Change Management, Lesson and Story

Five Must-Read Business Books To Read This Summer

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 9, 2023

Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. Edited by Edward T. His advice?

Business

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Leading Through Failure

NTEN

JUNE 13, 2013

Senior Online Communications Manager. NTC session panelists share lessons learned during our session, which was supposed to focus on our organizations’ and others’ nonprofit technology failures. In the end, however, we all found that the failures were not of technology, but of leadership – and so were the lessons.

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5 Leadership And Business Books To Read This Winter

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 16, 2021

Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. Plus, there's five other lessons McBean teaches in the book.

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How To Cultivate Community Affinity Throughout The Generosity Journey

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Five Must-Read Books For Leaders This Fall

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2020

Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. Edited by Edward T. His advice?

Captivate

Captivate Leadership Brain Demographics

Creating a Space for Nonprofits to Connect & Share Insights

Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

This big little idea was simply to hold space for CDOs to talk about what’s stressing them out and share experiences, ideas, and lessons learned with others who are facing the same challenges and finding their way through. And I’m thrilled to tell you that’s just what happened. The Council met five times between May 2021 and January 2022.

Share

Share Create North America Nonprofit

5 Leadership Books To Read This Winter

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 17, 2020

Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. Plus, there's five other lessons McBean teaches in the book.

Leadership

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Five Leadership Books To Read This Fall

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. Plus, there's five other lessons McBean teaches in the book.

Leadership

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Highlights from the Salesforce.org Nonprofit Summit

Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

Those who tuned in to the virtual event were treated to conversations with some incredible headliners, and heard nonprofit customers share their technology impact stories. . They shared valuable insights that addressed the many challenges nonprofits are facing around smart tech adoption, content strategy, change management, and leadership.

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Five Leadership And Business Books To Read This Fall

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. Plus, there's five other lessons McBean teaches in the book.

Leadership

Leadership Business Captivate Brain

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

sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

Nonprofits show and share what worked, usually with tidy stories and charts. One story I encountered on my journey will forever make me sick to my stomach. What if the unexpected wasn’t seen as failure but as lessons to be shared? What if these stories could be collected and shared across the sector?

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Problem Skills Proposal Grant

Spring Break Leadership Book Recommendations

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 11, 2014

Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. Edited by Edward T. His advice?

Leadership

Leadership Captivate Brain Demographics

Five Must-Read Books For Your Spring To Read List

Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 2, 2015

Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. Edited by Edward T. His advice?

Captivate

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5 Books To Read This Fall

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 29, 2013

Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. Edited by Edward T. His advice? Authors are Alan S.

Captivate

Captivate Leadership Brain Story

5 Must-Read Books For Business Leaders For Summer 2013

Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 20, 2013

Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. Edited by Edward T. His advice?

Business

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Reflections from Networked Nonprofit Workshop for 300 People

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

I’ve constantly stretching myself to learn new techniques that help nonprofits embrace and effectively put social media strategies and tools into practice as well as address the change management issues of becoming a Networked Nonprofit. What Powers Learning: Sharing Experiences and Stories With Peers.

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Case Study: An Accidental Techie #FAIL Story

NTEN

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I had a pretty good handle on process modelling, but I glossed right over the critical change management aspect. Given the organization-wide scope of my proposed project, effective change management practices were key to the success of the project. What lessons did you learn from the process? It only took 2 years.)

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Case Study Studies Story Mali

Lots Of Lessons From Post-it Notes

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 21, 2010

Saturday, August 21, 2010 Lots Of Lessons From Post-it Notes There are lots of lessons tied to those canary yellow squares, called Post-it Notes -- how ideas and innovations can come from anyone on your team at any time. Do You Really Need To Read Leadership Books?

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Modernizing Government Legacy Systems

Forum One

AUGUST 17, 2021

Having a precise picture of your current state of systems will allow you to identify where there are inefficiencies so that you can make the necessary changes. Develop a change management plan. By starting small you are also able to create buy-in across internal teams through success stories and lessons learned.

Government

Government System Adopt Digital

Communicate Often And Tell A Story

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 14, 2010

Saturday, August 14, 2010 Communicate Often And Tell A Story "Most leaders visions fail, not due to a leaders inadequacies, but due to the leaders lack of communication," said Margaret Reynolds of Reynolds Consulting, LLC in Lees Summit, MO. Leaders need to communicate often, regularly and consistently," she recommended. "In

Communication

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How Will You Be Remembered As A Leader?

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 8, 2010

The answer to that question is likely going to be based on the valuable lessons you shared with those you led. The Kansas City Star newspaper recently featured a story about Marion Laboratories and its 60th anniversary. What lessons will you leave behind? But what you cannot do is get back the day you just lived.

Kansas City

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Enabling Program Staff to Become Digital Editors

NTEN

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Working for a large nonprofit focused on programs and services that have impact on peoples’ lives, we often find ourselves with great stories of inspiration to tell. The challenge is identifying ways for the staff, who are responsible for implementing programs of impact every day, to tell the organization’s stories.

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[VIDEO] How To Lead And Manage In Our New Nonprofit Work Reality

Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

And so one of the things that has been such a big lesson, and an aha, and also a gift is when I started putting people first and then getting to the goal once I understood how to get my folks motivated, activated, interested, and owning the work that they did, like the sky opened up. I thought that I was going to power down a little bit.

Management

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Let Employees Learn From Their Mistakes

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 3, 2010

Posted by Eric Jacobson at 9:04 PM Labels: General Management Skills , Management , Motivating Employees 1 comments: davidburkus said. One of my favorite anonymous manager stories. New employee messes up and losses $1 million. His boss calls him in. The employees asks if he'll be fired. The boss says, "Fire, You.I

Learning

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How Sports (Or Band) Can Make You A Better Leader

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

This lesson has been invaluable in my adult life. How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills This Week's Book Recommendation 3 Things Your Mission Statement Must Have Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place? Keys To Telling A Good Story In Your Presentations. How To Uncover The Real Reasons Your Employees Lea.

Mentoring

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What's The First Leadership Book You Would Give To A New Manager?

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 23, 2010

Clark, in a story-telling approach, takes the reader through a five-question test that is incredibly powerful. How To Help Your Employees Click More At Work Lessons From Good To Great How Will You Be Remembered As A Leader? Clarks compact, 100-page, The Leadership Test. What's The First Leadership Book You Would Give To.

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