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Strategies For Solving Your Toughest Leadership Problems

Eric Jacobsen Blog

It will teach you how to navigate these types of paradoxes more effectively. How can I take care of myself while supporting others? How can I manage the core business while innovating for the future? then the new book, Both/And Thinking , by authors Wendy Smith and Marianne Lewis , is for you. If these initiatives worked, he stuck with them.

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Flashback: Best New Leadership Book Of 2015

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Friedman teaches that there are seven steps , based on human virtues we all strive to achieve, that are key to unlocking the power of a people-first culture : Patience. Capsulizes "Tips to Remember" for you at the end of each chapter. Complacency. Not guiding the troops. Holding on to toxic employees.

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This Week's Leadership Book To Read: The Leadership Challenge

Eric Jacobsen Blog

There is good reason why, The Leadership Challenge , book is now in its sixth addition. It expertly teaches you what to do as a leader to mobilize others to want to get extraordinary things done in your organization. Posner , call these The Ten Commitments of Exemplary Leadership. The authors, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z.

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Broken Crayons: What Happens When Nonprofit Leadership Fails Fundraisers of Color

Bloomerang

We knew when we showed up on day one as the new Chief Development Officer at your impactful nonprofit, leadership would be behind us. The job description clearly stated that nonprofit leadership values all employees and the unique contributions they bring to the organization. . Ironically enough, I chose Joy as my theme in the book.

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What To Do When You're New

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Being more introverted versus extroverted, the author's advice and teachings would have helped me during new jobs and after promotions, when relocating to new cities, when joining new clubs and organizations, and whenever I became a member of a new team. Each book chapter examines: Why the skill is important to your success.

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Seven Steps For Creating A People-First Culture For Your Company

Eric Jacobsen Blog

If you want to create a heart culture and a people-first culture at your workplace, read the book, Advisory Leadership , by Greg Friedman. Friedman teaches that there are seven steps , based on human virtues we all strive to achieve, that are key to unlocking the power of a people-first culture : Patience.

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Book Recommendation For Leaders: The Leadership Challenge

Eric Jacobsen Blog

There is good reason why, The Leadership Challenge , book is now in its sixth addition. It expertly teaches you what to do as a leader to mobilize others to want to get extraordinary things done in your organization. Posner , call these The Ten Commitments of Exemplary Leadership. The authors, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z.