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Your 2024 New Year's Resolution Check-In

Eric Jacobsen Blog

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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70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders

Eric Jacobsen Blog

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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Want To Be a Leader? Get to Know Yourself

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And, without self-awareness, it’s impossible to be a role model for others. “ 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 It sounds simple. We meet once a month.

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Flat, Tall, or In Between—Is It Time to Evaluate Your Organizational Structure?

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

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In conversation: using data and education to advance racial equity at MEASURE

Candid

Candid's team reached out to Meme recently to learn more about the work MEASURE is doing in Austin, TX. Through our CARE Model process and other tools , we ensure communities and institutions embrace lived-experience data of marginalized populations in order to deconstruct underlying narratives and work together to find equitable solutions.

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Dear VQ… How can I inspire our team to plan for volunteers?

VQ Strategies

I’m “crashing” a team meeting to try to inspire our team that works closely with volunteers and appreciate any direction you might have! What role can other volunteers play in mentoring newbies, etc.? Does everyone know the process for addressing problems? What role can other volunteers play as well?

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For Positive Outcomes, Hold a Mirror Up to Board Performance

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BoardEffect states that an annual board self-assessment may help the board prevent problems leading to liability issues and that the results of an assessment can highlight topics for future board discussion and consideration. As I’ve said before, without trust, you may have volunteers but you don’t have a team.