Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Each year, after reading and reviewing dozens of new leadership books, I select my pick for the year's best new leadership book. For 2023, after reading nearly 40 leadership books, my pick for this year’s best new leadership book is When Everyone Leads. Leadership is interactive, risky, and experimental.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 24, 2023

What’s the first lesson of Leadership 101? Be the change. And, without self-awareness, it’s impossible to be a role model for others. “ Discover Yourself Both views are important for leaders who want to create positive cultures and strong teams. You can’t rely on staffers in your organization to fill this role.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 12, 2022

We all understand that technology has changed business. These are telltale signs: Your strategy has changed. No matter how expertly executed, switching roles and responsibilities is disruptive. Every change doesn’t need to happen at once. At Zappos, this arrangement is designed to reflect the company’s values and culture.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 14, 2024

In her previous role, Sue had limited interaction with other teams in the organization. The key to leadership in the digital age is empathy. “The key to leadership in the digital age is empathy. The digital age is all about leadership. They represent preferences that may grow and change with experience.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The ability to understand and manage your own emotions as well as those of volunteers, employees, and other constituents, is an indispensable quality for leadership in this people-centric environment. Right now, there is a deficit of trust across social, governmental, and cultural organizations.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Understanding the challenges BIPOC leadership face in the nonprofit sector One of the primary challenges BIPOC leaders face is limited access to funding.As This plays a crucial role in setting the direction and strategy of an organization, and can help to ensure that the organization is serving the needs of the community.

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.orgSource

MARCH 20, 2023

Unfortunately, despite the hefty price tag, the mechanics are meaningless without the philosophy, strategy, and culture that maximizes those tools. In a July 2022 article , Accenture reported that 88 percent of executives thought their customers were changing faster than the company’s ability to keep pace.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

If you are interested in exploring organizational trust on a deeper level, join us on March 2 for the.orgCommunity Leadership ColLAB at the OLC Education and Conference Center in Rosemont, IL. Although 73% of participants agreed that accelerating trends would require fundamental changes in the roles of associations.

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.orgSource

MAY 29, 2023

Revelio Labs’ 2023 report on the state of DEI and the impact of last year’s layoffs, found that DEI-focused roles “experienced a nearly 40% churn rate at companies engaged in layoffs, as compared to about 24% for non-DEI roles.” Low commitment from senior leadership and volunteers. People are fearful of change.

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Bloomerang

MAY 17, 2021

If you’re a fundraiser bemoaning the lack of your nonprofit’s culture of philanthropy , you don’t get off that easily. . A Nonprofit’s Culture of Philanthropy: Who’s Job is it? . And if I found myself in a job where I couldn’t instill a culture of philanthropy over a reasonable period of time, I’d fire myself (and I have).

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 25, 2022

For most modern businesses, technology is the engine of transformative change, driving companies toward profit. Many high-level decision-makers understand the role of ethics in technology, particularly as it relates to artificial intelligence, machine learning, and predictive analytics. Implementing Ethics In Company Culture.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 16, 2022

If you want to create a heart culture and a people-first culture at your workplace, read the book, Advisory Leadership , by Greg Friedman. And, what exactly is heart culture ? Friedman says, "At its core, heart culture symbolizes how a company values more than just an employee's output. Honesty and Integrity.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 5, 2024

Many board members step into their roles with the best intentions, but let’s face it: they’re often woefully inexperienced. The challenges don’t stop there—how about handling successful leadership transitions? There’s no role quite as demanding or lonelier than an ED. Engage an executive or leadership coach. It’s a lot.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Knowledge work is growing because it sits at an important intersection between grantmaking and equitable change. Whether you are working within a funding organization or on the ground in social change, developing an effective knowledge practice will help to advance strategic missions and goals. Fast forward to today….

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 1, 2021

If you want to create a heart culture and a people-first culture at your workplace, read the book, Advisory Leadership , by Greg Friedman. And, what exactly is heart culture ? Friedman says, "At its core, heart culture symbolizes how a company values more than just an employee's output. Honesty and Integrity.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

“No matter your title, or how advanced you already consider yourself to be as an inclusive leader, I believe this book will help you evolve and motivate you to take action,” says Jennifer Brown about her book, How To be An Inclusive Leader: Your Role In Creating Cultures Of Belonging Where Everyone Can Thrive.

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.orgSource

MARCH 18, 2024

She was talking about how unprepared we were for the dramatic changes we experienced. Both are steeped in the world of associations and are avid students of strategy, business, and culture beyond this industry. Change Without Changing “AAHA has been around for 90 years,” Garth notes. That’s a major change.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2020

And, what exactly is heart culture ? Friedman says, "At its core, heart culture symbolizes how a company values more than just an employee's output. He further explains that leaders can no longer afford to ignore the shift toward a people-first culture and its direct influence on a healthy, effective work environment.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 7, 2021

If you want to create a heart culture and a people-first culture at your workplace, read the book, Advisory Leadership , by Greg Friedman. And, what exactly is heart culture ? Friedman says, "At its core, heart culture symbolizes how a company values more than just an employee's output. Honesty and Integrity.

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Forum One

JUNE 11, 2024

With previous leadership roles at Blue State and Merkle’s nonprofit practice, Stewart has played a key role in winning business and catalyzing effective growth. “We Stewart’s strategic leadership position involves close collaboration with the CEO and executive team to drive organizational growth and success.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2022

Fundraising teams at the eye of the pandemic storm have experienced an eye-watering pace of change the past two years. The pandemic changed how nonprofits fundraised from various income streams and channels they deployed. Continued changes to fundraising and marketing, as in so many other spheres, is set to continue.

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.orgSource

MARCH 28, 2023

We were living in the midst of cultural, technological, and economic instability long before the pandemic. It gives you some control when the external environment is rapidly changing, and people are looking to you for leadership. But, according to Sharon, leadership is the bottom line. But COVID reinforced that lesson.

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Nimble AMS

MAY 28, 2024

Navigating change and effectively communicating with your teams during the process will determine success and avoid the challenges. Here’s how you can apply this principle to your leadership: 1. Without a strategic vision on where you’re going, it will be impossible to get there!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 19, 2020

If you want to create a heart culture and a people-first culture at your workplace, read the book, Advisory Leadership , by Greg Friedman. And, what exactly is heart culture ? Friedman says, "At its core, heart culture symbolizes how a company values more than just an employee's output. Honesty and Integrity.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2020

If you want to create a heart culture and a people-first culture at your workplace, read the book, Advisory Leadership , by Greg Friedman. And, what exactly is heart culture ? Friedman says, "At its core, heart culture symbolizes how a company values more than just an employee's output. Honesty and Integrity.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The faces change, but the concepts are entrenched. Our board’s primary role is fiduciary, and they also guide our strategy. Leaders and decision-makers should reflect those changes. Although diversity, equity, and inclusion have been on SAA’s agenda for a long time, it is a huge change that many groups need to address.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2022

posted by Kurtis Espino Spring 2021 Alumnus, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management. Investing in a program evaluation department helped the leadership team develop a clear strategy with their first strategic plan. While evaluation is a helpful step, building a culture of innovation is equally impactful.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 26, 2022

In truth, doing hard things and making difficult decisions is often the most compassionate thing to do,” explain the authors of the timely and compelling new book, Compassionate Leadership: How to Do Hard Things in a Human Way. But it is done with the intention that helping them change will ultimately lead to better outcomes for everyone.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 11, 2022

What does it take for women to flourish in leadership roles today? Answering that question is what three authors set out to explore in the new book, Arrive And Thrive: 7 Impactful Practices for Women Navigating Leadership , written by Susan MacKenty Brady , Janet Foutty and Lynn Perry Wooten. Do you know how to ask for it?

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Candid

JANUARY 11, 2023

Whether you’re looking to level up your fundraising skills, invest in innovation, improve your nonprofit’s culture, or take better care of your colleagues and yourself, these 15 books can help you make the difference you desire this year. Innovation for Social Change: How Wildly Successful Nonprofits Inspire and Deliver Results by Leah Kral.

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

The collective knowledge of our Leadership Council makes the Classy Awards a distinction unlike any other. Our Leadership Council incorporates a diverse array of expertise and cause affiliations with representation from nonprofit organizations, corporations, foundations, academic institutions, and many more. Academic Institutions.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 30, 2019

posted by Karen Kormendy Spring 2019 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. Marcia Mintz, the CEO of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Phoenix (BGCMP), defined a high-performance culture as, “When everybody at every level understands where their role fits into the organization and the plan to get where they want to go.”.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 22, 2022

posted by Brittney Riedinger Fall 2021 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management. The lack of diversity in our country’s leadership has become a topic of scrutiny in recent years, and the nonprofit sector is not exempt from the problem. Illustration by Yuxin Qin. Disparities in access to mentorship programs.

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VQ Strategies

OCTOBER 7, 2022

This is precisely why some hospitals retain an auxiliary to run the gift shop, while also maintaining an entirely separate volunteer corps, managed by staff, to fill patient care roles. A Path to Change. Using data from their own assessments and from the field, they are making the case for change to staff and to volunteers.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

However, new KcKinsey research reveals that this outdated perspective needs to change and that well-developed managers are the strategy that companies must prioritize to succeed today,” they add. The authors define middle managers as the people who are at least once removed from the front line and at least a layer below the senior leadership.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 9, 2018

And, what exactly is heart culture ? Friedman says, "At its core, heart culture symbolizes how a company values more than just an employee's output. He further explains that leaders can no longer afford to ignore the shift toward a people-first culture and its direct influence on a healthy, effective work environment.

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M+R

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

It’s a moment to boldly lean into advocacy, embracing it as a powerful tool for change and cultural disruption. And nonprofits simply cannot effectively do their work if the conditions in which they are fighting for change are fundamentally corrupted. But, now is not the time to retreat. After all, what’s the alternative?

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