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The Critical First Years Of Your Professional Life

Eric Jacobsen Blog

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

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Even small associations tend to stack layers of management like the cake at a royal wedding. As many as five tiers of responsibility (junior positions, middle managers, executive staff, committees, and the board of directors) are not unusual. Upper-level managers don’t have the bandwidth to vet or supervise new projects.

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First Leadership Book To Give To A New Manager

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Years ago when I started my leadership and management blog, I posted the question “ What’s The First Leadership Book You Would Give To a New Manager ?” Two authors – Stephen R. o Giving a book about management first. o Mentoring the person for a period of time before recommending a leadership book.

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How To Coach With Compassion

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Even when people do respond, they often do so out of obligation rather than motivation,” explain the authors of the book, Helping People Change: Coaching With Compassion For Lifelong Learning And Growth. It encompasses dreams, values, passions, purpose, sense of calling, and core identity,” explain the authors.

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Good CEO, Bad Call—How to Recover

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The recommendations for successfully managing these challenges—whether they result from poor judgment, bad luck, or any disheartening combination of unfavorable circumstances—are straightforward. If you don’t already have those mentors in place, it’s past time to begin developing an executive support system. What is the timeline?

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How To Build Immunity To Burnout In The Workplace

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Fortunately, according to Dr. Kandi Wiens , author of the new book, Burnout Immunity , you can learn how to build immunity to burnout. Managing yourself. Managing relationships. Manage your stress triggers and response and tap into moments of good stress. Management your mindset. Understanding others.

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4 Best Professional Development Practices for Nonprofits

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Your staff is expected to be more efficient, your organization more productive, and your mission more manageable all while your piggy bank is light. One such way is through professional development programs. . Explore these four best practices when creating great professional development programs: . This is how it works: .