The Practical Leader

APRIL 6, 2021

Peter Drucker once defined a champion as a “monomaniac with a mission.” ” 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. .”

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Development Hammer Leadership Maslow 120

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2011

Once we've worked on a few limited scope projects and hammered out the rules of engagement, it's important to give authority to our collaborators. As Peter Drucker said, "The leaders who work most effectively, don't think 'I', they think 'we'.'we' Remember that our collaborators are competent. we' gets the credit.

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Micromanagement Hammer Drucker Short-term 22

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Shifting from Drucker's erudition and measured tone to Hammer's revolutionary and provocatively violent declarations ("don't automate, obliterate") was a bit dizzying. We also analyzed the top 50 ranked HBR articles of all time (by reprint sales). The breadth of article topics was large and the sample of rhetorical styles diverse.

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Prahalad Hamel Core Competence Leadership 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Thirty years ago, no less a business guru than Peter Drucker weighed in, skewering short-termism in a Wall Street Journal editorial. Then the markets hammer their companies for low top-line growth, telling executives that they won’t be able to maintain profit growth without revenue growth. But that is far from true.

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Hedge Short-term Long-term EPS 8