Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2019

This is the time of year when a lot of the leaders I work with are buckling down to write up annual performance reviews for the people on their team. This is a process that almost no one enjoys – neither the reviewer or the reviewee. Seriously, do you know anyone in any role who looks forward to an annual performance review?

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RapidStart Leadership

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

So before getting out the big hammer, think about what you really want to achieve. Re-look your organizational playbook, check job descriptions, review performance reviews. And that’s OK, so long as we are willing to try again, hopefully a little wiser the next time around. Setting impossible goals.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JULY 6, 2009

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2017

Often with good intentions, managers set up high performers as targets for sabotage, aggression, and exclusion. As the Japanese proverb warns : “The nail that sticks up gets hammered down.” ” Some high performers exit their organizations to escape such negative social consequences.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 6, 2013

One of the ways that a good leader can help bring about personal transformation is by being a Velvet Hammer. During the middle manager’s performance review, after talking about all of the things that he was doing well, his boss said, “There is one more thing that I have to tell you before you go.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

There is a proverb that says, “ If the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail&#. Mental Models: are, simply put, about assumptions and biases in our thinking. This speaks to the dangers of clinging to, and operating from, narrow perspectives.

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