Lead Change Blog

JULY 21, 2016

Think about it: what would a company be like without top-down leadership to set goals and priorities, direct resources and operations, plan strategies, and make sure those strategies are being implemented? So it does work. If you feel stuck in your top-down leadership style, the first place to start is with yourself.

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Industry Leadership Styles Leadership Hammer 150

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

JULY 9, 2014

But, for those carrying out more complex negotiations — let alone those with thousands of negotiators like the Law of the Sea or the Earth Summit — Koh offers this additional advice: 1. Win Over an Opponent by Asking for Advice. Minimize, then expand your circle. Focus On: Negotiating. The Best Negotiators Plan to Think on Their Feet.

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Advice Hammer Seminar Consensus 8