Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Third, in many organizations, the annual review process is directly tied to the compensation process. If you’re a leader in an organization that puts a lot of effort into the annual performance review process, a lot of this probably sounds familiar. It’s more like, “Let’s just cut to the chase. Am I getting a raise or a bonus or not?”.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Consider how we have “the way” we do things: the way we make pasta, the way we use a hammer, the way we deal with our day-to-day problems. The author offers examples of how organizations, ranging from small nonprofits to big corporations, are employing this tactic. On the other hand, it limits our ability to see beyond the default.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Were charismatic communication a prerequisite for effective leadership, organizations would hire talented thespians instead of thoughtful decision-makers. Remember Abe Maslow’s famed line: “If the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.” Communications is another influence tool.

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Great leaders know how to use the tools at hand: Thor’s hammer, Mjolnir, had always helped him channel his power. Those aren’t the only things the hammer could do. Earlier in Thor: Ragnarok, Hela destroyed his hammer Mjolnir. The power within you can change the direction of your organization.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 27, 2011

Faster Cheaper Better: The 9 Levers for Transforming How Work Gets Done Michael Hammer and Lisa Hershman Crown Business (2010) How to create a more logical and more efficient network of processes for getting work done Michael Hammer’s death two years ago at age 60 was a tragic loss to his family members, friends, and [.].

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The Office Blend Blog

JANUARY 25, 2022

Organize your office. Choose a vehicle that attracts you, whether it involves paint, pencil, ink, a hammer or a camera. A charter member of the LinkedIn Influencer Program, her practice helps people, teams & organizations build stronger work life foundations through the practice of core stability. Utilize a dreamy state.

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In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

These individuals are the hidden MVPs of the organization. Ronnie was an organizer – a leader in cultural development. In fact, it was Ronnie who took a sledge hammer to that wall and turned it into rubble. Take pleasure watching them make a difference.

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Decker Communication

MARCH 30, 2020

Department of Health and Human Services first declared a public health emergency, many organizations have found their businesses adrift on an uncharted sea of fear and uncertainty. At Decker, every leader we’ve ever worked with spoke of the need to create a sense of urgency in their organization. In the two months since the U.S.

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LDRLB

OCTOBER 31, 2012

We talk a lot about values in organizations…perhaps too much so. Unfortunately, our society and organizations seem to lack many of these true role models, and we instead settle for looking up to those who speak the loudest, rather than live the life they talk about. We promote and revere charisma, rather than service.

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Six Disciplines

JUNE 14, 2011

Business process improvement was revolutionized when Dr. Michael Hammer introduced the international best-seller Reengineering the Corporation. Dr. Hammer’s research and teachings focus on how to transform business operations; his work is relentlessly pragmatic and immediately applicable. But what are business processes?

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Great Results Team Building

JANUARY 24, 2013

The “Whack-a-Mole” game is one where you grab a large padded hammer - and you score points by hitting the plastic moles when they pop up their heads. Society holds that hammer high, and delights in crushing any head that sticks itself out above the crowd.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 21, 2016

And top-down, hierarchical leadership styles can still be effective for managing an organization, especially those that mass-produce specific products. Here’s where it gets sketchy… When left to their own devices under stress, these hammer-dropping leaders will lack the emotional intelligence to influence those they lead.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Just as leaders deliver big picture messages and strategy, we also set the tone for how organizations innovate. 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.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Here is an excerpt from a profile of Yaarit Silverstone (Managing Director, Talent & Organization Performance, Accenture) written by Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) for The Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 22, 2011

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 a profile of journalist Lisa Belkin 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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Marshall Goldsmith

APRIL 26, 2019

In crisis, you want to say as much as you know, but no more than that, because you will get hammered if you do not state the facts. I think it helps organizations, and I think it helps individuals. And, this extends even to those who make honest mistakes by pushing just a little too far. If you didn’t do it, just say that.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 24, 2011

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

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In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

In a crisis, whether short or long-term, the most senior people in the organization need to step up and offer innovative solutions to the issues hammering the bottom-line. But, these blips have a way of separating leaders from followers. Those who can’t do this are not leaders. At best, they are managers.

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Six Disciplines

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Those who have worked both in small and large organizations have a much better appreciation for how fundamentally different large companies are from small ones. The best performers want to belong to an organization that’s on a mission, and they need to see how they’re contributing to that mission. They include: 1. I feel like a number.

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Tim Milburn

AUGUST 29, 2013

I have the same love affair with productivity and organizational tools as I do with hammers, drills, and mitre saws. Choose one tool for each type of organization (calender, to-do list, notes, etc). For some of us, this is the hardest (yet most necessary) part of staying organized. photo credit: Seditious Canary via photopin cc.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 11, 2021

This requires a high degree of digital competency within organizations to allow them to capitalize on the possibilities presented by these technologies. It’s a process of human augmentation rather than substitution, and the authors argue that by making technology a partner in work, organizations can reshape how they operate.

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Tony Mayo

AUGUST 22, 2009

Experimenters showed peasants drawings of a hammer, a saw, an axe, and a log and then asked them to choose the three items that were similar. If pressed, they considered throwing out the hammer; the situation of chopping wood seemed more cogent to them than any conceptual category. Use any phone!

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Six Disciplines

MAY 17, 2013

Those who have worked both in small and large organizations have a much better appreciation for how fundamentally different large companies are from small ones. The best performers want to belong to an organization that’s on a mission, and they need to see how they’re contributing to that mission. They include: 1. I feel like a number.

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Change Starts Here

JUNE 3, 2014

” One quote that never seems to be mentioned is this follow up in 1995, where Michael Hammer said: “In Reengineering the Corporation , we estimated that between 50 and 70 percent of reengineering efforts were not successful in achieving the desired breakthrough performance.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 22, 2012

We will, but the rest of the tips won’t work as well if your employees don’t trust that you have their backs or you’re not using development as a hammer. Help your employees learn that “politics” isn’t a dirty word; it’s the way things get done in organizations. OK, so when are we going to get to the pragmatic “hows”?

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 7, 2020

Compact and Organized Accumulation of Material. Such incidents are common in the businesses that deal with mechanical tools that include, drill machines, hammers, wedges, saws, glass, and other sharp objects. Such spaces are secure and very organized so you can rest assured that your material will neither break nor spoil.

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Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

I began traveling to Haiti as a volunteer in 2007 and moved here in 2010 to launch an organization called GOALS. I find myself hammering out emails at 11PM on Sunday with the TV on and my phone lighting up with messages. Mostly this has to do with living in Haiti. In the U.S.,

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LDRLB

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

These individuals are the hidden MVPs of the organization. Ronnie was an organizer – a leader in cultural development. In fact, it was Ronnie who took a sledge hammer to that wall and turned it into rubble. Do not take them for granted. Applaud them. Nurture their talent. Listen to them.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 21, 2011

Hershman and Dr. Michael Hammer. How the new job of process owner can tie together the separate silos that characterize the traditional organization to change the way work is done and how people relate to one another. Hershman is the Chief Executive Officer of Hammer and Company. About the Authors.

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The Recovering Engineer

MARCH 12, 2010

For example, I can use a hammer to build a house or to attack my neighbor. In both cases, the hammer is just a hammer. The DISC model is just an observation about human nature and human behavior. It has no moral or ethical standing on its own. It is just like any other tool.

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LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

When business goes sour, whether short or long-term, the organization’s most senior people need to step up and offer innovative solutions to the issues hammering the top and bottom-line. But, these blips have a way of separating leaders from followers. Those who fail to do this are not leaders. At best, they are managers.

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Joseph Lalonde

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Do you know your stuff regarding your organization? Is there anything special about your organization? Dig deep into what you can learn about the organization you work for and study, study, study. When you know what you’re looking for, you can bring the right people on or guide the organization in the right direction.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

There was a time when everyone was jumping onto The Learning Organization bandwagon. This usually happened when times were good, when organizations felt a little more ebullient about their prospects and generous toward their employees. Such declarations usually produce only cynicism. It can get pretty complex.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JULY 13, 2013

Straight talk in organizations, when delivered with sincerity, tends to achieve understanding quickly. And yet, in so many organizations, we are incredibly bad at it. Well, it could begin with establishing some principles, not unlike these: Principle # 1: Talk to the Organ Grinder, not the Monkey. It values truth.

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Lead by Adventure

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

They are the organizers and effective members of your team. Who can hammer out the details? This will not only increase your understanding of the DISC personality test but allow you to train others within your company or organization (including managers, team members, etc.). These are the nice people that are very supportive.

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Sales Wolf Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

Successories Motivational Products Talent Managment Magazine Testing and Assessments - An Employers Guide to Good Practices Testing and Assessments - DOL The Rainmaker Group - Possibility Maximization An amazing group of people commited to making a difference in the world they live - one soul, one organization, one Customer Experience at a time.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JUNE 25, 2011

Straight talk in organizations tends to accomplish understanding quickly. And yet, in so many organizations, we are incredibly bad at it. 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 values truth.

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