Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 18, 2022

Fortunately, I've benefited from having great mentors throughout my career. And, I've have the honor and good fortune to be a mentor, both formally and informally, for various individuals the past few decades. Mentoring is powerful. Both being a mentor. And, being mentored. Bestselling author, Ken Blanchard, Ph.D.

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.orgSource

MAY 23, 2023

Even when board members come to the job with some financial background, they may not be familiar with nonprofit accounting standards , their new leadership responsibilities, or your organization’s statements. If you’ve paired new members with a mentor, make sure financial topics are included in their post-orientation meetings.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

Start by identifying colleagues in different teams whose work interests you. After we talked about cross-departmental networking, she connected with our marketing team and discovered they needed help interpreting customer data. This is why open, ongoing conversations between leadership and employees are essential.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

High-performing teams thrive when there is clear accountability, fair conflict resolution and a culture of feedback and learning. Social comfort comes from clear expectations, defined workflows and recognizing individual talents within a team. This, in turn, decreases the likelihood of employees making abrupt, retaliatory exits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Recently, we have been exploring a fascinating topic that is not only close to our hearts, but very timely due to burnout in the nonprofit sector – empathetic leadership. Empathetic leadership, to us, is about seeing through the eyes of others. Therefore, we need to recognize and respect this dynamic as we lead and support our teams.

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Candid

JANUARY 15, 2025

Thats why organizations spend thousands of dollars on all-staff retreats, team-building activities, and happy hours. For example, if the executive team is discussing which employees to include in a new working group or leadership opportunity, its helpful if theyre aware of who you are.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 22, 2020

By Annisa Wanat , an independent consultant who works to strengthen the capacity of mission-driven organizations to achieve their goals more strategically by providing customized solutions in leadership, management, and communications. Most nonprofit board members volunteer because they want to support a worthy cause. FULL BIO ].

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Association TV

JULY 29, 2022

Is that interaction encouraged to be a free and open dialogue, or are employees' voices knowingly drawn to a hush as leadership walks past? Do you have a culture club that organizes team-building activities and social events? I’m going to defer to leadership expert, Jamie Notter, who has a terrific Forbes article on this subject.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 10, 2014

A couple years ago, I posted the question “ What’s The First Leadership Book You Would Give To A New Manager ?” within the discussion forum for the LinkedIn group Linked 2 Leadership. Covey Leadership and Self-Deception – Arbinger Institute The First 90 Days – Michael Watkins The One Minute Manager – Kenneth H.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 15, 2021

posted by Brian Hetzer Spring 2021 Alumnus, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. These important team members give their time, talents, and resources, unmotivated by financial compensation or contractual obligations. Volunteers feeling alienated and disconnected from the rest of the team. Team building.

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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

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Eighteen months ago, I posted the question “ What’s The First Leadership Book You Would Give To a New Manager ?” within the discussion forum for the LinkedIn group Linked 2 Leadership. Covey Leadership and Self-Deception – Arbinger Institute The One Minute Manager – Kenneth H. Some people suggested more than one book.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 24, 2023

What’s the first lesson of Leadership 101? “ Discover Yourself Both views are important for leaders who want to create positive cultures and strong teams. Career coaches and mentors are great. describes her team of advisors like this. “I leadership, or the qualities needed for success in digital markets.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 9, 2023

You might not be able to pick your team, but there are plenty of circumstances that you can control. Assigning a mentor is one of the most effective strategies to ensure that new directors get up to speed quickly. Mentors also can perform the very important function of providing background and color to the board’s activities.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

The 70 tips below make for a good list for learning how to become a better leader when you don't have a lot of time to read books about leadership. And, if you've been a leader for a long time, how about taking a few minutes to run through the list and scoring yourself on how well you carry out each leadership skill? Be visible 15.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Fortunately, I've benefited from having great mentors throughout my career. And, I've have the honor and good fortune to be a mentor, both formally and informally, for various individuals the past few decades. Mentoring is powerful. Both being a mentor. And, being mentored. Bestselling author, Ken Blanchard, Ph.D.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 3, 2020

Fortunately, I've benefited from having great mentors throughout my career. And, I've have the honor and good fortune to be a mentor, both formally and informally, for various individuals the past few decades. Mentoring is powerful. Both being a mentor. And, being mentored. Bestselling author, Ken Blanchard, Ph.D.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 6, 2012

In fact, we all live in social networks, every day, and the implications are important for organizations, professional networking and leadership development. Those effective passages of information are vital to teams working together as well as leadership development within an organization. Sources: 1. Christakis, N.

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The Next Web

MARCH 31, 2013

I don’t know many entrepreneurs who aren’t better served by the opportunity to talk candidly to their peers and others in the startup community, from VCs to mentors, angels and executives who’ve been there, done that — and mentor other up-and-comers along the way. Which company would you pick? The Virgin Group.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Remote work is challenging teams. The executive team is stretched too thin. Teams are engaged and proud of their work. You are ready to add new categories of membership, sell products to a different audience, expand programs, or even revise the business model. You are struggling to make old procedures fit new formats.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 12, 2024

As a manager, I have hired full teams, helped lead the build out of new development departments, skilled up new team members, and dealt directly with turnover of a younger team. Coach all teams on various communication styles. I have watched brilliant young people come and go. Actionable now.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management New Year''s Resolutions'

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2014

Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management New Year''s Resolutions'

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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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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Carlos Eduardo Espinal is a partner at Seedcamp , an early stage mentoring and investment program that engages startups through monthly Seedcamp Events, where entrepreneurs present their companies, network, receive mentoring, and compete for investment by Seedcamp. “If Image credit: Shutterstock / Skylines.

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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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.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

leadership soapbox here to say that a digital culture uses objective data to measure and evaluate all of its activities. Focusing on leadership dynamics and achievements also supports prioritizing consensus over individual agendas. As I’ve said before, without trust, you may have volunteers but you don’t have a team.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 3, 2017

Fortunately, I've benefited from having great mentors throughout my career. And, I've have the honor and good fortune to be a mentor, both formally and informally, for various individuals the past few decades. Mentoring is powerful. Both being a mentor. And, being mentored. Bestselling author, Ken Blanchard, Ph.D.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 27, 2013

The 70 tips below make for a good list for learning how to become a better leader when you don''t have a lot of time to read books about leadership. And, if you''ve been a leader for a long time, how about taking a few minutes to run through the list and scoring yourself on how well you carry out each leadership skill? Be visible 15.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 12, 2021

Fortunately, I've benefited from having great mentors throughout my career. And, I've have the honor and good fortune to be a mentor, both formally and informally, for various individuals the past few decades. Mentoring is powerful. Both being a mentor. And, being mentored. Bestselling author, Ken Blanchard, Ph.D.

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Mentoring program. A great way to increase member engagement in your organization is to develop your mentoring program. If you’re looking to build bridges with younger professionals , Gen Z and Millennial members are especially interested in mentoring opportunities.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

The 70 tips below make for a good list for learning how to become a better leader when you don''t have a lot of time to read books about leadership. And, if you''ve been a leader for a long time, how about taking a few minutes to run through the list and scoring yourself on how well you carry out each leadership skill? Be visible 15.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 14, 2019

posted by Shannon Harrell Fall 2018 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. With limited people and financial resources, leaders of nonprofit organizations must execute strong management styles that develop the talent of their teams, foster healthy working environments and encourage retention of valuable employees.

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.orgSource

JULY 29, 2023

Documenting the steps that you will take in a leadership challenge is a good way to begin training yourself to act with intention in a situation filled with extreme emotional distractions. Talk to your team. If you don’t already have those mentors in place, it’s past time to begin developing an executive support system.

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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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The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 12, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Leading the Charge: Why Strong Leadership is Crucial for Nonprofits Welcome back to our series on the top five reasons why nonprofits fail. Today, we’re diving into the critical issue of leadership, or rather, the lack thereof. But vision alone isn’t enough.

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Forum One

JULY 1, 2021

This summer we have welcomed nine interns to our team from across the country. Ayomide Fatoye, Technical Team – Ayomide attends Texas A&M University majoring in General Engineering – Computer Science. Beatrice is a Posse Foundation Leadership Scholarship recipient.

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