Leading Blog

MARCH 6, 2023

Power is part of leadership, and it can be used in the service of others or for personal gain. And when delivering bad news, use a velvet hammer. 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. How do we do that?

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Power Hammer CEO Human Resources 377

In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Companies, large and small, cannot survive without great leadership, sound strategy and flawless execution. Those that thrive, go a step further; they worship innovation and breathe culture. But the resource that continues to be overlooked by CEOs and Boards is the organization’s Average Joe.

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LDRLB

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

There isn’t a doubt in my mind that the leadership principles that worked for me as a CEO continue to apply to the current era of light speed communications and decision-making. Companies, large and small, cannot survive without great leadership, sound strategy and flawless execution.

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Hammer Teamwork CEO Middle Management 145

In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

In a crisis, whether short or long-term, the most senior people in the organization need to step up and offer innovative solutions to the issues hammering the bottom-line. But, these blips have a way of separating leaders from followers. Those who can’t do this are not leaders. At best, they are managers.

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Short-term Long-term Advertising Hammer 232

The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 11, 2021

As Michael Hammer famously warned back in 1990, it’s no use applying new technologies to old processes, so in order to get the most out of AI and automation, jobs are having to be redesigned so that man and machine can work well together. Redesigning the business.

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Supply Chain Technology Hammer Report 65

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Shifting from Drucker's erudition and measured tone to Hammer's revolutionary and provocatively violent declarations ("don't automate, obliterate") was a bit dizzying. I list these below as a guide for anyone — from bloggers, to academics, to strategy consultants — looking to produce world-class thought leadership.

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Prahalad Hamel Core Competence Leadership 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2016

In our most recent Breakthrough Innovation Report , Taddy Hall and I cite that 49 percent of the growth in U.S. More often than not, these brands are small not because they can’t grow, but because there aren’t enough financial resources and leadership mindshare left over to truly explore their upside.

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