First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 18, 2011

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 about Jim Wall (Chief Diversity Officer, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited) written by Melissa J.

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Hammer Diversity Article Planning 85

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2017

One problem that gets in the way is a mechanistic, instrumental view of the human beings who sit at our companies’ desks. Seeing compensation as the primary or only tool we can use to motivate high performance is like trying to build a house with only a hammer.

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Motivation Hammer Video Objective 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Lance Best, the CEO of Barker Sports Apparel, was meeting with Nina Kelk, the company’s general counsel, who also oversaw human resources. “Besides, lots of experts say that too many people view comp as a hammer and every problem as a nail. Soon after, he’d landed the firm’s biggest partner, Howell.

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Case Study Team CFO Merchandising 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2012

To begin, our highly interconnected and global economy means that seemingly unrelated developments can affect each other. In more straightforward language, a man with a hammer is more likely to see nails than one without a hammer. To advance in one's career, it was most efficient to specialize. Why's that?

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Hammer Real Estate Uncertainty Career 20