You're Not the Boss of Me

JULY 13, 2013

And, it also made me think about how important straight talk is in leadership. Whatever the reason, to me, creating an environment that values candid and respectful discussion is a leadership imperative and a key to building sustainable organizations. It made me smile. It brings clarity to confusion. It allows for good questions.

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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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Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

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. GOALS uses soccer to engage youth in public service and education that improve quality of life and develop new leadership. In the U.S.,

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Six Disciplines

DECEMBER 13, 2013

This importance was hammered home to me in a lunch meeting with “Sandy,” who recently moved to a much larger organization. As organizations increase in size, the leadership team moves from generalists to specialists who are responsible for a particular business area. The result is slower and often lower-quality decisions.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

If the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur. THE LEADERSHIP GAP. Additional Reading you might enjoy: 12 Successful Leadership Principles That Never Grow Old. A Leadership Manifesto: A Guide To Greatness. –Solon.

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Six Disciplines

MAY 17, 2013

This importance was hammered home to me in a lunch meeting with “Sandy,” who recently moved to a much larger organization. As organizations increase in size, the leadership team moves from generalists to specialists who are responsible for a particular business area. The result is slower and often lower-quality decisions.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JUNE 25, 2011

And, it also made me think about how important straight talk is in leadership. Whatever the reason, to me, creating an environment that values candid and respectful discussion is a leadership imperative and a key to building sustainable organizations. It made me smile. It brings clarity to confusion. It values truth.

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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. Shifting to experiment/learn perspective would most certainly take the ‘hammer’ out of the equation. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. Thanks for posting this!

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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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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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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

” Tell them why they’re losing their jobs, whether it’s because of a drop in demand, changes in technology, or productivity and quality issues. Don’t reduce the focus on quality. Work with suppliers to ensure that service and product quality are sustained. Then hammer out a joint plan with them.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2018

When the hammer comes down, are you calm, collected, candid, curious, direct, and willing to listen? Respondents said that when their leader clams up or blows up under pressure, their team members have lower morale; are more likely to miss deadlines, budgets, and quality standards; and act in ways that drive customers away.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

The ticking sound the employer thought was entrepreneurial spirit was actually just an entrepreneur doing lower quality work on the company's clock while directing his best efforts toward his own interests. I'm a huge fan of entrepreneurs, and I am one myself. But as an employer, I'm a bigger fan of entrepreneurial spirit.

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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. For me it's a symbol of quality, service and familiarity. Leadership. In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home. Share it: Tweet.

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Ries Brand Hammer Marketing Strategy 122

N2Growth Blog

JULY 19, 2011

The Tobacco Industry - The tobacco industry has been publicly hammered for selling products that leverage the addictive effects of Nicotine, and even with all the known health hazards smokers face, in many instances the addictive nature of the product is greater than peoples ability to make a logical decision.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Return on leadership. Return on quality product. Big companies hammer their entire workforce to make certain that their customer satisfaction scores are high or higher, when they could be (should be) creating an internal training program that begins with the word wow, and progresses upward from there. Return on morale.

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QAspire

OCTOBER 28, 2013

It is said that when only thing you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Consultant was trying to nail the problems with the only hammer he had – the best practices. The boss was observing this from a distance since a few weeks and his disappointment grew with each passing day.

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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. In our interviews we found that the most effective story-generating leaders were known for one or two things, such as always being prepared for meetings, insisting on product quality, or supporting excellent customer service.

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Stage-Gate CEO Insurance Hammer 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

By comparison, think of the long strides many businesses have made in reengineering their supply chains, boosting product quality, and rolling out lean six sigma. In our experience, it can take several months for a company to hammer out its defini­tion of innovation. These efforts have paid huge dividends.

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Great Results Team Building

MARCH 26, 2012

The integration of technology into the hands of our students has been a topic of much discussion, but it will never replace the importance of teacher teamwork or the environment that a quality classroom provides. 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.

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Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 28, 2017

One of the most frequent written complaints people make about their bosses is the quality of their meetings. There’s the content of the meeting, the information, the debate, the hammering out of different points of view. The following is a guest piece by Jack Zenger and Joesph Folkman. Secondly, there is the process of the meeting.

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