The Recovering Engineer

MARCH 12, 2010

In my thirties, I learned about patterns of behavior that people tend to follow in many areas of their lives and in many situations. For example, I can use a hammer to build a house or to attack my neighbor. In both cases, the hammer is just a hammer. It has no moral or ethical standing on its own.

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Six Disciplines

DECEMBER 13, 2013

This importance was hammered home to me in a lunch meeting with “Sandy,” who recently moved to a much larger organization. He set up a 50% profit-sharing program in which a portion of the profits was retained by the employees themselves and the remainder was given away by the employees to charitable causes. I feel like a number.

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CoachStation

MARCH 7, 2016

One of her elective subjects this year is Business and as part of the curriculum Maddy was asked to interview a business owner to better understand why, how and what was required to set up the business. I am proud that she chose our business for many reasons. We have 7 core values and they are all important.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. Eighty percent of success is just showing up. The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up. Never give up and sit down and grieve. If the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. – -Oscar Wilde. – -John D.

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Six Disciplines

MAY 17, 2013

This importance was hammered home to me in a lunch meeting with “Sandy,” who recently moved to a much larger organization. He set up a 50% profit-sharing program in which a portion of the profits was retained by the employees themselves and the remainder was given away by the employees to charitable causes. I feel like a number.

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Sales Wolf Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

 In the latest installment to his Little Big Things video series Tom Peters declares war on these systems and encourages managers to make it easy for all members of an organization to identify problems with an organization's systems and provide bottom-up feedback for improving the way the company operates.  Enjoy! .

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Next Level Blog

AUGUST 28, 2019

You’re probably familiar with the saying that if you’re good with a hammer, everything looks like a nail. That means you need to tailor your communications based on what outcome you’re trying to create and how you need to show up with specific people or groups to make that outcome likely. and Now What? What is about the topic.

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The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 19, 2011

The short video clip Lost Generation continues to be a big hit with keynote and workshop audiences as we discuss our choices to Lead, Follow, or Wallow when faced with challenging changes or setbacks. That means can be read top down or bottom up. ” The narrator reverses and reads the poem bottom up.

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Leading Blog

MAY 4, 2020

Look how much money we’re going to make if we follow our plan (ER: Greed and excitement). Yet only one actually brought up the slides on the Zoom call and went through them with me. So, if you have a deck, bring up the slides while talking to investors on Zoom. Spend more time on this “killer slide” and hammer in the point.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

They were also an example of the power of community in leadership. We often think of leadership as a solitary task. Buying into Thomas Carlyle’s “great man” theory of history , we speak of leadership in solitary and personal terms. First, great leadership often starts in community. Mahatma Gandhi, and Harriet Tubman.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 22, 2011

Leaders – real leaders who have mastered their craft – don’t preside over such lackluster followers. Unusually Excellent: The Necessary Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership by John Hamm. But many times they’ve actually lost their grip on the very basic foundation of leadership.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Budgets were cut and the Learning part of the organization dried up while the focus snapped back in line with the notion that wisdom and decisions could only come from the few and learning for the many was a luxury no one could afford. There is a proverb that says, “ If the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail&#.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JULY 6, 2009

And, I defy anyone to put up a hand and volunteer if asked, “Okay, so who wants to fail today?” So, if you are new to leadership, know that to be a good leader, sometimes you’re also going to fail. Shifting to experiment/learn perspective would most certainly take the ‘hammer’ out of the equation. I don’t like it.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 6, 2013

The following is a guest piece by Bill Treasurer. A lot has been written about Transformational Leadership. In his book “ Leadership ” he talks about the transformational impact that occurs on performance and morale when a leader connects a follower’s sense of identity to the collective identity of the organization.

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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Much love Dad, always, and thanks for passing along that half-full glass) I was 14 years old, and growing up in Wisconsin. In my hands, a hammer was a dangerous tool capable of putting holes where holes shouldn’t be, and bashing fingers into submission. I didn’t need a hammer! Keep it up, Terry.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

APRIL 9, 2019

A category 4 hurricane can pack winds of up 156 miles per hour. Use the following 25 strategies to identify whether your habits are propelling you forward or holding you back. Give up control. The reality is, applying old formulas to new world problems doesn’t add up. Excuses proclaim an unwillingness to change.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Whenever Eric had sensed tension, he’d mention the idea, but he never followed through. Ahmed accused Damon of throwing up roadblocks and using his power to undermine the sales department. “I did talk to that leadership development firm last year,” he said. Nina laughed. ” This Mess.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2013

“There were catchphrases that had to be hammered into the head of the employees, just like advertising does to the general public.” ” Other production companies followed suit. Some, like Fiddler on the Roof co-composer Sheldon Harnick , wound up on Broadway. Patterson fired a certain Thomas J.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 19, 2011

My intent is not to make judgments or draw conclusions, but rather just to have you wrestle with the following question: Are you an addict, pusher, or both, and if so, how do you feel about it? I’ll leave you with the following questions to ponder: What is the difference between pleasure and addiction?

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CO2

JANUARY 21, 2012

tradesman, and stood up for that of a peasant. ” So he had them up, gave them one lesson, and then another, and two. Pahom put up the. had, the peasants would rush for it and it was taken up at once, so. up, when there was some dispute, and the peasants went to law about. “We may. You live in.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 6, 2011

Leadership. by John • June 6, 2011 • Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 2 Comments. Hammered by Wall Street in 2008, the stock has finally crawled back to its 2006 highs. But, compared to last November, the share price is up by 30%. Leadership. Follow me here. In the CEO Afterlife.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

You must perform REMARKABLE or MEMORABLE service for: Following up and thanking customers for an order. Following up and making certain that the service call went perfectly. Return on leadership. The speed, accuracy, and outcome of handling a complaint. Complaints go WAAAAY beyond one customer. Return on morale.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

What follows are edited excerpts of our conversation: I sense that in the discussion about impact investing there have been those who have tried to narrow the definition. In investing, doesn’t anything that detracts from maximizing investment returns give you less of the product you were signing up for in the first place?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2017

Employees create pictures of what leaders seem to be, based on the bosses’ accumulated emails, tweets, speeches, and videos, plus whatever tidbits are picked up here and there. The image helps people decide whether to believe in and follow the leader. That’s not the kind of story you want circulating in your company.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 22, 2016

Recruiting is like a hammer. Framing went from being a constraint in the building process to becoming a stage that could be easily scaled up. In construction, hammers are still used, but the scope of their use is much smaller and the projects they are used on are much more targeted. Executive leadership and buy-in.

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Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 28, 2017

The following is a guest piece by Jack Zenger and Joesph Folkman. Complaints range from meetings with no agenda, lack of clear purpose for each agenda topic, no advance information nor background materials, lack of making a decision, absence of any follow-through and the plodding, snail’s pace of the meeting. Are we on topic?

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Strategy Driven

JULY 14, 2015

Next time a company hurtles a blitz, follow these 4 critical strategies for successfully negotiating any compensation. Does the new role fit that trajectory in terms of responsibilities, scope, subject matter, leadership opportunities, exposure or any other number of criteria? Resume control. Think about your career trajectory.

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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. Air Products, Nokia, and Shell, among others, followed this advice and created top-level process owners.

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