Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 26, 2022

Amp It Up , by Frank Slootman , shows you how to transform an organization for maximum growth and scale. Amp It Up is ideal for executives, entrepreneurs, founders, managers, and leaders of all kinds. Thank you to the book’s publisher for sending me an advance copy of the book.

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15Five

JUNE 20, 2024

Traditional performance management has long been a top-down process, where employees would meet with their manager one to four times a year. This mostly involved managers talking “ at them” about their strengths, weaknesses, and where they needed to improve before the next review. So why continuous performance management?

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Michael McKinney

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Despite its perceived importance, for the most part, companies have a miserable track record when it comes to managing their people. Companies consistently get culture wrong because they go about assessing it, and attempting to manage it from the top-down, not the bottom-up. But what does this mean?

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15Five

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Performance management isn’t an annual endeavor, it’s a continuous need. Recently, at Thrive by 15Five, I had the pleasure of engaging in a fireside chat on performance management with Ben Douglas , the SVP of Human Resources at Advantage Forbes Books. Ben and I discussed how to change that.

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Peter Winick

MAY 20, 2024

In this episode of Leveraging Thought Leadership, host Bill Sherman engages with Steve Wunker, Managing Director of New Market Advisors and co-author of the groundbreaking book The Innovative Leader: Step-By-Step Lessons from Top Innovators for You and Your Organization. No, really. Who is your intended audience today?

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Peter Winick

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

What Every Author Needs to Know About Protecting Their Rights and Marketing Their Book In this episode, Michael Jenet shares his journey from author, on the brink of losing the rights to their own book, to publisher ensuring what happened to him, never happens to another author. What happens when your publisher holds your book hostage?

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Peter Winick

JULY 29, 2024

Essential Strategies for Leading Innovation Teams A conversation with Jon Cagan and Peter Boatwright about bringing unique management skills to highly talented teams to increase innovation and productivity. Peter and Jon are the co-authors of “Managing the Unmanageable: 13 Tips for Building and Leading a Successful Innovation Team.”

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Peter Winick

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Moving beyond theoretical discussions, Winick and Sherman explore the practicalities of scaling thought leadership within corporate landscapes. When scaling our thought leadership for the enterprise level don’t get fixated with the end-user. Peter Winick: People that have the scales and the model and all those things might not.

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Mike Griffiths

MAY 30, 2021

It has been 10 years since the PMI-ACP exam was created, and I published my PMI-ACP Exam Prep book. In addition to an agnostic understanding of Lean, Kanban, Scrum and other agile approaches, we also agreed people should know about the basics of servant leadership, conflict management, team decision making, and coaching.

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Mike Griffiths

JUNE 9, 2019

This is where product development books can help. As I was working with clients experiencing the transition from projects to products I was lucky to engage with several authors of product-first, #NoProjects books and chat about the challenge areas and potential solutions. Where did all the project managers go? October 2018.

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Peter Winick

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

She offers actionable insights for leaders on managing change effectively, building resilient teams, and understanding the natural resistance to change within organizations. Her book, From Stressed to Resilient: The Guide to Handle More and Feel It Less, serves as a roadmap for individuals and teams seeking to enhance their resilience.

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AIHR

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The majority ( 99% ) of hiring managers who have received interview training say they truly needed it. That’s why your hiring managers must know how to interview candidates properly, with minimal bias, and ensure that even unsuccessful candidates have a positive experience. Contents What is interview training for hiring managers?

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Ed Batista

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Management as a concept seems to have fallen into disrepute. In a recent essay Paul Graham described "manager mode" as the unpalatable alternative to "founder mode." As Airbnb grew, well-meaning people advised him that he had to run the company in a certain way for it to scale. 1] So Graham isn't criticizing actual management.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The book, What a Unicorn Knows , offers a field-tested approach to delivering superior customer value and reaching unicorn status by removing the potential inhibitors to organizational scale and speed. Thank you to the book’s publisher for sending me an advance copy of the book.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Now is a perfect time to read the leadership book, Leading With Gratitude , by authors Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton. The book provides managers and executives with easy ways to add more gratitude to the everyday work environment to help bolster moral, efficiency, and profitability.

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Peter Winick

APRIL 8, 2024

Joining him is Anton Skornyakov, the Managing Director and co-founder of Agile.Coach, who brings a wealth of knowledge from his diverse background in mathematics, physics, and teaching Scrum methodologies. Anton’s journey from training to writing his book reflects his commitment to validating ideas through real-world applications.

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Peter Winick

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Why Staying Connected to Practitioners Keeps Thought Leadership Relevant Robert Gordon shares his journey from supply chain management in the cruise industry to becoming an academic thought leader. He’s also an expert in supply chain and project management. I have authored a couple of books. Robert Gordon. Yes, absolutely.

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Get Lighthouse

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

"I'm pretty confident in my ability to be a good manager, but a lot of it is instinct.I'm not sure I can teach that to others.". Many of the senior leaders I've spoken to find that they face a whole new set of challenges when they become a manager of managers. How to make other managers successful, too.

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Peter Winick

MAY 8, 2024

In this episode of the Thought Leadership Leverage podcast, host Peter Winick sits down with Robert Hargrove, founder and CEO of Masterful Coaching, co-founder of the Harvard Leadership Project, and author often influential books, including “Masterful Coaching.”

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 25, 2024

From the book, Mastering the Challenges of Leading Change , comes this useful checklist from author H. Dallas recommends that each question should be graded on a scale of 1 to 3, with 3 being the best. Is the person getting exposure to executive management? Does the person seek out and seriously consider advice?

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Peter Winick

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Bryan shares how he transformed a volunteer blogging stint at “The Institute of Food Technologists” into a platform that attracted the attention of Callisto Publishing, culminating in a book deal. Le’s journey into thought leadership began with a volunteer blogging opportunity that eventually led to a book deal.

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Peter Winick

DECEMBER 22, 2022

For decades, businesses have used a “command and control” method of leadership, a top-down authoritative approach that gives privilege and power only to senior management. Stephen’s newest book Trust and Inspire, offers a new way to lead that is based on today’s workers and workplace. Stephen M.R. Covey Yeah, absolutely.

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Peter Winick

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

But when I talk about data governance, I’m talking about your strategy to manage the people, processes and tools that help you govern big data at scale. Your job is to come up with a strategy for how your organization is going to manage its data at a high level. You need data quality standards.

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15Five

APRIL 4, 2024

Some businesses lean on their HR Information System (HRIS) to fulfill all of the needs of HR leaders, including gathering insights into employee performance… but an HRIS on its own is ill-equipped to manage the demands of effective performance management. HRIS platform vs. performance management system: what’s the difference?

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Eric Jacobson

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.

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15Five

AUGUST 4, 2022

Click here to book a demo ! They were trying to use their HRIS to track performance objectives, but it was manual, clunky, and lacking several important features: Not intuitive for managers No ability to see a roll-up view of goals Minimal reporting No visibility or connection to weekly check-ins Difficult to update and easy to forget.

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Peter Winick

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

An interview with Stephen “Shed” Shedletzky about developing his own content, writing a book, and the future of Speak-Up Culture. Three Key Takeaways: · Business books are written for two reasons. Or you are so bad at it that you need to write a book to fix it. And is it worth it? Yeah exactly.

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Peter Winick

MAY 13, 2024

Science, Space, and Why It’s Not So Simple to Build a Colony on Mars A conversation with Kelly and Zach Weinersmith about the reasons, research, and humor that went into writing their book. ” —a book that raises tough questions about the feasibility and ethics of colonizing new worlds.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 3, 2022

Now is a perfect time to read the leadership book, Leading With Gratitude , by authors Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton. Published in 2020, the book provides managers and executives with easy ways to add more gratitude to the everyday work environment to help bolster moral, efficiency, and profitability.

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15Five

JANUARY 25, 2023

Today, we’ll explain the 5 major types of employee turnover, and share ways to manage all of them. Managing voluntary turnover Communication, transparency, and trust are critical to reducing voluntary turnover. Managing involuntary turnover Reduce involuntary turnover by investing more time and energy into hiring the right people.

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Eric Jacobson

APRIL 22, 2024

Fortunately, according to Dr. Kandi Wiens , author of the new book, Burnout Immunity , you can learn how to build immunity to burnout. Managing yourself. Managing relationships. Manage your stress triggers and response and tap into moments of good stress. Management your mindset. Understanding others.

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Michael McKinney

MAY 6, 2024

Although most C-suite executives, mid-level managers, and data practitioners aren’t AI experts — no one is at this pace of change — they shouldn’t implement AI for the sake of implementing AI. Use the principle of “thinking big, starting small, and scaling quickly.” When transitioning to scaling, avoid analysis paralysis at all costs.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

“Experiential Intelligence provides a new lens from which to view what makes you, you—and what makes your team and organization unique,” says Soren Kaplan , author of the book, Experiential Intelligence. Book chapters 1—3 outline what Experiential Intelligence is, why it’s so important today, and how it relates to IQ and EQ.

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Peter Winick

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Lori shares her insights on bringing about large-scale business changes, from building momentum to bringing people on-board with the shift in mindset. Lori has guided many businesses and leaders through this kind of process, and has learned a great deal about organizations undergoing large-scale change. You don’t manage people.

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Andrew Chen

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Hi readers, I’m so, so excited that my upcoming book is dropping in one week, on December 7!! The Cold Start Problem , as the book is called, is about the secret that drives many of tech’s most successful products. The Hard Side of a network is, by definition, hard to scale. The other side of the network will follow.

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Get Lighthouse

MAY 1, 2022

Looking for tips for getting started as a first-time manager? Ever thought about becoming a manager? Becoming a manager opens a whole new world of opportunity. Whether you just started thinking about becoming a manager, or have known you've wanted to be one for a while, we're here to help you. (Already got the role?

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

This is what bestselling author, Marcus Buckingham , explains in his book, Love + Work. Therefore, the need for Buckingham’s new book. A book that guides readers on how to center love in their lives and fend off common pitfalls tempting them off their path. You've long been told to ‘Do what you love,’ shares Buckingham.

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