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Innovation Begins (and remains) at the Top

Great Leadership By Dan

The maxim “everything looks like a nail to a hammer” is an excellent reminder that every successful innovation effort relies on the people—and all their fears, emotions, and humanness—who must fuel it. Frequently ask others to evaluate, metric and assess your behavior based on your declaration. Create a behavioral manifesto or credo.

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Lisa Hershman: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Lisa Hershman is a seasoned business professional and author, who brings a wealth of real-world experience and an innovative style to her position at Hammer and Company. Prior to joining Hammer and Company, she served as Corporate Senior Vice President of Operational Excellence at Avnet, Inc.,

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Everybody Loves Bob – Faster Cheaper Better: The 9 Levers for Transforming How Work Gets Done

Strategy Driven

Hershman and Dr. Michael Hammer. How to start measuring the factors that are most critical to the success of the business and identify the metrics that express them. Most companies get metrics all wrong. Hershman is the Chief Executive Officer of Hammer and Company. Without the diagram the equipment would be useless.

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14 Leadership Lessons And Quotes From Adam Sandler’s Pixels

Joseph Lalonde

Whether that’s market share, souls, or some other metric. As Sam defeated this challenge, he threw one of the hammers at Donkey Kong and said he had been waiting for this moment for a long time. Play all out. Sam Brenner – I’ve been waiting to do this since 1982. Sam excelled in certain video games.

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Making Succession Planning “Real”

Great Leadership By Dan

Their boss is always hammering, er…, asking them about it. It’s a part of their performance metrics and compensation. CEO commitment IDPs leadership development metrics starfish story succession planning talent management' They know something must be real when: 1. They get awards and asked to make presentations.

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Make Civility the Norm on Your Team

Harvard Business Review

If your employees aren’t behaving well, and you’ve already gone through the trouble of hammering home the organization’s civility message, ask yourself, “Have I also equipped them to succeed?” One of the metrics they follow is how long it takes to properly greet customers. You set the tone.

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Five Secrets to Successful Rainmaking

First Friday Book Synopsis

Anderson (New York City) for The Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business. Here is an excerpt from an article written by Melissa J. Visit us daily to discover issues that matter, share experiences, and plan networking, your career and your life.”

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