Bad Bosses… We’re Calling You Out By Name!
May 14 Carolann Jacobs on May 14th, 2010
I’ve been talking about the topic of bad bosses on my segment of the CelebrityU Radio/TV show, and I am also going to feature it on the blog as a series. If you’d like to see/hear part of this segment, check it out here:
Carolann talking about bad bosses on CelebrityU Radio/TV
I’ve compiled a list of [...]
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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” [...]
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You Don’t Have to Leave the Cubicle
Apr 22 Carolann Jacobs on April 22nd, 2010
There’s been a lot of hype lately around escaping the cubicle. It isn’t for everyone. For many, it isn’t realistic considering their current resources, and for some people, going out on their own would be downright irresponsible.
Many of the people who call me looking for coaching services are miserable in their jobs, [...]
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Giving up “Because”, Keeping the F-Bomb
Mar 18 Carolann Jacobs on March 18th, 2010
Many of you may know that I am on the path to earn my Master Trainer’s Certification in Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP). For those of you who are unfamiliar with NLP, it is model which explains how we process information that comes to us from the outside (and our internal Negative Nelly). As both an ever [...]
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How Inimitable Leadership Can Save the Day
Mar 9 Carolann Jacobs on March 9th, 2010
Last week, I was reading an article on Gallup about how President and CEO Douglas R. Conant’s plan to revitalize Campbell’s Soup included a decade-long effort to improve employee engagement. To give you some background, Conent took over at Cambell’s about 9 years ago. Things weren’t going well. Campbell’s had one of the lowest [...]
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Take 100% Responsibility for Your Life (Part 1)
Mar 5 Carolann Jacobs on March 5th, 2010
This is the first installment of my effort to integrate the 64 Success Principles from Jack Canfield’s book of the same name.
Last week, I went to a one day live workshop with Jack Canfield, and was considering, along with the accountability partner he recommended and the mastermind group that frankly I’m not in the mood [...]
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Not Buying the Solution, Not Participating in the Game
Mar 3 Carolann Jacobs on March 3rd, 2010
We’ve become a society of consumers, people who participate little, if at all, in the creation of what we use. There is a someone else who does almost everything for us, and that’s become a habit for us. Think that impacts engagement at work? I do.
Think about it. Who changes their oil anymore? If I [...]
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Creating an Inspired Workplace: Putting Everyone on the In-Team
Feb 2 Carolann Jacobs on February 2nd, 2010
Ever had that experience in which you brought up a really good idea and the group or leader ignored it, only to have someone else bring up that exact same idea and the group met it with excitement?
Turns out, new research has shown that the brain hears things differently based on whether the person saying [...]
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What Got You Here May Not Get You There
Dec 3 Carolann Jacobs on December 3rd, 2009
When met with what seems to be a familiar situation, humans behave based on habit. The brain is designed to operate based on patterns and filters, so it’s very quick to assess “Woah! something’s going on here” vs. “Oh, OK” and respond accordingly.
By the way, it’s also the same mechanism that makes Bob’s name easier [...]
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Managewhich Question: Who the “mans” the Role of Policy Police?
Dec 1 Carolann Jacobs on December 1st, 2009
“The rules make it fair for everyone,” a quote from one Managewhich who’s struggling with influencing and managing her peers.
The Managewhich was describing how other groups are rewarded for complaining (as opposed to problem-solving), how other managers were giving undocumented vacation days in exchange for excessive for overtime, and other “rule-breaking” perks. Her point of [...]
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