Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 15, 2024

“The fact is that most companies are structured to maximize efficiency and minimize risk, resulting in an environment that ultimately prevents meaningful innovations,” explains Elliott Parker , author of the new book, The Illusion of Innovation. He further maintains that we need scaled corporations to recover their problem-solving capacity.

Environment 85

Environment Structure Sound Adopt 85

.orgSource

MARCH 11, 2024

The answers to straightforward questions will typically indicate whether an applicant is technically qualified. We do phone screening followed by three waves of interviews with teammates from different cross sections of the company. More than 88 percent of Fortune 500 companies in 115 countries use the MBTI.

Team 221

Team Build Skills Interview 221

sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2021

That leaves a void that companies can help fill for employees impacted by disaster and hardship – and how quickly they can provide that support makes all the difference. Companies of all sizes wrestle with questions such as: How do you ensure your company is prepared to lend a hand when the unexpected happens?

Disaster 89

Disaster Companies Time Support 89

NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

While technology for nonprofits is a win for nonprofits, a question exists about what shapes this technology’s development. This choice in the market can run counter to the relationships between nonprofits and large software companies and their ecosystems. What if a competitor’s tool is simply better?

Problem 62

Problem Data API Global 62

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2023

“Only you , as a senior leader, have the power to direct your company to continuous and sustainable success,” says Scott K. By reading the book, you'll learn how to ensure growth strategy is aligned at every level of your company, from boardroom initiatives to daily customer interaction. His book explains why that is true.

Issue 89

Issue Leadership Stream Demonstration 89

Whole Whale

APRIL 13, 2022

Questions to ask a potential vendor (PDF). Questions to ask Vendors. You want to avoid an agency where every problem looks like the perfect nail for their hammer. Do they have a relationship with hosting companies? The post Questions to Ask During the RFP Process appeared first on Whole Whale. References (1<5).

Process 52

Process Question Proposal PDF 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

An Open letter to Crowdfunding Companies from the California Association of Nonprofits. During the past year we have also had a chance to speak with some crowdfunding companies directly. Donors should have access to customer support to deal with questions and problems. Jan Masaoka’s guest post provides more details.

California 99

California Companies Associations Open 99

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 17, 2024

Martin Recently, Martin answered these questions: Question: What is the secret about strategy that no one tells you? Question: In your book, you write that if you feel comfortable with your strategic plan, there’s a strong chance it isn’t very good. Martin : Strategy and planning are entirely different.

Business 89

Business Model Chapter Strategy 89

EveryAction

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

When I asked her to describe the problem, here’s what she said: I’ve never done this before, and I feel like I’m making it up as I go along. The CRM providers have questions that I can’t answer. Lisa was losing confidence in herself—but the RFP process she was using was the real cause of her problems.

Process 194

Process Proposal Nonprofit Software 194

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

In it, th ey share a unique, engaging and hands-on playbook developed from their work with companies from Uber to Riot Games to Walmart. That approach is: Monday: Identify the real problem holding you back – Far too often, companies don’t tackle the root issues but instead focus on surface problems that mask what’s really going on.

France 58

France Leadership Articulate Problem 58

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

This book is the result of what we have learned teaching leadership and business acumen classes to rising and senior leaders at Fortune 500 companies for twenty years,” share authors Nathan Kracklauer and Bjorn Billhardt. I found this concept difficult -- does the problem lie with me?" Model cooperative behavior.

Skills 92

Skills Learning Knowledge Leadership 92

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 17, 2021

By Brian Greenwald , Nonprofit Superfan at Generate_Impact – a human-centered technology services company focused solely on celebrating and serving humanitarian, social impact and sustainability organizations and causes. And if you get it wrong, your tech will create more problems than it solves. But there is a catch.

Tech 362

Tech Team Sharepoint Nonprofit 362

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

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 (..)

Mentoring 96

Mentoring Policy Review Technique 96

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 30, 2021

By Brian Greenwald , Nonprofit Superfan at Generate_Impact – a human-centered technology services company focused solely on celebrating and serving humanitarian, social impact, sustainability and for-profit-for-good organizations and causes. Your people can help answer critical questions: Are we solving the right problem?

Tech 271

Tech Project Phase Adopt 271

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

A company is only as good as its people. It takes a confident leader to invest a larger chunk of time exploring the right question to frame the challenge. As Albert Einstein espoused: “If I had an hour to solve a problem, I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and five minutes thinking about solutions.”

Leadership 92

Leadership Evaluation Brain Business 92

.orgSource

JUNE 25, 2023

If performance issues have been a problem, keep an open mind. Fortunately, subpar technology is a problem that can be fixed. David Caruso, whose company HighRoad Solutions, has been remote since 2005, made this insightful observation about productivity. “I Questions can cover the seven areas listed in the goals section above.

Team 221

Team Evaluation Attitude Interview 221

Qgiv

JULY 28, 2021

Mike Montalto is amplifi’s Marketing Manager and has been with the company for over three years. So, here are four common questions about mobile fundraising your data can help you answer: Will donors give through text? That’s a fair question. Social media gives you the opportunity to share your appeal story in a new way.

Mobile 52

Mobile Question Data Help 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

With simple steps, Zani (a former US Olympic sailing team coach) shows how companies of any size can collect and analyze voluntary data about their employees to purposefully align a company’s business and talent strategies. Create a company culture based on coaching versus dictating. It solves problems. It innovates.

Team 58

Team Companies Awareness Teach 58

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 11, 2018

Unfortunately, even when business leaders know they need to make changes at their company, many struggle with how to start making that change. Ask these questions and take these steps: What is your company's mission statement? Do employees believe the company is committed to this mission? Author David S.

Companies 49

Companies Change Time Articulate 49

Gyrus

AUGUST 9, 2017

When Selecting an LMS – Small Company vs Big Corporation? So it doesn’t come as a surprise when it’s time to choose a company/vendor to satisfy our needs, bigger is better. It is this impatience that can lead to business decisions that can affect the success of a companies’ future. ‘Think Big!’

Companies 58

Companies Retention Product Service 58

Blue Avocado

MARCH 12, 2024

One of the questions I’m often asked is: “How do I find grants?” But I don’t hear the more important question: “How do I know the grant is right for me?” First, let’s start with the most basic question. Corporate foundations — These foundations are associated with a company and will also have a 990 you can review.

Grant 91

Grant Award Fundraising Fund 91

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

It offers proven, actionable approaches for any company, organization, or community to navigate through that entity’s most pressing challenges. It can be unfamiliar and uncomfortable, but in a culture where everyone leads, organizations start to make progress on their most difficult problems,” explain the authors. Don’t get us wrong.

Leadership 87

Leadership Kansas Authoring Chapter 87

.orgSource

APRIL 17, 2023

Summit makes short work of analyzing plenty of tough problems. Applying reflection, reasoning, and individual experience to problem-solving is not part of the Summit supercomputer program, but it is an approach that is invaluable in making advantageous business decisions. quadrillion floating-point operations per second.

Skills 221

Skills Collaboration Communication Classroom 221

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

That’s why companies with the best retention, morale, and productivity are led by leaders with heart. They communicate bad news early so it doesn’t become a larger problem. When we started writing, we were inspired by the question: What separates truly transformational leaders from the rest of the pack?

Gift 58

Gift Culture Companies Conversation 58

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to attract corporate matching gifts: Dear Charity Clairity, I have a question about how to attract corporate matching gifts. But they need your support and guidance.

Gift 92

Gift Practice Companies Benefit 92

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

You can ask yourself at a minimum these questions as you formulate your CPS: What do we deeply care about as an organization, both internally and externally? Matt Mayberry Mayberry shares these additional insights with us: Question: A recent Glassdoor survey found +50% of employees said work culture is more important than pay.

Culture 69

Culture Classes Build Lesson 69

.orgSource

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Imagine you’re teed up for a jackpot question on Jeopardy. We were perfectly positioned to contract with experts who could solve these complex problems for our customers.” A 2019 Harvard Business Review article highlighted 20 well-known companies that have transformed their mission and purpose over the last decade.

Voice 221

Voice Associations Culture Environment 221

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2022

The book is divided into three sections: The first section includes: A focus on how and why women tend to build strong companies, staring with the structural challenges they must overcome to raise venture capital and scale their businesses. The second section primarily includes: How women tackle complex problems.

Leadership 67

Leadership Benchmark Story Structure 67

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 30, 2023

Having conducted extensive field research, Ranjay Gulati , author of the book, Deep Purpose , The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies , reveals the fatal mistakes leaders unwittingly make when attempting to implement a reason for being. “My In reality, some companies have indeed used the idea of “purpose” to mask nefarious conduct.

Companies 59

Companies Culture Generation Question 59

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

You can ask yourself at a minimum these questions as you formulate your CPS: What do we deeply care about as an organization, both internally and externally? Matt Mayberry Earlier this year, Mayberry shared these additional insights: Question: A recent Glassdoor survey found +50% of employees said work culture is more important than pay.

Culture 87

Culture Build Impact Lesson 87

The Storytelling Non-profit

APRIL 18, 2022

A problem or conflict in a story naturally builds a case for giving. Conflict demonstrates a clear problem that donors can solve by making a donation. For example, let’s say you’re a local children’s theater company. Both of these are examples of problems (i.e. What’s the conflict in this scenario?

Storytelling 80

Storytelling Profit Articulate Arts 80

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 17, 2024

Here is a book that provides workplace leaders an urgently needed methodology for helping companies to reduce worker loneliness, and it delivers a blueprint for building strong, high-performing workplace teams. Question: With so many workforces working from home what can leaders do to lessen worker loneliness?

Team 74

Team Authoring Statistics Life 74

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Suppressing your uncertainties, impressions, or questions to try to appear like you always know what you’re doing. Leaders inspire their staff to ask questions, share creative ideas that may seem unconventional, and discover different ways of seeing the world—and they lead the way. Are you stuck in chronic performance?

Learning 94

Learning Free Reflection Model 94

Nucleus

MARCH 2, 2021

Excerpted from “Why Is It So Hard to Become a Data-Driven Company?” A newly released executive survey revealed that 99% of major American companies invested last year in data and analytics, and 91.9% Conclusion and Next Steps It’s worth noting that companies have made great progress over the course of the past decade.

Associations 130

Associations Data Analytics Culture 130

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Having conducted extensive field research, Ranjay Gulati , author of the book, Deep Purpose , The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies , reveals the fatal mistakes leaders unwittingly make when attempting to implement a reason for being. “My In reality, some companies have indeed used the idea of “purpose” to mask nefarious conduct.

Companies 74

Companies Culture Generation Question 74

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 29, 2022

That’s why companies with the best retention, morale, and productivity are led by leaders with heart. They communicate bad news early so it doesn’t become a larger problem. When we started writing, we were inspired by the question: What separates truly transformational leaders from the rest of the pack?

Gift 80

Gift Culture Companies Conversation 80

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

Look for new ways of reinventing the workflow in light of your company's changing needs. Realize that people can tell more about you by the depth of your questions than by the quality of your statements. Separate the people from the problem. Always provide two solutions for each question you ask or suggestion you raise.

Mentoring 69

Mentoring Brain Advice Relationship 69