Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

Best 2014 Leadership Book Best Leadership Books Chris Van Gorder Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Jossey-Bass Leadership Books The Front-Line Leader' So it’s a combination of personal attitude, proper preparation and a great employer. Find those and you will likely find success.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2014

Thanks to these incredibly talented individuals who published excellent content that taught me so much during 2014: Tanveer Naseer - Leadership Coach, Speaker & Writer. Tanveer writes timely, thought-provoking blog posts about leadership at least weekly. Each post is well worth the read. I Tweet nearly every one of his posts.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2014

On December 1 I''ll announce my vote for the best new leadership book of 2014. Stay tuned. It''s a great one. In the meantime, here''s a look back at my my top (favorite) books for leaders that were published in 2013. Each provides timely, practical and valuable tips, techniques and tools for how to become a more effective leader.

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Ed Batista

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Meditation Techniques for People Who Hate Meditation (Stephanie Vozza, Fast Company , 2014). 26 Scientifically Proven Superhuman Benefits of Meditation (Jon Brooks, ComfortPit , 2014). Arriving at Your Own Door: 108 Lessons in Mindfulness (Jon Kabat-Zinn, 2007). Eight weeks to a better brain (Sue McGreevy, The Harvard Gazette , 2011).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2013

With only two months left of 2013, it''s not too early to start identifying your New Year''s Resolutions for 2014. Perhaps write down five to ten and then between now and December 31, think about which couple you want to work on in 2014.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 6, 2014

One of the truths about leadership, not often talked about, is that when we become leaders we must begin to look at and see the world differently – at least if we want to be successful and effective. Following that idea, the obvious question is, what are the ways we need to look at the […].

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Flashback to this post from early 2015 : After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best new leadership book of 2014 is, The Front-Line Leader: Building a High-Performance Organization from the Ground Up , by Chris Van Gorder.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Flashback to this post from early 2015 : After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best leadership book for 2014 is, The Front-Line Leader: Building a High-Performance Organization from the Ground Up , by Chris Van Gorder.

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Michael McKinney

MARCH 4, 2024

In 2014, when the company’s market capitalization was $380 billion, this Microsoft veteran took over as CEO. Long-timers and new hires alike were deeply disillusioned by a caustic culture that was quick to assign blame and pitted employee against employee. With few wins in the ledger, the best and the brightest started to leave.

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Michael McKinney

APRIL 1, 2023

When McRaven retired in 2014, he had 37 years as a Navy SEAL under his belt, leading men and women at every level of the special operations community. McRaven The title “Bullfrog” is given to the Navy SEAL who has served the longest on active duty.

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Ed Batista

MARCH 5, 2023

Exercise for Busy People) Walking lifts your mood, even when you don't expect it to (Christian Jarrett, BPS Research Digest , 2016) The First 20 Minutes: Surprising Science Reveals How We Can Exercise Better, Train Smarter, Live Longer (Gretchen Reynolds) Need A Self-Control Boost? Get Outside (Jessica Stillman, Inc.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 26, 2021

In January 2014, I recorded the very first episode of Remarkable TV. And the episode below is our 365th episode – we haven’t missed a week since we started! That’s like recording and releasing a video every single day for year. And while that first video doesn’t look so great now (watch it here) – […].

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Ed Batista

MARCH 19, 2023

But, at the same time, the more we attain, the more we want, which negates the increased happiness. (

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Ed Batista

AUGUST 17, 2023

3] The Myths of Happiness: What Should Make You Happy, but Doesn't, What Shouldn't Make You Happy, but Does , page 120 (Sonja Lyubomirsky, 2014) [4] Ibid, page 132. Or in 2016 average wealth for the top 10 percent was $2.2 million, while for the top 1 percent it was $10.8 million, and for the top 0.1 percent it was over $50 million. [3]

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Help Scout Leadership

APRIL 29, 2021

For proof, compare this 2014 customer promise from Comcast — “We are committed to providing Comcast customers with a consistently superior customer experience” — to this recording from the same year.

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Alison Green

AUGUST 15, 2024

You had a different opinion when you answered this question in 2014 , but I’m wondering if your advice has changed in the last 10 years! Personally, I think it is unnecessary, particularly in our modern world of remote and hybrid jobs, and just introduces a potential safety issue. Yes, this has completely changed in the last 10 years!

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Forbes Leadership

APRIL 6, 2023

ABLE, which is an acronym for Achieving a Better Life Experience, came into existence by the passage of the eponymous Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2014. ABLE accounts are designed help those in the community save money for whatever is necessary.

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Forbes Leadership

JANUARY 2, 2023

Levinson was the quintessential CTO when he cofounded the autonomous vehicle startup Zoox in 2014. Now, as the Amazon unit prepares to launch its first robotaxi on city streets, he talks about what's next.

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Get Lighthouse

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

" #puppetconf — THE GAYMER AGENDA (@randileeharper) September 23, 2014. — Cameron L Morrissey (@ManagersDiary) April 8, 2014. — BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse (@bjsrestaurants) January 19, 2014. " [link] — Jason Evanish (@Evanish) June 30, 2014. "Take the first step in faith.

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Ed Batista

JULY 4, 2022

A Company Without Job Titles Will Still Have Hierarchies , Harvard Business Review, 2014). The Myths of Happiness: What Should Make You Happy, but Doesn't, What Shouldn't Make You Happy, but Does , pages 131-132 (Sonja Lyubomirsky, 2014). Zappos has quietly backed away from holacracy , Quartz at Work, 2020). [4] 8] Rajaram, 2017. [9]

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2013

"The first step is you have to say that you can." - Will Smith "Some people want it to happen. Some wish it would happen. Others make it happen." - Michael Jordan "There are only two options regarding commitment; you''re either in or you''re out.

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Ed Batista

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The Myths of Happiness: What Should Make You Happy, but Doesn't, What Shouldn't Make You Happy, but Does , pages 131-132 (Sonja Lyubomirsky, 2014). [3] The How of Happiness , pages 48-51 (Sonja Lyubomirsky, 2007). [2] 3] Conscious Competence in Practice. . Photo by Sam Beebe.

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Forbes Leadership

MAY 9, 2023

Datasembly, a Washington DC metro area company founded in 2014 by Ben Reich and Dan Gallagher, was created to provide real-time, hyper local consumer spending data for every product in every store.

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Michael McKinney

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Source: Why Walking Helps Us Think , The New Yorker , September 3, 2014. * * *. Walking organizes the world around us; writing organizes our thoughts. Ultimately, maps like the one that Nabokov drew are recursive: they are maps of maps.”. Look for these ideas every Thursday on the Leading Blog.

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AIHR

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The termination rate jumped from about 2% in 2014 to almost 5% in 2015. First, we see that a spike in layoffs occur in 2014–15, compared with no layoffs before 2014. Of those employees under 65, male employees 60 years or older left the company, many as layoffs in 2014–15. library (ggplot2) ggplot() + geom_bar(aes(y =.count.,x

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Forbes Leadership

MAY 9, 2023

Beverly Hills mayor, Lilli Bose and best-selling author, Angella Nazrian founded Visionary Women in 2014 to inspire, empower, and mentor women to become leaders in their fields and communities.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Flashback to this post from early 2015 : After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best is the book, The Front-Line Leader: Building a High-Performance Organization from the Ground Up , by Chris Van Gorder.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 14, 2015

The April 2014 issue of Inc. magazine featured a fascinating list of 35 questions from business owners, entrepreneurs and management thinkers. Each offered the one question they would ask to move a company forward. From the list, my favorites are : Are we relevant? Will we be relevant five years from now?

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Forbes Leadership

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

I got my first glimpse at the power of venture capital in 2014, when I started covering technology as a reporter in Indianapolis. And there weren't many Black folks near that power.

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Tanveer Nasser

APRIL 7, 2020

In fact, since 2014, Bonnie has been recognized by Global Gurus as one of the top 30 coaches in the world. In fact, since 2014, Bonnie has been recognized by Global Gurus as one of the top 30 coaches in the world.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Rick Lindquist Millennial Rick Lindquist is making his mark in the business world and enjoying the success of his co-authored 2014 bestseller book, The End of Employer-Provided Health Insurance. We decided to write the book in July 2014 and had a deadline of November 2014, which is when open enrollment happens for individual health insurance.

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Association Now Leadership

MARCH 8, 2023

According to a 2014 article from Harvard Business Review , there are signs that CQ can help lead to better decision making: First, individuals with higher CQ are generally more tolerant of ambiguity. Why Is It Effective?

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Ed Batista

JULY 6, 2024

6] Getting to "Us" (George Halvorson, Harvard Business Review , 2014). For more on social identity theory: Experiments in Intergroup Discrimination (Henri Tajfel, Scientific American , 1970) and Social Identity Theory (Gazi Islam, Encyclopedia of Critical Psychology , 2014) [7] Startup Leadership: A Greater Us Photo by Rhys Asplundh.

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Ed Batista

JUNE 1, 2024

7] For more on the relationship between lifespan and happiness, see Subjective Well-being and Longevity: A Cotwin Control Study (Michael Sadler, Christopher Miller, Kaare Christensen and Matt McGue, National Institutes of Health, 2011). [8] 8] The Optimum Level of Well-Being: Can People Be Too Happy?

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Association Now Leadership

MAY 30, 2022

According to a 2014 article from Harvard Business Review , there are signs that CQ can help lead to better decision making: First, individuals with higher CQ are generally more tolerant of ambiguity. Why Is It Effective?

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UVA Darden

AUGUST 9, 2024

Indeed, when Nadella was appointed CEO in February 2014, the company’s market cap was around $300 billion. As he notes in the book, when Nadella was named CEO in 2014 (just the third person to lead Microsoft), he knew better than almost anyone that his company needed a hard pivot toward cloud computing and mobile technology. “To

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2013

With only a couple weeks left of 2013, it''s time to select your New Year''s Resolutions for 2014. To get you started, how about selecting one or more of these 70 New Year''s resolutions for leaders ?

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