Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Toward the beginning of Joseph Lalonde ’s new book, Reel Leadership , he shares, “We’re going to delve into the leaderships lessons we can find in movies. We’re going to discover that movies are a fantastic way to learn, grow, and engross yourself in leadership. We’re going to dive into some reel leadership.”

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

At the heart of her vivid stories of triumphs, hardships, and never letting the word “no” dictate her destiny are essential lessons such as: The importance of caring deeply for people and putting others first. How to use your superpowers to set yourself apart from other leaders.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

I’ve shared six of my top sustainer giving lessons so far. Today, I’ll get to the heart of sustainer giving, and probably the hardest lessons for nonprofit leadership.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The military and environmental activism may not share much in popular perception, but my time in service fundamentally shaped how I approach mission-driven leadership. If we are to solve the key challenges of our timechallenges as large as protecting our planetleaders will need to adopt three key lessons I learned from the military.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

National Leadership Day, which takes place every Feb. 20 , offers a chance to reflect on what truly defines leadership not just strategy or decision-making, but the ability to build trust. While my study focuses on one sector, its lessons extend far beyond that. Understanding the impact In China, as in the U.S.,

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 21, 2013

So without further ado, I hereby present the three things I’ve learned (or relearned) about leadership from watching “The Walking Dead,” or “How I realized that building a startup is just like surviving a global struggle against flesh-eating zombies.”. The lesson: As a leader, your initial decision is often the correct one.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 20, 2014

David Hassell is the CEO of 15Five. This post originally appeared on the 15Five blog. To succeed as an entrepreneur you must constantly overcome countless factors that are beyond your control; market changes, employee attrition and tech/product issues. You have to keep moving quickly towards execution or competitors will swallow you whole.

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The Next Web

MARCH 29, 2014

Dan Schoenbaum is the CEO of Redbooth. I grew up in the United States, but volunteered to spend two and a half years in one of Israel’s toughest military units. Joining the military was never a thought that had crossed my mind, until – during college – I came across a review of a book called “A Purity of Arms.”

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Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

As Roger Craver notes in his brilliant review : “Alan lays out the lessons, clear and simple, like the lines of a good story. It requires leadership willing to address internal conflictsbetween short-term service goals and long-term fundraising ambitions, between credibility-focused messaging and empathy-driven storytelling.”

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

Growing a nonprofit takes more than just passion: you also need creativity, persistence, and a handful of nonprofit leadership skills to guide your organization through the growth years and fulfill your mission. Without good leadership, everything falls apart. Without leadership, a small nonprofit may never reach its full potential.

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DonorPerfect

JUNE 20, 2023

Before becoming a renowned nonprofit leadership coach, Joan Garry was the executive director of GLAAD, a LGBTQ+ nonprofit organization. Lesson 1: Bring intention Read More » The post Building Innovation Into Your Nonprofit Culture: 5 Lessons from Joan Garry appeared first on Nonprofit Technology & Fundraising Blogs.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 29, 2022

Today, we flashback to 2021 : This time each year, I select my pick for best new leadership book for the year. For 2021, my pick is, Heart First , Lasting Leadership Lessons From A Year That Changed Everything , by David Grossman , published in July 2021. And, if you read only one leadership book next year, make it this one.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

As the creator of the iconic “Corner Office” column in the New York Times , Bryant has spoken with more than a thousand leaders over the years about the challenges and nuances of leadership. He adds that the book is useful to everyone who is interested in leadership, regardless of where they are in their career.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

This is why open, ongoing conversations between leadership and employees are essential. Some individuals thrive on new challenges and leadership opportunities, while others value better work-life balance, financial recognition, or deeper involvement in projects they truly care about. Motivation isn’t one-size-fits-all.

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2024

Moments like this should give leaders pause and challenge us to think about where we are in our own leadership journeys. None of these things happen without incredible staff, successful leadership, and an unbelievable amount of teamwork. Leadership is full of examples of great rises and more epic falls.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2023

What I like most about Miguel Leal ’s memoir, aside from its overall compelling and inspiring information, are the business and life lessons he shares. Those lessons are found throughout his recently released memoir, The House That Cheese Built. Here are his business and life lessons : Passion can find you when you least expect it.

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Candid

JANUARY 7, 2025

This approach transforms traditional donor engagement tools into opportunities for connection: Reports include challenges, lessons learned, and course corrections. Establishing a dynamic of deep engagement requires intentionality, leadership buy-in, and an enabling organizational culture.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 17, 2023

After a fundraising career of making solicitations for three different institutions of higher education and now serving as a trainer/consultant for a wide range of nonprofits, I’d like to share several fundraising lessons on what to do after your major gift ask is turned down.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 27, 2024

Brad Jacobs’ new book provides you a treasure-trove of leadership lessons from a man with more than four decades of CEO and serial entrepreneur experience. So, even if you don’t envision yourself wanting to earn a billion dollars, don’t pass up reading Jacob’s, How To Make A Few Billion Dollars.

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Tableau

APRIL 30, 2021

We’re thrilled to announce the Data Leadership Collaborative (DLC) , a new community dedicated to bringing like-minded data leaders together to connect, learn, and help each other progress on the journey to building data-driven organizations. The new Data Leadership Collaborative website. __. Stephanie Richardson. Ateken Abla.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Here are 10 lessons that can empower nonprofit leaders to become successful in developing resources Acknowledge your fears. Why should someone in the community give to a cause if the leadership isn’t giving? The post 10 Lessons Learned For Success From A Fundraising Trainer appeared first on Bloomerang.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2023

It’s called, Know What Matters: Lessons From A Lifetime Of Transformations. Shaich offers clear-headed lessons for the entire life cycle of an enterprise, from bootstrapping a startup to going public to managing large companies to selling a business. Ron Shaich Finally, some of Shaich’s life lessons include: Tell yourself the truth.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2021

From cover-to-cover of Made From Scratch you’ll learn the leadership lessons of the late Kent Taylor , founder of the restaurant chain Texas Roadhouse. His approach to business was often out-of-the-box, however, his business lessons and leadership lessons from the course of his life and career and invaluable.

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

To do this, I need to trace both the history of the organization as well as the transformational changes it underwent in order to illustrate the lessons I learned throughout this process. Simply put, the board failed to keep up with a growing organization and provide it with the leadership and vision it needed.

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sgEngage

MAY 30, 2023

By embracing a community leadership role, foundations can amplify their impact and empower grantees to achieve long-term, sustainable success. In this blog post, we will explore the concept of community leadership in foundations and discuss how they can support their grantees beyond the dollar.

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 5, 2024

Let’s take a look at a few Lasso lessons we can apply to help teams with diverse personalities work together.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2020

This time each year, I select my pick for best new leadership and business book for the year. Magnuson : I've spent the last decade working in corporate leadership development, so I've seen how hungry young professionals are. Magnuson : Mark Miller, VP of High Performance Leadership at Chick-fil-A said, " Stand Out!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Each year at this time, I reflect on the valuable lessons my father taught me that have served me well in business and in life - including lessons I learned when I didn't at the time necessarily realize I was learning from him. Music lessons. Thank you, Dad, for teaching me these valuable lessons by setting such a good example.

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TechCrunch

JULY 30, 2021

You’d think tech companies should be the paradigm of how to prep for leadership transitions, since they operate in such a constant state of flux. It’s best to record this history well before the intense swirl of a leadership transition begins. They’re far from it.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 24, 2025

Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations with executives and entrepreneurs, and from the pages of Inc. Read more: GE, then and now 3 leadership lessons from General Electrics breakup The complicated business legacy of Jack Welch Whats really holding back renewable energy

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2022

I launched another startup and bootstrapped it, because I had a strong crutch this time — the lessons from my first failed venture. With solid early-stage funding at Fashionara, my first venture, our leadership and marketing team became overconfident. Something unexpected and positive, however, was born from this experience.

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Blue Avocado

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The post From Transition to Transformation: Key Lessons from the Pandemic for Nonprofits appeared first on Blue Avocado. Why it Happens: Surviving the pandemic required a prolonged sprint to pivot to online platforms, finds new sources of funding, and more. It is tempting to want […].

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.orgSource

MARCH 28, 2023

But, it also means using the disruption to identify opportunities for innovation and growth and applying lessons learned to develop future initiatives. It gives you some control when the external environment is rapidly changing, and people are looking to you for leadership. But, according to Sharon, leadership is the bottom line.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Some of my favorite parts of Douglas Conant 's and Mette Norgaard 's book, TouchPoints , are these lessons for leaders: You need to have dual vision. You need to be able to address the most pressing need and do it in a way that makes your employees more capable and ready to take on the next issue.

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Candid

OCTOBER 30, 2024

This led to a formal DEI infrastructure, including a new leadership role to implement the strategy and a DEI council strategically formed based on staff members’ organizational roles. We also included staff who were not in traditional leadership roles but demonstrated a strong interest in DEI.

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The MatrixFiles

MARCH 4, 2021

I’m even scheduled to do two sessions: one with Elise Kuurstra from EAIE and Gretchen Steenstra from DelCor ; and one on leadership lessons from the martial arts. I love the sessions, catching up with friends, the social events, the exhibits, all of it. Who knows if I’ll even have the chance to do these sessions this year.

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The Most-Read New Articles of 2024 Here are the three most popular articles of the year: Five Lessons for Creating an Effective (and Accountable) Nonprofit Board Board dysfunction often starts with lack of accountability and clear expectations of what it means to be accountable for a nonprofits success.

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