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Soft Skills Support Hard Leadership Challenges

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What can we do to ensure they have the skills to understand a challenging landscape and make the wise decisions needed for success? Sue’s deep experience with boards and leadership makes her the perfect resource for a conversation about coaching new and more seasoned directors. Focus on Mentoring Sue is a relationship builder.

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Onboarding the Board—Your Opportunity to Promote Peak Performance

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This is an opportunity to look beyond the usual suspects toward the eclectic mix of talent that a challenging future demands. The average pharmacist, librarian, or dentist has limited experience with the challenges that are involved in running an association. That’s why there is no substitute for the impact of personal conversations.

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

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Meme: A great friend and mentor of mine—who is also a philanthropist—challenged me to hone in on my theory of change and mentioned how GuideStar is a great place to share our work with funders. Thank you for your commitment to transparency and earning a Candid 2022 Platinum Seal.

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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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Three Fabulous Conversations

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This enables great conversations: the serendipity effect is huge. I just wanted to highlight three conversations I had today, each of which shows why this is such a great opportunity for Benetech to attend. I had no idea when I agreed to the mentor gig that there would be something like this I actually know something (a lot) about.

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Hire Fresh Talent—But Before You Shop, Check the Fridge

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We are aggressively challenged to deliver value. Review the Data I asked Sarah how she advises employers to approach this challenging environment. Before adding talent, have a thoughtful conversation. When a manager wants to add talent, have a thoughtful conversation,” Sarah advised. Begin with the data,” Sarah responded.