Lead Change Blog

JULY 21, 2016

And top-down, hierarchical leadership styles can still be effective for managing an organization, especially those that mass-produce specific products. Here’s where it gets sketchy… When left to their own devices under stress, these hammer-dropping leaders will lack the emotional intelligence to influence those they lead.

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Industry Leadership Styles Leadership Hammer 150

HR Digest

DECEMBER 4, 2018

You know the standard advice. Resume buzzwords are critically important because that’s where the hiring manager’s attention is most of the time. Don’t hammer it out in an hour and expect recruiters to call you.”. Time Management. Account Management. Project Management. Territory Management.

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Hammer Definition Channel Management Public Relations 75

First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 8, 2011

Here is an excerpt from a profile of Joanna Cound (Managing Director, Government Affairs and Public Policy, BlackRock) written by Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) for The Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business.

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Hammer Policies Planning Execution 80

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2014

Every schoolchild learns that the industrial revolution began in England. Forests have been felled to demonstrate why England, and only England, had the culture and institutions to be the birthplace of modern industrial capitalism in the late 1700s. This was by any measure a primitive industry.

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Industry Hammer Transportation Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Why merely manage the channel when you can start filling it? But Hollywood is not just any industry. Everyone would like to be a player and Hollywood is littered with the wreckage of careers of people who looked at the entertainment industry and thought, "I would love to be a big shot and, anyhow, how hard can it be?"

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Hammer Creativity Learning-by-Doing Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2015

Buffet has done quite well following his own advice. There are libraries of books and articles offering counsel on how to steer clear of the profit-sucking aspects of competition—including via white spaces and blue oceans—and their advice can be invaluable. You don’t learn anything new.

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Comparison Hammer Library Learning-by-Doing 8