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. If an organization is to meet the challenges of a changing world, it must be prepared to change everything about itself except the beliefs on which it bases all its policies and actions.
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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The Recovering Engineer
MARCH 12, 2010
Effective Communication Skills: How to Quickly Guess a Person’s DISC Style Tags: Communication Skills , DISC Model , featured , Leadership Skills , parenting skills , people-oriented people , perception , task-oriented people , understanding , working with people Guy Harris describes himself as a recovering engineer.
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.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 2, 2012
American leadership in the clean-energy sector extends beyond solar and wind to natural gas, which is much cleaner than other carbon-based fuels and is abundant in the United States. American companies have had to slash their margins to compete, and their share prices have been hammered as a consequence.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 17, 2018
When the hammer comes down, are you calm, collected, candid, curious, direct, and willing to listen? Specifically, focus on what you expected: the commitments, standards, policies, or targets that were missed. That would be ideal, wouldn’t it? When we’re angry, we lead with our emotions, instead of with the facts.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 5, 2013
“There were catchphrases that had to be hammered into the head of the employees, just like advertising does to the general public.” .” Industrial musicals weren’t merely about camaraderie and a few chuckles. “There was a lot of minutia that had to be crammed into the shows,” says Murphy.
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