Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 4, 2011

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). Tuesday, January 4, 2011 Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees?

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

As we near the last quarter of 2010, its wise to think about how we can make our businesses stronger in 2011. Unfortunately, most businesses dont have a plan. •How will you integrate into your plan your web site, Social Media, Twitter and customer care phone lines? And, how often?

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AUGUST 30, 2010

Employee pay often is not the most important driver for employee retention. To learn more about employee retention and the reasons employees decide to leave an organization, read Overland Park, KS author Leigh Branhams book, The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave. In fourth place is an organizations financial stability.

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JANUARY 20, 2011

. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). Thursday, January 20, 2011 "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks StLouis magazine is featuring in its January issue 60 companies that they deemed "great places to work". Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ▼ December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around. Make conversation with your team.

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JANUARY 16, 2011

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees.

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AUGUST 29, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around. Make conversation with your team.

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JANUARY 15, 2011

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around. Make conversation with your team.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Fortunately, Richard Finnegan, shares in his new book, Rethinking Retention in Good Times and Bad , four key questions you should include in your exit interviews: Why did you decide to leave us? To do that, you need to ask specific questions that may not be ones you currently include in your exit interviews.

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AUGUST 22, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

According to Emarketer, the proportion of companies using dedicated blogs as a marketing channel—excluding blogs on social networks and microblogs such as Twitter—will rise to 39% in 2011 and to 43% by 2012. Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees.

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AUGUST 7, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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JUNE 23, 2010

. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). Earlier this year, various discussion groups on the social media site LinkedIn helped me build a list of favorite leadership books. Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees.

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OCTOBER 3, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around. Make conversation with your team.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Posted by Eric Jacobson at 8:20 PM Labels: Books For Managers , Coaching Employees , Employee Retention , General Management Skills , Leadership Books , Management , Motivating Employees , Thanking Employees 1 comments: davidburkus said. You can learn more about how to do that in his latest book, Re-Engage.

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AUGUST 11, 2010

" Tim Krupa August 14, 2010 1:14 AM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) UpTweet Subscribe To Posts Atom Posts Comments Atom Comments Blog Archive ► 2011 (9) ► January (9) The Power Of Mentoring: Formal And Informal Are You Leading Like Marriott?

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AUGUST 31, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ▼ December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around. Make conversation with your team.

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AUGUST 21, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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AUGUST 17, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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AUGUST 1, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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JUNE 2, 2010

Li explains in her new book what it means to be an open leader and why having those skills and behaviors are vital for effectively communicating with customers and employees in todays social media landscape. My complete book review is on my Kansas City Leadership Examiner.com page. Great read. I posted a review on my site as well.

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AUGUST 8, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

August 25, 2010 1:42 PM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) UpTweet Subscribe To Posts Atom Posts Comments Atom Comments Blog Archive ► 2011 (9) ► January (9) The Power Of Mentoring: Formal And Informal Are You Leading Like Marriott? Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees.

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AUGUST 14, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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AUGUST 5, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around. Make conversation with your team.

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DECEMBER 7, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ▼ December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around. Make conversation with your team.

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AUGUST 25, 2010

August 26, 2010 2:23 PM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) UpTweet Subscribe To Posts Atom Posts Comments Atom Comments Blog Archive ► 2011 (9) ► January (9) The Power Of Mentoring: Formal And Informal Are You Leading Like Marriott? Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees.

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AUGUST 12, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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AUGUST 6, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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JULY 17, 2010

Learn more about how to host an effective meeting by reading the booklet, "Best Life: Tips for 2009." so annoying and takes away from being present at the meeting) I'd love to find out where to buy the "Best Life: Tips for 2009" booklet. I've been fascinated with the idea of running "standing" meetings.

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APRIL 26, 2010

And, speaking of best companies, Branham told me that Best Buy has received more than 900 cost-cutting and revenue-producing ideas from its employees via its employee social media site called Blue-Shirt Nation. So, its good to be reminded of what is working for the best companies during this challenging economy.

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around. Make conversation with your team.

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AUGUST 4, 2010

August 5, 2010 1:10 AM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) UpTweet Subscribe To Posts Atom Posts Comments Atom Comments Blog Archive ► 2011 (9) ► January (9) The Power Of Mentoring: Formal And Informal Are You Leading Like Marriott? Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees.

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