RapidStart Leadership

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

So before getting out the big hammer, think about what you really want to achieve. Setting impossible goals. ” The problem is that your team may not think that ambitious goal is even remotely possible, given the effort it took to get to X in the first place. . Goals are good, especially well-designed goals.

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Joseph Lalonde

APRIL 25, 2014

The leadership book may be a very dry read. The implementation of new leadership skills may be taking longer than I want. One of the coolest iOS apps I’ve seen for the gamification of task lists or personal development has to be EpicWin (or there’s Task Hammer for Android users like myself). Time spent reflecting.

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Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2019

If you’ve done a good job of staying engaged with your people throughout the year, you shouldn’t have to use the annual review to deliver a surprise message or drop the hammer about something that didn’t get done. Talk about their work and personal goals and connect them with the goals and the work of your group as a whole.

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Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

This is a guest post by Kona Shen , Founder of GOALS Haiti , mentioned here. What she has done for youth and their families in Haiti demonstrates courage, compassion, purpose and leadership savvy few CEO’s of any age possess. Notes : GOALS Haiti just won Beyond Sport’s award for Best New Project. In the U.S.,

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 5, 2015

As the leader, they failed to provide any clear directions or consequences, and yet are ready to drop the hammer in disciplinary actions for a mistake. Every team needs a qualified and quality leader if their goals are progress and success. The fulcrum between Boss and Friend is Leadership. Don’t be that guy or that gal.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 22, 2012

It’s what leadership is all about – making a difference in the lives of others. We will, but the rest of the tips won’t work as well if your employees don’t trust that you have their backs or you’re not using development as a hammer. Most importantly, it’s rewarding. OK, so when are we going to get to the pragmatic “hows”?

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Tony Mayo

AUGUST 22, 2009

Experimenters showed peasants drawings of a hammer, a saw, an axe, and a log and then asked them to choose the three items that were similar. If pressed, they considered throwing out the hammer; the situation of chopping wood seemed more cogent to them than any conceptual category.

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RapidStart Leadership

JULY 6, 2017

Conflict is inevitable in any human enterprise; how we handle that conflict is where leadership comes in. To be re-active is to automatically react to the stimuli around you, the same way that gunpowder explodes, or your leg kicks out when the doctor taps your knee with his little hammer. leadership Click To Tweet.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. If the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. THE LEADERSHIP GAP. Additional Reading you might enjoy: 12 Successful Leadership Principles That Never Grow Old. –Ben Stein.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 21, 2011

Hershman and Dr. Michael Hammer. Michael Hammer was a bold and revolutionary thinker, the coauthor of Reengineering the Corporation, the most important business book of the 1990s. Hershman is the Chief Executive Officer of Hammer and Company. Without the diagram the equipment would be useless. About the Authors.

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Rajesh Setty

SEPTEMBER 8, 2012

Your goal is not to just move the needle but move the needle using your core skills. Think about the old adage – “if you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” Think about the old adage – “if you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”

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In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 7, 2011

Leadership. by John • August 7, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Life • 0 Comments. Beyond my recreational life (weapons of choice being a tennis racquet or a golf club - on a good day I use both), I’m writing about business leadership, branding and life. Leadership. In the CEO Afterlife. Visionary.

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CoachStation

MARCH 7, 2016

Understanding your passions, why you do what you do and your core beliefs will help you understand not only who you are, but help to drive your future goals and direction. My career from that point has almost always been in leadership roles within the retail, hospitality, finance and contact centre industries in Australia and overseas.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

I’m thinking though that it is in the difficult times that leaders need to embrace the concepts of the Learning Organization and to build a culture of shared leadership. I must confess that not being particularly academic in my own learning process, I found The Fifth Discipline a little dry. It can get pretty complex. What do you think?

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Steve Farber

MAY 31, 2017

If you don’t think you have a mentor yet, try looking at others who’ve achieved their goals and see what they learned from their mentors. Try building a tree fort with no hammer or nails (not that I’ve done that). Few things are more frustrating than trying to take on a project without the right equipment or tools.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 8, 2012

In order to move to Stage 3, the team must hammer out the performance standards and commitment to achieving them. Also, team goals must become more important than personal agendas, which need to be congruent and in alignment with the group agenda. They are necessary stepping-stones in the process that leads to high performance.

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Steve Farber

MAY 31, 2017

If you don’t think you have a mentor yet, try looking at others who’ve achieved their goals and see what they learned from their mentors. Try building a tree fort with no hammer or nails (not that I’ve done that). Few things are more frustrating than trying to take on a project without the right equipment or tools.

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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. Leadership Managing yourself'

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JULY 6, 2009

So, if you are new to leadership, know that to be a good leader, sometimes you’re also going to fail. That means they will do whatever they can to anticipate potential pitfalls that could get in the way of achieving their goal and work on mitigating these obstacles so that the way to the goal becomes less onerous. Good thought.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 6, 2013

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. Most leaders aren’t CEOs.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

I’m thinking though that it is in the difficult times that leaders need to embrace the concepts of the Learning Organization and to build a culture of shared leadership. There is a proverb that says, “ If the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail&#. Get Your Leadership BIG On! It can get pretty complex.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 22, 2011

Unusually Excellent: The Necessary Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership by John Hamm. Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Listen carefully to how candidates describe their current and future goals. Another flag-raiser is someone who has very specific goals. These sorts of incentives take planning and should be incorporated into annual goals. Entrepreneurial spirited individuals are people who want to learn, experiment, apply, share, and partner.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2018

“I did talk to that leadership development firm last year,” he said. Lance knew that as part of this process he’d need to examine his own leadership. “Besides, lots of experts say that too many people view comp as a hammer and every problem as a nail. ” They both sat quietly for a minute.

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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. His passion was Italian-style coffee and his goal was to create the best coffee company in the world through brand and product differentiation.

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CO2

JANUARY 21, 2012

He was still ten miles from the goal. his goal, and the sun was already near the rim. His breast was working like a blacksmith’s bellows, his heart was beating like a hammer, and his legs were giving way as. .” And he went along the third side, stepping. He looked at the sun: it was nearly half way to the.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Or you could accept lower returns in exchange for accomplishing social goals. If you start seeing everything through the impact investing lens, it starts looking like you have a hammer and everything looks like a nail. Corporate social responsibility Leadership Social enterprise' We don’t want to go there.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2017

He instructed employees to take hammers in hand — not to fix the flaws but to destroy the imperfect products. And those stories will form themselves into an army of mental images that will mobilize people to achieve your goals. The employees were astonished and quickly shared the story with their colleagues.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

By now, your company probably has a new busi­ness incubator, an idea wiki, a disciplined process for mining customer insights, an awards program for successful innovators, and maybe even an outpost in Silicon Valley—all fine ideas—and yet, most likely, it still struggles to meet its growth goals and seldom thrills its customers.

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Great Results Team Building

MARCH 26, 2012

If I were building a house, I would prefer to have a shiny new nail gun instead of the hammer my grandfather had to use. But tools are not the goal. If your people have enough technology, but need better communication, leadership skills, or a boost of morale, perhaps you want to consider an event to improve team motivation.

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