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&#. It can get pretty complex. What do you think?

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Learning Organization Senge Organization Learning-by-Doing 56

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

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 7, 2014

I recently asked readers to submit their burning leadership development questions. We use Lominger’s competency modeling and their Learning Agility tools in some robust ways. How do I get the leadership team to see this as important? Their boss is always hammering, er…, asking them about it.

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Planning Succession Metrics Commitment 236

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. Without support from leadership, your AI transformation might not succeed.

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Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2017

When I ask leadership development clients to describe the type of motivation they’d like to see in their teams, they mention qualities such as persistence, being a self-starter, having a sense of accountability for and commitment to achieving results, and being willing to go the extra mile on projects or to help other team members.

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Motivation Hammer Video Objective 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2018

The team wasn’t perfect, but it was still operating at a pretty high level. “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. CEOs expect comp to fix anything, but usually you need other tools.

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Case Study Team CFO Merchandising 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Noble: Economies and business operate in very complex systems. Drexler: Impact investing is an excellent tool to solve a bunch of very, very difficult problems. If you start seeing everything through the impact investing lens, it starts looking like you have a hammer and everything looks like a nail. We don’t want to go there.

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Insurance Bond Hedge Bottom-up 9

Chris Brady

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Government is like a sledge hammer. The board may eventually be pulverized into two pieces, but not as effectively as it would have had the correct tool been used. The question is rather which tool is most appropriate to bring about the most effective results. Of course we should.

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Politics Blog Travel Letter 77

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

No single innovation tool or method will deliver consistent, profitable breakthroughs, and neither will a hodgepodge of misaligned or poorly integrated practices. Skills, tools, met­rics, processes, platforms, incentives, roles, and values all have to come together in one supercharged, all-wheel-drive, race-winning innovation machine.

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