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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Mashable Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

Nayak was a major part of the team that recently introduced an AI chatbot and AI-powered summaries within Yahoo search. Vidya Nayak credits female mentors for helping her succeed in the industry. Credit: Yahoo Nayak encourages companies to continue to invest in mentoring women through in-company programs and internships. "We

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

And yet, there is a well-established science on human potential, with decades of empirical research resulting in replicable generalizations to predict and explain why some people perform better than others (across different work settings), and why some people develop more than others. How can you work out if you may be one of them?

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

But if March 7 is the only time leaders express appreciation to their teams, theyre missing the mark. Some organizations are quietly deprioritizing diversity programs, while others, like Meta , have made highly visible cuts to their DEI teams. How employees work is just as important as what they achieve.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

If the toxic behaviour that caused the resignation remains unaddressed , remaining employees may become disengaged, leading to a decline in work quality. Employees want to work for companies that respect their individuality and value their contributions. Finally, revenge quitting can have lasting consequences on workplace culture.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 13, 2024

It’s called, Bosses, Coworkers, and Building Great Work Relationships. It’s one of four books in the new Harvard Business Review ( HBR ) Work Smart Series. This book helps readers make so-so work relationships better, keep the bad ones from bringing them down, and help them build lasting connections with incredible people.”

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

They also shared insights into how they make their long-distance partnership work (Goldstein is based in Washington, D.C., The prior CEOs, who actually were mentors to both of us, have now stepped into global chair roles. And thats part of why we work so well as a duo togetherbecause of that kind of commitment.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

This was the scenario for Mentor New York, a nonprofit that works with companies, schools and organizations to provide mentoring for organizations that serve more than 80,000 young people in New York. Like most nonprofits, Mentor New York had to pivot during the pandemic to virtual events and engagement for its supporters.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2023

For years, Phil George was the executive sponsor of a mentoring program at McMaster-Carr, an industrial hardware supplier, where he spent weeks trying to match program participants with only scant information about them to go on. Employees often requested resources while mentors asked for training, and mentees wanted more guidance on goals.

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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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sgEngage

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Their preparedness and preferred style for working are often questioned and criticized. I have now worked for nonprofit organizations for nearly fifteen years. They know how the visual world works, how images can convey messages, and how to present images that are compelling and carry the intended meaning.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Meetings are essential to helping teams, especially remote or hybrid ones, stay in touch. Productivity platform Loopin wants to help by integrating with work apps and gathering information from across multiple meetings, making it easy to find and share. Which leads to loss of context and unproductive, duplicative discussions.”.

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NVIDIA AI Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

In addition, Saini shares her journey from creating an app that helped combat a vaping crisis at her high school, to her first exposure to AI, through to her current role working on ChatGPT. Learn about the opportunity to mentor a team of girls for the 2025 season. Anshita Saini speaking at the Technovation World Summit event.

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Recode by Vox

MARCH 13, 2025

As AIs have improved at laptop job tasks, progress on more physical work has been slower. While AI has been improving rapidly, robotics the ability of AI to work in the physical world has been improving much more slowly. They will only get better from here, while we humans will stay mostly the same. 4, and most recently 4.5.

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Candid

JANUARY 15, 2025

When work starts to feel mundane or job frustrations arise, it can be tempting to jump ship. Just show up to the office every day, and more likely than not, colleagues would know your name and what youve been up to at work. The shift to remote work in recent years presents unique challenges to ensuring visibility.

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The Verge

MAY 21, 2020

The company will begin today by making most of its US job openings eligible for remote hires and begin taking applications for permanent remote work among its workforce later this year. We’re going to be the most forward-leaning company on remote work at our scale,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in an interview with The Verge. “We

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In the midst of the pandemic, we’re seeing a widespread embrace of online mentoring and content as a new source of revenue. Last week, for example, Squarespace launched a new paywall feature called Member Areas , and I’ve also written about another video mentoring platform called Prox.

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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. 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 I work for management.

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Bonterra

JUNE 15, 2022

Whether you’re providing shelter for the homeless, mentoring at-risk youth, or anything in between, nonprofit service organizations like yours do incredibly important work to enrich their clients’ lives.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 15, 2021

These important team members give their time, talents, and resources, unmotivated by financial compensation or contractual obligations. Regardless of the number of volunteers, having a thriving team requires intentionality on the part of key leadership to minimize the reasons why volunteers leave. Team building. Share the love.

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.orgSource

MARCH 25, 2024

When you are the leader, you drive the team dynamics. But CEOs who head exceptional teams reject an egocentric attitude. They understand that when you commit to making your team successful, they will live up to your expectations. What chemistry creates an exceptional team? And work goes on.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

A team of Google executives, many of whom worked with one another for years, left the company earlier this year to launch a startup. The fintech firm, Arbo Works, has raised a financing round led by Sequoia Capital India, the two said Thursday. Arbo Works has eight co-founders, all of whom previously worked at Google.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2022

Now, as competition heats up among investors to work with the most promising startups earlier, and the field of the founders hoping to build and launch companies gets wider and wider, the firm is taking a new approach. Those interested can start to apply from today until April 8, and the program will start May 23.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2023

A talented team is arguably one of the most valuable assets of any company. And, once on the team, making sure that your talent sticks around is an even bigger challenge. Retention initiatives often look at how competitive compensation rates are, or whether work-life balance at the company could be improved.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 3, 2025

Finding fulfilling and motivating work is a challenge for many people, but it can be especially difficult for those just starting their careers. Some managers may view Gen Zs desire for meaningful work as a form of entitlement, but dismissing it can be costly. These are self-knowledge, adding value, and relationships.

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Are you trying to address the elevated volum e of work at your association? Mentoring program. A great way to increase member engagement in your organization is to develop your mentoring program. Gallup reported that 72% of the surveyed Millenials stated their engagement elevated when their supervisor took on a mentoring role.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2022

Marjorie Radlo-Zandi is an entrepreneur, board member, mentor to startups and angel investor who shows early-stage businesses how to build and successfully scale their businesses. A pivot is no time to fly solo, so approach the pivot as a team effort. Best practices for working with investors. Marjorie Radlo-Zandi. Contributor.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 5, 2024

That way, you’ll give your team enough time to prepare marketing efforts, finalize logistics, and recruit and mobilize personal fundraisers (if you’re running a peer-to-peer fundraising campaign ). In fact, a community needs organizations working together to ensure a healthy support system for all.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

Those thoughts are also a source of existential dread, even for people working at a tech company like Eventgroove! Our marketing team could fit in a MINI Cooper. To help you dive right in, this posts provides an overview of the tools available, best practices, and examples to make your chosen AI writing tool work for you.

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2023

As Gilligan describes it, Somethings is a youth-specific wellness platform that connects teenagers with trained mentors between the ages of 19 and 26 for asynchronous help. Teens, often with the support of their parents, are matched through the Somethings system with mentors who have similar backgrounds and situational experiences.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Perhaps write down five to ten and then between now and January 1, think about which couple you want to work on during 2024. To get you started, how about selecting one or more of these 70 New Year's resolutions for leaders?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Perhaps write down five to ten and then between now and January 1, think about which couple you want to work on during 2021. To get you started, how about selecting one or more of these 70 New Year's resolutions for leaders?

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 24, 2023

“ 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 Commit to Continuous Improvement We are works in progress. I belong to a CEO peer group called Vistage.

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.orgSource

APRIL 25, 2023

Each time you consider adding to your team, it’s a choice that has a critical impact on your organization’s future. 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.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 26, 2025

Leaders must fully capitalize on the seismic shifts in the new standard of in-office work and use their spaces to enhance collaboration, productivity, and company purpose. As law firms, in particular, transition back to in-office work, they face the challenge of balancing privacy with collaborative spaces.

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Nimble AMS

MAY 20, 2024

Create your implementation t eam It’s crucial to consider who will be on your AMS implementation team. Determine which stages of the software adoption they will be working, and overcommunicate on your expectations for how your team will lead during this time. During a software adoption, it’s wise to plan for the unexpected.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2021

Slack officially joined the Salesforce family, combining the #1 CRM and the trailblazing digital platform for the ultimate work-from-anywhere world. Slack automatically organizes students into smaller course-group channels with industry mentors to help ensure their success. They used Slack to streamline communications across the U.S.

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