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Best New Leadership Book Of 2023

Eric Jacobsen Blog

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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Strategies For Solving Your Toughest Leadership Problems

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Polman was constantly trying out new approaches with Unilever - entering into bold partnerships with competitors and watchdog organizations, shifting his senior leaders and board members to ensure diversity of thoughts and perspectives, getting rid of quarterly reporting to the analysts to avoid short term decision making.

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How To Embrace Creative Tensions To Solve Tough Problems

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Polman was constantly trying out new approaches with Unilever - entering into bold partnerships with competitors and watchdog organizations, shifting his senior leaders and board members to ensure diversity of thoughts and perspectives, getting rid of quarterly reporting to the analysts to avoid short term decision making.

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Six Critical Leadership Moments

Eric Jacobsen Blog

The book, Step Up , shows readers how to step up to the plate during six critical leadership moments. Take ownership when others are externalizing a problem. The book's two authors awhile back shared these insights with me: A Conversation with Henry Evans and Colm Foster, authors of Step Up What is a “leadership moment”?

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Stay the Course Through Changing Weather—Strategic Advice From Association CEOs 

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If you need proof that this profession boasts its share of innovators, read a few chapters of our Association 4.0 Their advice about strategy, leadership, and digital business is still ahead of its time. If your leadership style could use fine-tuning to meet the moment, consider this sampler of advice from our contributors.

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Book Review: Joan Garry’s Guide to Nonprofit Leadership

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

She has packed all that into her new book, “ Joan Garry’s Guide to Nonprofit Leadership.” The book covers some standard leadership and managerial topics, but in an unique entertaining way that only Joan Garry can deliver. The chapter includes a highly useful and practical guide to building a crisis management plan.

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Insights From The Authors Of The Leadership Book, Step Up

Eric Jacobsen Blog

The book, Step Up , shows readers how to step up to the plate during six critical leadership moments. Take ownership when others are externalizing a problem. The book's two authors awhile back shared these insights with me: A Conversation with Henry Evans and Colm Foster, authors of Step Up What is a “leadership moment”?