Leading Blog

MARCH 6, 2023

And when delivering bad news, use a velvet hammer. How do we do that? The senior vice president of human resources told her, “ Ginni, if you want the opportunity to be CEO of IBM, don’t try to run for office. We must give people the tools—the how—to change.

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Sales Wolf Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional!  Sadly, as the old saying goes, when a hammer is the only tool in your arsenal, you start to see every problem as a nail.  Cathy provides seven great suggestions how HR can be a leader of strategy execution.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2015

The rise of experimental evaluations within organizations — or what economists refer to as field experiments — has the potential to transform organizational decision-making, providing fresh insight into areas ranging from product design to human resources to public policy. Use a big hammer.

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Deming Institute

APRIL 7, 2016

Given a standard to reduce employee turnover, one vice president of human resources simply changed the formula for calculating turnover. In those cases where the slogan is actually used as a hammer to blame employees when results disappoint is when it does cause damage. In this case it wasn’t at all.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2017

But many leaders have little idea of how to boost or sustain that level of motivation. One problem that gets in the way is a mechanistic, instrumental view of the human beings who sit at our companies’ desks. The very phrase “human resources” frames employees as material to be deployed for organizational objectives.

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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. “No one really knows how to have a productive fight at work. “Besides, lots of experts say that too many people view comp as a hammer and every problem as a nail.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

At the very least, hold job fairs, help them write effective résumés, and teach them how to leverage their personal networks. Then hammer out a joint plan with them. If conditions warrant, consider affected employees for opportunities at other locations in your company or offer them contract work.

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