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Big Hammer or Small Blade? What it Really Takes to Achieve Your Goals

RapidStart Leadership

The post Big Hammer or Small Blade? If you want to achieve your goals, take a lesson from this craftsman, who turns chunks of gnarly wood into things of beauty. What it Really Takes to Achieve Your Goals appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.

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Voice of Experience: Viva Hammer (KPMG Washington National Tax)

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from a profile of Viva Hammer (Principal, KPMG Washington National Tax) 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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Voice of Experience: Viva Hammer (KPMG Washington National Tax)

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from a profile of Viva Hammer (Principal, KPMG Washington National Tax) 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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Reshaping the Leadership and Culture Development Puzzle

The Practical Leader

.” Abraham Maslow famously observed, “if the only tool you have is a hammer you treat everything as if it were a nail.” ” Many fad champions swing the hammer of the latest big organizational fix with monomaniacal zeal. And the snicker factor rises another notch. It’ll never work.

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Michael Hammer Sets the Agenda – Reminding us of the Business Basics

First Friday Book Synopsis

Randy''s blog entries' In the customer economy, yesterday’s innovation is baseline today and obsolete tomorrow. What was once unimaginable quickly becomes routine, and then expectations are even higher. Anticipation is an edge that every […].

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Good Power: Changing a Life. Changing Work. Changing the World.

Leading Blog

And when delivering bad news, use a velvet hammer. I discovered that listening breeds knowledge, knowledge breeds creditability, and credibility earns trust that allows relationships to flourish. How do we do that? Speaking about tough truths in affirmative tones let critiques land constructively.

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Five Ways to Win Well with Your Assistant

Let's Grow Leaders

Karin invited me to write a blog post and I decided to share five of the Winning Well principles that you can apply as you interact with those “rock stars” on your team. Instead of hammering me about it, Karin acknowledged it but helped us quickly move on. Blend the bottom line with the human spirit.

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