by Nancy Jacoby | Jan 5, 2021 | Change Management, Coaching, Leadership
I spent the holidays connecting with old friends, former colleagues and family I haven’t talked with in a great deal of time. So good for my soul. Remember my friend who was disenchanted with his job? I wrote about him previously as I know his struggle is common...
by Nancy Jacoby | Nov 3, 2020 | Coaching, Leadership, Professional Development
It’s hard to get where you’re going if you aren’t clear about where you’re going. Think about your GPS or something like Google Maps. If you just enter “New York”, but you really wanted to go to the Starbucks on 1st Avenue near 34th street, just entering “New York”...
by Nancy Jacoby | Oct 21, 2020 | Coaching, Leadership, Reflections
On a beautiful sunny Sunday afternoon recently, I found myself sitting at my table, paralyzed by my to-do list. I had just returned to my apartment after spending some time on Long Island taking care of my mother after surgery. While it was nice to be away and have...
by Nancy Jacoby | Sep 22, 2020 | Coaching, Leadership, Retention
“It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.” ~ Steve Jobs Now this guy was on to something. In the conversation with my friend I wrote about last week, we were talking about some of the...
by Nancy Jacoby | Sep 15, 2020 | Coaching, Leadership, Retention
I was talking with a good friend last week. He’s worked at his company for a little over five years now. He likes the people he works with in the various departments at the company and even likes the work. As he was saying both of those things, it still seemed...
by Nancy Jacoby | Sep 11, 2020 | Leadership, Reflections
Each year on 9/11, the first person I think of is my dad. It was his voice I heard on the phone telling me of the horror that happened that day. I had just left an early morning meeting and returned his call, as he had left frantic messages telling me to call him. I...
