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The Unrecognized Risk of Status Quo Problem-Solving Skills for Grantmakers

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MAY 25, 2023

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

She got lots of great advice on how to work together better, from staff and board members, to consultants and grant writers. This year''s conference will be devoted to exploring the power of innovation, delivering skills to stimulate opportunity and grow new strategies, and to empowering you with tools to build an innovative organization.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

She got lots of great advice on how to work together better, from staff and board members, to consultants and grant writers. This year''s conference will be devoted to exploring the power of innovation, delivering skills to stimulate opportunity and grow new strategies, and to empowering you with tools to build an innovative organization.

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How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfalls

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Wednesday, December 1, 2010 How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfalls As the year comes to a close its likely time for many business leaders to tackle the annual performance appraisal process. So, here is a good reminder from author Sharon Armstrong about how to avoid eight performance evaluation pitfalls.

Evaluation

Evaluation Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

Great Year-End Advice For Leaders

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2010

Saturday, December 18, 2010 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Lynn Flinn of EWF International in Tulsa, OK wrote the following in a recent newsletter. Thanks Lynn for this great end-of-the-year advice. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Its so powerful I wanted to pass it along.

Advice

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How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

Saturday, September 18, 2010 How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills Here is this weeks book recommendation. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. . -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO).

Skills

Skills International Communication Mentoring

Build These Leadership Skills

Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 12, 2010

Monday, April 12, 2010 Build These Leadership Skills I had the pleasure of interviewing Overland Park, KS-based author Leigh Branham recently. Posted by Eric Jacobson at 8:01 PM Labels: Leadership Books , Leadership Skills , Management , Motivating Employees 1 comments: davidburkus said.

Skills

Skills Leadership Build Mentoring

Play Team Sports To Build Leadership Skills

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 25, 2010

Tuesday, May 25, 2010 Play Team Sports To Build Leadership Skills Todays high school and college team sport athletes are learning leadership skills that will serve them well when they enter the workforce. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

Skills

Skills Leadership Team Build

Discover Your Leader Grade

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Friday, October 8, 2010 Discover Your Leader Grade If you need a tool to measure your leadership skills, check out LeaderGrade , by Quantum Workplace, which measures your leadership influence by asking your peers and followers to rate your leadership skills. The self-evaluation survey is free and its the first step in the program.

Mentoring

Mentoring Kansas City Kansas Skills

Reach Communications & Leadership Expert David Grossman Via His.

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 15, 2011

Via the App, David promises to bring his communications industry expert advice and wisdom right to your fingertips. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

Leadership

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The Five Points Of Professionalism

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2010

Sunday, December 12, 2010 The Five Points Of Professionalism Heres more good advice from The Everything Coaching And Mentoring Book : Professional behavior on the job means that work habits are strong and consistent. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

Professional

Professional Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

Find The Ideal Tone For Your Emails

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2010

It acts somewhat similar to an email spell checker, and you can select the suggested alternatives or ignore the advice. The program evaluates words and phrases for the intensity of eight primary emotions, allowing you to adjust the overall tone before you send your message. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy?

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A Maxim For Leaders For 2011

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Tuesday, December 28, 2010 A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 I heard this advice quoted the other day and wanted to share it. All great advice for leaders and managers as we start 2011. All great advice for leaders and managers as we start 2011. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice.

Kansas City

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5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Timms advice to stop asking your customers the "typical" questions and instead ask them open-ended questions. ▼ 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.

Question

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Never Say These Words To A Customer

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 4, 2010

Wednesday, August 4, 2010 Never Say These Words To A Customer Author Harvey MacKay wrote the following spot-on advice in his recent column in the Kansas City Business Journal. MacKay writes, "Common sense, thorough research and sound advice should allay your fears to a reasonable level." Take a moment. thanks for a great reminder!

Kansas City

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How To Give Constructive Feedback

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 10, 2010

They provide the following great, simple and straight-forward advice about giving feedback: Make it timely -- give your feedback as soon as possible to the performance. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Make it individualized -- tailor your feedback to the feedback receiver.

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Give Positive Feedback. Don't Praise.

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

An example of positive feedback is : “Bob, your communications skills have dramatically improved over the past couple of months. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. The report that you just prepared for me was thorough and concise.

Giving

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Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2010

A strong mentoring relationship allows the mentor and the mentee to develop new skills and talents, to build confidence, and to build self-awareness. Does this person have the traits and skills I want to develop? 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Is this a person I admire?

Mentoring

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Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategic Plan

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Posted by Eric Jacobson at 8:10 PM Labels: Books For Managers , Change Management , Customer Feedback , Customer Service , General Management Skills , Strategic Planning 1 comments: Maths private tutor said. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

Kansas City

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3 Things Your Mission Statement Must Have

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2010

Drucker provides the following good advice in one of my favorite books of his, The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization :" Every mission statement has to reflect three things : Opportunities Competence Commitment In other words, he explains: What is our purpose? Author Peter F.

Mentoring

Mentoring Kansas City Kansas Leadership

Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Saturday, October 23, 2010 Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders The next time you are interviewing a candidate and you want to access their leadership skills, consider asking the candidate these questions: What personal qualities define you as a leader? Describe a situation when these qualities helped you lead others.

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5 Tips For Generating Ideas From Employees

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

Dont evaluate or criticize ideas when they are first suggested. ▼ 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. Ask for wild ideas.

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3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips

Eric Jacobsen Blog

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. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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Don't Hire Someone Just Like You

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

Tuesday, August 24, 2010 Dont Hire Someone Just Like You Despite the temptation to hire someone like yourself, hire someone to complement your skills --not to duplicate your skills. Managers often find it easier, more comfortable, or less threatening to hire someone with similar skills and work habits. Good post Eric.

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How To Talk About Poor Performance With An Employee

Eric Jacobsen Blog

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. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. You made your point.

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How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Timm that you can use to evaluate your organizations customer service via the phone: 1. ▼ 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.

Service

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How To Write An Employee Satisfaction And Engagement Survey

Eric Jacobsen Blog

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. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

Survey

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Keys To Telling A Good Story In Your Presentations

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 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. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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5 Questions To Ask At Your Next Employee Performance Review

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Thanks to Sharon Armstrong and Barbara Mitchell for these questions -- just some of their great advice from their book, The Essential HR Handbook. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. It all depends on what that leader does or doesnt do.Good management and leadership skills can be learned.

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How Do You Answer These Leadership Questions?

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Open Leadership author Charlene Li reminds leaders to periodically ask themselves these "open leadership skills assessment" questions: Do I seek out and listen to different points of view? Do I actively manage how I am authentic? 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

Leadership

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"Great Places To Work" Employee Perks

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

► 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. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

Place

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Top Five Factors That Drive Employee Loyalty

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 30, 2010

Third on the top five list is an employees opportunity to use his/her skills. Posted by Eric Jacobson at 7:57 PM Labels: Employee Retention , General Management Skills , Leadership Skills , Management , Motivating Employees , Productivity Boosters 1 comments: davidburkus said.

Mentoring

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5 Reasons To Do An Employee Survey

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 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. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

Survey

Survey Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

Communicate Often And Tell A Story

Eric Jacobsen Blog

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. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

Communication

Communication Story Mentoring Kansas City

How To Be A Better Leader -- 25 Tips

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 26, 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. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

Tips

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What To Think About For Next Year

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 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. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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Do You Really Need To Read Leadership Books?

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 11, 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. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Great post Eric.

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Leadership Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees?

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 4, 2011

Posted by Eric Jacobson at 8:42 PM Labels: Books For Managers , Employee Retention , General Management Skills , Leadership Skills , Management , Motivating Employees 1 comments: Kevin Weir said. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Both are excellent books.

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4 Quick Tips For How To Lead More Effectively

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 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. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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Do you have a brand strategy?

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 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. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

Strategy

Strategy Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

Great Business Quote

Eric Jacobsen Blog

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. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

Business

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This Week's Book Recommendation

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 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. 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

Kansas City

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Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place?

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Set a goal to get your crisis management program in place by the end of this year so youll start 2011 well prepared! 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. It all depends on what that leader does or doesnt do.Good management and leadership skills can be learned.

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Do Exit Interviews

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 21, 2010

The book is a quick and handy resource for any leader, manager or Human Resource professional. ▼ 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.

Interview

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The Unrecognized Risk of Status Quo Problem-Solving Skills for Grantmakers

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Play Team Sports To Build Leadership Skills

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Find The Ideal Tone For Your Emails

A Maxim For Leaders For 2011

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers

Never Say These Words To A Customer

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Give Positive Feedback. Don't Praise.

Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011

Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategic Plan

3 Things Your Mission Statement Must Have

Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders

5 Tips For Generating Ideas From Employees

3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips

Don't Hire Someone Just Like You

How To Talk About Poor Performance With An Employee

How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone

How To Write An Employee Satisfaction And Engagement Survey

Keys To Telling A Good Story In Your Presentations

5 Questions To Ask At Your Next Employee Performance Review

How Do You Answer These Leadership Questions?

"Great Places To Work" Employee Perks

Top Five Factors That Drive Employee Loyalty

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Communicate Often And Tell A Story

How To Be A Better Leader -- 25 Tips

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Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees?

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