Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Author Kristi Hedges , in her book, The Power of Presence , provides these explanations of the roles of a coach and of a mentor and how they differ from each other: The Coach shows empathy through a mixture of tough love and strong support. The Mentor makes you feel that your success is always top of mind.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

This is by far the biggest single improvement to my life. I feel like I’ve got a huge part of my life back. Lack of social interaction, and face-to-face mentoring you get in an office. Some other perks to improve their quality of life could hurt. Go to a different room. Coffee shop is too loud? Go home to a quiet room.

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MAY 28, 2024

Focus on Mentoring Sue is a relationship builder. Mentoring is something I am passionate about,” Sue advised. ” Create Joy “Circling back to mentoring, the board should determine where there are gaps in expertise and be responsible for identifying and supporting future leaders.

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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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.orgSource

JANUARY 9, 2023

To bring the facts to life, tell stories. Ask a senior volunteer to describe how the organization enriched their professional life. Assigning a mentor is one of the most effective strategies to ensure that new directors get up to speed quickly. Volunteers join the board because they are inspired by your mission.

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.orgSource

MAY 23, 2023

If you’ve paired new members with a mentor, make sure financial topics are included in their post-orientation meetings. Bring that connection to life. Create a casual atmosphere that makes it easy for people to feel comfortable discussing what they don’t know and asking about what they don’t understand.

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DECEMBER 3, 2024

After dedicating six years of her life to her education, she then decided she wanted to do transformational work in higher education. They also have access to the Cooke Scholar Network, where alumni serve as mentors and open doors to career opportunities. What you may learn may launch your organization to new heights.

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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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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. Mentoring is equally powerful. Really, he was just a great listener. He loved even more to teach.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Equally important is offering opportunities for employees to contribute beyond their job descriptions, whether through special projects or mentoring. Employees experiencing chronic stress, burnout or work-life imbalances are more likely to disengage and eventually quit.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

Invest in coaching and mentoring initiatives to help leaders build emotional intelligence, resilience, and strategic thinking. A well-integrated culture enhances employee engagement, driving measurable improvements in productivity. Implement peer-learning groups where leaders can share insights and learn from each others experiences.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The prior CEOs, who actually were mentors to both of us, have now stepped into global chair roles. Were leaning on people who have been peers, who have been mentors to us, who weve mentored. You are the second set of co-CEOs at Gensler. Elizabeth Brink: The co-leadership model is pretty deep in the organization.

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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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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 29, 2021

Author Kristi Hedges , in her book, The Power of Presence , provides these explanations of the roles of a coach and of a mentor and how they differ from each other: The Coach shows empathy through a mixture of tough love and strong support. The Mentor makes you feel that your success is always top of mind.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

scouts, teachers, mentors, and critics) they appeared to show evidence of an enormous capacity for developing future talent, turning them not so much into a promise, but a rather safe bet. At age 5, however, they were already giving signs of their extraordinary potentialparticularly to the trained eye (e.g.,

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The Next Web

AUGUST 28, 2012

What could you accomplish if you had the right environment, the support that you needed and access to mentors to help you along the way? ” The Bold Academy could best be described as an accelerator for your life. That’s the question that Amber Rae had when the idea for the Bold Academy came to her.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

Think about the employees who mentor others, uplift their teammates, or create an environment where all voices are heard. Recognize behaviors, not just outcomes If youre only recognizing employees for hitting goalslike exceeding sales targets or completing big projectsyoure missing a big part of what makes teams successful.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 17, 2013

It’s helped me accomplish much in my life as an entrepreneur. While there are always bright days when everything in your professional life goes according to plan, somehow we always manage to remember the rainy days where everything goes wrong instead. Employees who score low in the “life satisfaction” metric tend to stay home 1.5

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Association TV

JULY 29, 2022

Work-life balance. But for many of us, working from home saves a life changing amount of time and money, from packing meals – or eating out – to two hours spent on the freeway every day. Work-life balance. Do you have a culture club that organizes team-building activities and social events?

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2023

Years later, when a grad school classmate took their own life, Gilligan felt compelled to leave his masters program at Stanford – where he earlier obtained a product design degree – to help solve the youth mental health crisis. Mentors must first apply, complete a background check and complete two intensive training modules.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2019

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

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

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

APRIL 25, 2023

Applicants are seeking work/life balance, personal fulfillment, and career development. Personal fulfillment, career development, and work/life balance are among the intangibles that applicants are seeking. However, the job of finding those talented individuals is increasingly difficult. According to a survey by LinkedIn, 61% of U.S.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 17, 2025

I interviewed 50 different founders, athletes, artists, activists, NFL coaches and celebrities, many of whom I have mentored and advised from billionaire Marc Lore to Scarlett Johansson to illustrate strategies for total commitment. I had never taught a day in my life before I spent a year creating a new course at Harvard Business School.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

AppWorks Fund III’s limited partners include Taiwan Mobile, Axiom Asia Private Capital, Fubon Life, TransGlobe Life, Hongtai Group, Wistron, Cathay Life, Phison Electronics and Taiwan’s National Development Fund. Investments from its mentor network include Carousell, Dapper Labs, Tiki, Dcard, Yummy Corp and Animoca Brands.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 3, 2021

No One Succeeds Alone is the inspiring story of Compass Founder & CEO Robert Reffkin , whose mother, mentors, and search for belonging taught him valuable lessons that anyone with a dream can put into action today to improve their own quality of life. Motivate you to reach out and help someone else make their dreams come true.

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Gyrus

JANUARY 3, 2025

On-the-Job Training: Finding the Right Balance Viren Kapadia December 30, 2024 The Importance of Compliance Training for New Hires in the Life Sciences Viren Kapadia December 27, 2024 In the fast-paced world of life sciences, regulatory compliance is critical to the success and sustainability of an organization.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

You can have four types of allies, each of which can have powerful roles in your life: Friend, Mentor, Sponsor and Benefactor. Who are the people in your life who nourish you the most? Who are the people in your life who have served as allies along your journey? She explains that you need a mix of each of these.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Working with Sharon, we were able to create a governance plan that aligned perfectly with our life cycle stage,” Executive Director Andrea Bennett noted. “We To provide specific guidance, I attended the board meeting and presented an evaluation along with recommendations for how the group could lead more effectively.”.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 23, 2021

Dilenschneider wrote, The Critical First Years of your Professional Life. 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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 19, 2022

Startup nonprofits, nonprofit newbies, umbrella organizations, community foundations, mentors… there are a lot of ways people may think about or refer to fiscal sponsorships, even if they’re unfamiliar with the term “fiscal sponsorship.” Some organizations stay as fiscally sponsored programs as they accomplish their mission.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2023

Learn the best way to build from seasoned founders, top VCs and subject-matter experts in all phases of the startup life cycle — from ideation and product market fit to funding, pitching, growth and more. Be a Great Mentor, Find a Great Mentor with Lisa Frusztajer, investor in residence at The Capital Network.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The onramps into Silicon Valley often include access to a smart mentor, a well-connected venture capitalist or even a rocket ship of a startup. But an emerging class of founders is reminding the ecosystem how collapse can be an activator, as well. She said she’s confident that at least 0.1%

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MARCH 13, 2025

Harder still is the fact that a robot has to learn to run on two legs by actually running on two legs in real life. That said, part of Blooms skepticism about full-remote work comes from his belief in the importance of mentoring, which is much harder to do in a remote work setup. What are the most remote-friendly jobs?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Wisdom , a social audio app that’s focused on surfacing “life advice” and broadening access to mentorship — and whose iOS app launch we covered back in October — has nabbed $2 million in seed funding off the back of early traction. Per Wisdom, the platform’s approach is proving popular with podcasters.

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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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