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Innovation Begins (and remains) at the Top

Great Leadership By Dan

The maxim “everything looks like a nail to a hammer” is an excellent reminder that every successful innovation effort relies on the people—and all their fears, emotions, and humanness—who must fuel it. Frequently ask others to evaluate, metric and assess your behavior based on your declaration. Create a behavioral manifesto or credo.

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Five Secrets to Successful Rainmaking

First Friday Book Synopsis

Anderson (New York City) for The Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business. Here is an excerpt from an article written by Melissa J. Visit us daily to discover issues that matter, share experiences, and plan networking, your career and your life.”

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Everybody Loves Bob – Faster Cheaper Better: The 9 Levers for Transforming How Work Gets Done

Strategy Driven

Hershman and Dr. Michael Hammer. How to start measuring the factors that are most critical to the success of the business and identify the metrics that express them. Most companies get metrics all wrong. Hershman is the Chief Executive Officer of Hammer and Company. About the Authors.

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14 Leadership Lessons And Quotes From Adam Sandler’s Pixels

Joseph Lalonde

Either the leaders of the business rush in too quickly or they take too long to execute on their vision. Whether that’s market share, souls, or some other metric. As Sam defeated this challenge, he threw one of the hammers at Donkey Kong and said he had been waiting for this moment for a long time. Timing was everything.

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Inspiring Employees with a Values-Rich Environment

Strategy Driven

Companies all over the country have implemented Ann Rhoades’ methods, developed when she was an executive at JetBlue, Southwest, Doubletree and others and perfected at her consulting company, People Ink. This is made easier with simple values-based performance metrics, with rewards tied, as closely as possible, to achieving those metrics.

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Make Civility the Norm on Your Team

Harvard Business Review

If your employees aren’t behaving well, and you’ve already gone through the trouble of hammering home the organization’s civility message, ask yourself, “Have I also equipped them to succeed?” Even Experienced Executives Avoid Conflict. Joel Garfinkle. How Self-Managed Teams Can Resolve Conflict.

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How Rudeness Stops People from Working Together

Harvard Business Review

The teams exposed to rudeness displayed lower capabilities in all diagnostic and procedural performance metrics, markedly diminishing the infant’s chances of survival. They generated more revenue for the company and were rated as “effective” twice as often by executives. Leaders set the tone.

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