So, she''s an ideal person to answer the following five questions about mentoring: 1. Why do you enjoy being a mentor? Three months?

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The Next Web

JANUARY 13, 2014

In start-ups, you are problem-solving and chasing innovation, which by its nature is an errand of uncertainty. Reducing uncertainty comes from how you can integrate the knowledge available to you. Your sources are: your knowledge and experience. your team’s knowledge and experience. your team’s knowledge and experience.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Updating roles is a good place to begin promoting the flow of knowledge, ideas, and information across your association. When the board assumes the powerful role of strategists and visionaries, one layer of problem-solving and decision-making is removed, and the organization naturally becomes flatter. Clarify Roles.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Career coaches and mentors are great. Journaling has the added benefits of reducing stress and improving creativity and problem-solving. If you don’t already have a professional support system, I urge you to find objective advisors. You can’t rely on staffers in your organization to fill this role.

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.orgSource

MARCH 25, 2024

The knowledge and skill to execute initiatives at a high level. I kept asking what was wrong with my staff, and I understood that they were not the problem, it was my fault. When you celebrate the wins and problem-solve the roadblocks together, you embrace that warrior spirit. I called a staff meeting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2011

One of the project tasks is to develop a multilingual online learning community for partners, contributors, sponsors, participants, teams, mentors, social media techies from the region, and trainers to interact and share best practices. (For context, read my earlier post ).

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2012

I've heard a lot employees and managers talk about "needing a mentor." " When I ask them what goals they are looking to accomplish with a mentor, most have no concrete answer. What is a mentor and what do they do anyway? Mentoring Is. A two-way exchange of knowledge. Mentoring Is Not.

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Tableau

JANUARY 8, 2021

In my many years as a scientist, I mentored trainees in data analysis and witnessed frustration, anxiety, and even productivity loss in students who lacked foundational data skills. Schools and colleges are often ill-equipped to solve the problem of data literacy. Knowledge of basic statistical concepts.

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 17, 2024

One nonprofit leader shared six lessons learned from a bad board experience organizational policies to help your nonprofit set expectations, prevent dysfunction, and avoid a laundry list of problems. It presents a serious and systemic problem but it doesnt dwell on hand-wringing and finger-pointing.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 29, 2025

The problem, Id argue, is how organizations early questions about working through the pandemic centered on efficiency. Generativity leads to benefits for the mentors too, such as higher self-esteem. For example, a mutual mentoring program can be a fantastic way to encourage not only learning, but unexpected friendships as well.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

In Silicon Valley, it’s amazing how accessible mentors are—but for Brazilian startups, it’s really difficult to gain insight from top-level experts who have the experience to solve well-known problems. The government should also send Brazilian executives, engineers, and entrepreneurs to Silicon Valley, not just academic students.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 4, 2021

They may have good knowledge of your programs and services if their volunteer work is part of those programs. One great option for recruiting volunteers as fundraisers is to ask staff members or prior personal fundraisers (if you have any) to act as mentors. Volunteers are an amazing group when it comes to peer-to-peer fundraising.

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Bloomerang

MAY 11, 2021

Tenacious, Intelligent, Resourceful, Passionate, Insightful, Caring, Determined, and Fun are among the hundreds of words used to describe my friend and mentor, Simone Joyaux, since her passing last week. Well, that is not a problem if you know Simone, who speaks fluent French! She soon adored them and vice versa.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 5, 2021

The data and research organisation uses factors like performance, capital, market reach, connectedness, talent, and knowledge to produce its rankings. However, a Kenyan B2B management startup founded by Yacob Berhane and Wossen Ayele wants to close the gap on three of the six factors — access to capital, knowledge, and talent.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Lessons in the book include : You and Your Bosses Working the Grapevine Networking Making Allies of Your Elders Image Having Influence at Any Level Your Work and Your Personal Life After a Setback Mentors Former Chariman and CEO of Lockhead Martin Corporation, Norman R. Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Leadership'

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Mentorship doesnt just benefit mentees; it strengthens the mentors leadership skills. Corporate leaders Ive spoken with who invest in mentorship often report improved communication, problem-solving, and long-term employee commitment. Innovation requires risk taking and trial and error.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

It takes careful strategy and deep knowledge of your donor to get the results you’re looking for. That insecurity can lead to a variety of problems as these vulnerable girls make decisions that will impact the rest of their lives. Do you describe the problem you are addressing in a way that the reader will understand the urgency?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2010

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

Lenna described a "commanding way of speaking" that women often find a problem with and the process she has undertaken to tone down her communication style. Many of us have been blessed by strong female mentors. One women said, "There is an onus on us as women owners of companies to make sure our CTOs are mentoring."

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VQ Strategies

DECEMBER 14, 2020

This year, the premise was certainly tested – and participating organizations reported that the encouragement to creatively adapt to these challenges, the tools and templates designed to support innovation, and the understanding that many volunteers are interested in partnering in problem-solving were what made the difference.

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Tableau

JULY 19, 2021

This approach is “for the people who just need to solve a problem—get in and get out,” said Ravi Mistry, one of about three dozen Tableau Zen Masters , professionals selected by Tableau who are masters of the Tableau end-to-end analytics platform and now teach others how to use it. Knowledge curators. Advanced skill development.

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Tableau

APRIL 3, 2024

Seeing how other people solve problems is also really useful. It broadens my knowledge.” Four years into her Tableau journey, Pata has reached a place where she’s ready to mentor others.

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Gyrus

JUNE 9, 2021

Social learning leads to retention of knowledge as your employees learn by observing their colleagues and get hands-on experience. Mentoring Mentoring as a training technique for employees has its benefits. Using management games as a training method for your employees serve a ton of benefits.

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Gyrus

JUNE 9, 2021

Social learning leads to retention of knowledge as your employees learn by observing their colleagues and get hands-on experience. Mentoring Mentoring as a training technique for employees has its benefits. Using management games as a training method for your employees serve a ton of benefits.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 23, 2021

Lessons in the book include : You and Your Bosses Working the Grapevine Networking Making Allies of Your Elders Image Having Influence at Any Level Your Work and Your Personal Life After a Setback Mentors Former Chariman and CEO of Lockhead Martin Corporation, Norman R.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2022

The problem the company is trying to solve, is the bewildering array of options available to a freshly minted, wet behind the ears software developer. We see the passion developers have for our problem space. Last but not least, practicing only on the job has an equal opportunity problem.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

That problem your nonprofit has been trying to solve in your community may be a thing of the past for another organization that is closely aligned in mission, but thousands of miles away. The idea of a mentorship, webinar, or investment in a conference is dubbed a waste of time or money unless they’re the one teaching or mentoring.

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Gyrus

JUNE 9, 2021

Social learning leads to retention of knowledge as your employees learn by observing their colleagues and get hands-on experience. Mentoring Mentoring as a training technique for employees has its benefits. Using management games as a training method for your employees serve a ton of benefits.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 29, 2023

Many people all over the world face different challenges and problems. These issues include climate-related disasters, diseases, poverty, and other problems that present major roadblocks to peace and prosperity. Hopefully, this provided you with some great knowledge on the history of volunteerism!

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The problem lies not in the fact that women don’t want to build million-dollar businesses, but in the disconnect between our dreams and the industry support we receive — or lack thereof. These types of initiatives should be expanded from seed to provide support for Series A, B and C rounds through IPO.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2010

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 15, 2011

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 28, 2014

Lessons in the book include : You and Your Bosses Working the Grapevine Networking Making Allies of Your Elders Image Having Influence at Any Level Your Work and Your Personal Life After a Setback Mentors Former Chariman and CEO of Lockhead Martin Corporation, Norman R. Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management New Job'

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 17, 2014

Lessons in the book include : You and Your Bosses Working the Grapevine Networking Making Allies of Your Elders Image Having Influence at Any Level Your Work and Your Personal Life After a Setback Mentors Former Chariman and CEO of Lockhead Martin Corporation, Norman R. Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Leadership Books Robert L.

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