Man (or Woman) Up! Curing the Epidemic of Weak Leadership
May 5 Carolann Jacobs on May 5th, 2010
This morning I was attending the Young Women Executives Forum at the Tower Club, and today’s topic was Conflict Management. This is a topic that I hit with my coaching clients 100% of the time. We all have a default mode for dealing with conflict. Some people use the “my way or the highway” approach. [...]
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Managewhich as Leader in Trying Times
Nov 17 Carolann Jacobs on November 17th, 2009
Team, Here’s an excerpt from “Breakthrough Leadership” by Wayne Baker at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business. As you read it, I encourage you to think about how you can create this for the people who work with and for you. “Extraordinary events–positive or negative–are temporary openings for breakthroughs in personal [...]
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When Honesty = Lack of Maturity
Jun 9 Carolann Jacobs on June 9th, 2009
A long time ago, far, far away, I was sitting in my SVP’s office having a one on one. I suppose his leadership coach told him that’s what he needed to do to connect with the up-and-coming leaders, or whatever they wanted to call those of us who were on the fast track. My supposition [...]
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How to Keep the Feedback Conversation Out of the Ditch (Part 4 of The Fact & the Fundamental Lie)
Jun 3 Carolann Jacobs on June 3rd, 2009
Recapping parts 1-3… Janice* runs the governance group for her company, and Rhonda* works for Janice in that group. Over the course of time, Janice has developed a healthty distrust of Rhonda, although she’s never addressed it directly with Rhonda. Anyone with two eyes and half an ear can observe that something isn’t right in [...]
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The Best Leadership Book
May 22 Carolann Jacobs on May 22nd, 2009
Randy Pausch wrote his book The Last Lecture partly as a way to leave a legacy to his children when he knew that he would not live to see them grow up. Ironically, had he not had the pancreatic cancer that took his life, most of us would never have known this computer science engineer [...]
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Creating “Personal Curb Appeal”
May 18 Carolann Jacobs on May 18th, 2009
Creating “Personal Curb Appeal” is the most important lesson that all of us can take from the Sales body of knowledge. Whether we are job seekers, entrepreneurs, leaders, or employees, we all perform sales, every day. One of the keys to our success, whether it is landing that job, winning that sale or getting buy-in [...]
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Top 3 Myths About Leadership in Large Companies. Tips for the Leaders and the Small Businesses Who’d Like to Hire Them
May 13 Carolann Jacobs on May 13th, 2009
For smaller companies, this is a great time to attract fantastic talent. There are many experienced, accomplished people on the job market right now, and many of them are looking for opportunities where they can contribute and create exponential growth. The challenge for many leaders who come from larger companies is that there seems to [...]
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The Power of Now Strikes Corporate America… Maybe
Apr 28 Carolann Jacobs on April 28th, 2009
It’s rare that good ideas from popular culture make it into the board room. For some reason, they seem un-businesslike, maybe sometimes a little “woo-woo.” Reading from my January 2009 Fastcompany (yes, very behind), I noticed some quotes from the CEO of Cisco, John Chambers. “Focus on what we can influence, and not over- or [...]
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The One Question That Will Improve Your Productivity Exponentially…
Mar 31 Carolann Jacobs on March 31st, 2009
…and if you can get your company to adopt it as a practice, will eliminate needless distractions and improve the productivity of the entire organization. How does this [conversation, activity, report, spreadsheet, meeting, etc.] add value? I could end this article right here, and you’d all get it. The challenge is that as companies get [...]
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Is Your Staff Sabotaging Your Opportunity for Success Right Out of the Gate?
Mar 27 Carolann Jacobs on March 27th, 2009
When your company is trying to implement something different, what phrases do you hear uttered in hushed tones (and sometimes not so hushed tones) in the break room and around the smoking area? Anything like this? “It will never work.” “Here we go again.” “We’ve never gotten this right.” “This is stupid.” The not-so-subtle underlying [...]
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