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.

Prahalad 15

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.

Brand 10

Brand Hammer Advertising Budgeting 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2018

We don’t mean to insult, but your routine actions on routine days are experienced by your direct reports as, well, routine. When the hammer comes down, are you calm, collected, candid, curious, direct, and willing to listen? Or would your direct reports describe you as upset, angry, closed-minded, rejecting, or even devious?

Team 14

Team Management Stress Report 14

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 7, 2014

I recently asked readers to submit their burning leadership development questions. How do I get the leadership team to see this as important? Their boss is always hammering, er…, asking them about it. Key activities and results are tracked, reported, evaluated, and it has an impact on variable compensation.

Planning 236

Planning Succession Metrics Commitment 236

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2018

It had been a long day at the company’s Birmingham, England, headquarters, and in the early evening the two were going over the evaluations of each of Lance’s direct reports. ” he asked, pointing to the report. “I did talk to that leadership development firm last year,” he said. Nina shook her head.

Case Study 14

Case Study Team CFO Merchandising 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

Without support from leadership, your AI transformation might not succeed. Successful AI adopters have strong executive leadership support for the new technology. So far, the same seems to hold true for AI: Early AI adopters with a very proactive, strictly offensive strategy report a much better profit outlook than those without one.

Survey 12

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 12

In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 6, 2011

Leadership. by John • June 6, 2011 • Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 2 Comments. Last week, legendary brand positioning expert Al Ries weighed in on Starbucks reported desire to move away from its powerful ‘specialist’ strategy. Leadership. In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home. Did you like this?

Ries 122

Ries Brand Hammer Marketing Strategy 122

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.” As the Washington Post reports , Watson once listed the company’s values in the following order: respect for the employee; a commitment to customer service; and achieving excellence.

Morale 8

Morale Conference Hammer Film 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

This was in a report called From the Margins to the Mainstream that did a lot to introduce impact investing to the wider investing world. Now Drexler and Noble are out with a new report, Charting the Course , that gets more into the nitty gritty of how one might go about investing with impact. We don’t want to go there.

Insurance 9

Insurance Bond Hedge Bottom-up 9

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Return on leadership. Social media is the new “satisfaction” survey or report. 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.

ROI 50

ROI Customer Loyalty Airlines Loyalty 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2018

This direct report was a daily reminder of that pain. It’s not uncommon to inaccurately diagnosis bad leadership behavior. One Arizona State University study found that toxic leadership pathologies are often confused with behaviors that might fall into a normal range of pathology. We needed to understand the root cause.

Engineering 15

Engineering Hammer Micromanagement Execution 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

In our experience, it can take several months for a company to hammer out its defini­tion of innovation. Leadership: the percentage of executive time that gets devoted to mentor­ing innovation projects, and 360-degree survey results that reveal the extent to which execu­tives are exhibiting pro-innovation behaviors.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2011

Process gurus such as Michael Hammer , Jim Champy , Geary Rummler , and Alan Brache have long maintained that companies must appoint process owners to ensure that processes are improved across functions. When tradeoffs had to be made, solid departmental reporting relationships trumped dotted process relationships.

Process 15

Process Champy Competitive Advantage Hammer 15