LDRLB

OCTOBER 31, 2012

We promote and revere charisma, rather than service. Quit hammering your followers with value statements and high-priced communication plaques. For a recent research project, I interviewed a group of nuns who had given up their lives, taken a vow of poverty, and devoted their lives to service.

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Hammer Charisma Human Resources Follow-up 160

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2011

The charisma of band members, the sheer sense of "this is happening now" that is standard issue at good concerts, these gave the innovations still more momentum. Kids could see what was happening more clearly and they went to work on it hammer and tong. Bands gave the innovation still more form and specificity.

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Hammer Early Adopters Innovation Charisma 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

They were seen as dedicated and intelligent but lacking in the prototypical leadership attributes of masculinity, charisma, and tyranny. As Wesley Yang wrote in New York magazine, Western society teaches that “the squeaky wheel gets the grease,” while Eastern society teaches that “the nail that sticks out gets hammered down.”

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Positioning Leadership Diversity Hammer 8