First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 11, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article contributed by Lynne Morton, President, Performance Improvement Solutions) to the Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business. Visit us daily to discover issues that matter, share experiences, and plan networking, your career and your life.”

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Hammer Career Article Planning 75

Strategy Driven

MARCH 21, 2011

Hershman and Dr. Michael Hammer. The modern corporation that has evolved as a result consists of many specialized functional departments, such as sales, engineering, marketing, manufacturing, operations, and finance. Hershman is the Chief Executive Officer of Hammer and Company. About the Authors.

Hammer 50

Hammer Chief Executive Officer Metrics Process 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2018

It had been a long day at the company’s Birmingham, England, headquarters, and in the early evening the two were going over the evaluations of each of Lance’s direct reports. ” he asked, pointing to the report. “Besides, lots of experts say that too many people view comp as a hammer and every problem as a nail.

Case Study 14

Case Study Team CFO Merchandising 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

Compartmentalizing accountability for AI with functional leaders in IT, digital, or innovation can result in a hammer-in-search-of-a-nail outcome: technologies being launched without compelling use cases. Resist the temptation to put technology teams solely in charge of AI initiatives. The biggest challenges are people and processes.

Survey 12

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2011

Process gurus such as Michael Hammer , Jim Champy , Geary Rummler , and Alan Brache have long maintained that companies must appoint process owners to ensure that processes are improved across functions. When tradeoffs had to be made, solid departmental reporting relationships trumped dotted process relationships.

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Process Champy Competitive Advantage Hammer 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

This was in a report called From the Margins to the Mainstream that did a lot to introduce impact investing to the wider investing world. Now Drexler and Noble are out with a new report, Charting the Course , that gets more into the nitty gritty of how one might go about investing with impact. (In We don’t want to go there.

Insurance 9

Insurance Bond Hedge Bottom-up 9