You're Not the Boss of Me

JULY 13, 2013

I suspect most of them have something to do with internal politics, bureaucracy, or perhaps a belief that the more complicated or obscure the language, the more important the message. Taking the hammer out of the communication toolbox allows for more open and meaningful conversation. It grows integrity.

Leadership 68

Leadership Hammer Bureaucracy Environment 68

In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 7, 2011

Fortunately I don’t take myself as seriously as I did in my business days; I no longer fret about my insecurities or fear the political animals lurking in the hallowed hallways of the Zurich head office. Warren Staley (Cargill) supports Habitat for Humanity with a hammer, a saw and a wallet.

CEO 100

CEO Golden Parachute Welch Human Resources 100

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 14, 2015

neither sales nor marketing go behind-the-scenes, into the environment/culture in which the buyer lives, to help facilitate the non-solution-focused internal political or relational issues buyers must address to get the necessary buy-in and make the necessary adjustments to their culture that change demands.

Influence 50

Influence Management Telemarketing Hammer 50

You're Not the Boss of Me

JUNE 25, 2011

I suspect most of them have something to do with internal politics, bureaucracy, or perhaps a belief that the more complicated or obscure the language, the more important the message. Taking the hammer out of the communication toolbox allows for more open and meaningful conversation. It grows integrity.

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Hammer Bureaucracy Environment Politics 60

Chris Brady

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Select one (or at the most two), and hammer away at it with all your ability. We take a look at ourselves and see so many areas for improvement that we are tempted to attack them all at once. Resist this temptation. Focus is the key. Take immediate action. Where the fins hit the water is when we take action toward their fulfillment.

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Goal Blog Letter Open-book 134

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Some of the greatest accomplishments in business, politics, and culture have come not from individual initiative alone but from those working in , with , and for community. And whether in politics or business, leadership for community is almost always the most powerful. First, great leadership often starts in community.

Leadership 10

Leadership Hammer Short-term Simon 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 13, 2011

And there was Armand Hammer, CEO of Occidental Petroleum, who put in place a long-term incentive plan for himself with a ten-year payout horizon — when he was in his 90s. There was William Paley, the titan of CBS, who challenged his biographer by asking just why he had to die.

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Long-term Hammer Organizational Behavior CEO 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2011

At the very least, they can give you political cover if the initiative fails; you can blame it on them. can often have a superior attitude and be zealots with a hammer, so that everything looks like a nail. Using experienced consultants can lower your risk. However, the push approach comes with complications.

Six Sigma 15

Six Sigma Bottom-up Cost Project 15

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. We also analyzed the top 50 ranked HBR articles of all time (by reprint sales). The breadth of article topics was large and the sample of rhetorical styles diverse.

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Prahalad Hamel Core Competence Leadership 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2016

Baidu, an economically powerful and politically connected company, was now in Uber’s inner circle of investors. There’s also a saying in China: “The nail that sticks up is the nail that gets hammered down.” But Google Maps coverage in China was extremely limited and notoriously inaccurate.

Marketing 8

Marketing CEO Mass Marketing Price 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

They're using hammers where scalpels are required. They have to stop proposing lazy, politically popular, throw-the-baby-out-with-the-bath-water solutions. While every progressive voice is trying to get the public to stop asking about overhead, Oregon would be counseling its citizens the opposite.

Proposal 13

Proposal Telemarketing Hammer Report 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2012

We want basic human rights to be respected — but mostly, we yawn when habeas corpus, the fundamental political building block of a minimally enlightened social contract (remember that 13th century document called the Magna Carta ?) The funny thing is, the world has made explosive jumps forward to increased prosperity. is rolled back.

Abell 16

Abell Hammer Construction Morale 16

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.” .” Industrial musicals weren’t merely about camaraderie and a few chuckles. “There was a lot of minutia that had to be crammed into the shows,” says Murphy.

Morale 8

Morale Conference Hammer Film 8

Strategy Driven

APRIL 22, 2011

During the presentation the CEO was polite, if noncommittal. But if your employees take a risk and fail, and you come down on them like a hammer, guess what? A young, inexperienced, but talented associate had what he thought was a plan for a powerful new marketing initiative. The CMO agreed, and the meeting took place.

CEO 57

CEO How To Venture Capitalist Follow-up 57

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

He highlights the short-term focus of financial markets and of political systems, and also the need to change consumer preferences and habits, as three big areas that need to change at the system level. We need tools to assess progress for external stakeholders, consumers, and managers. But in reality, it was more personal.

Project 8

Project Advice Henderson Short-term 8

Chris Brady

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

In a good stab at such misguided beliefs, Audi basically tried to sell an awesome car to people fed up with getting in trouble with the viciously politically correct. Government is like a sledge hammer. I am okay with this view, though the imagery was still very scary.

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Politics Blog Travel Letter 77

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

Online outreach has enabled the candidates to raise vast sums of money, identify their supporters and likely supporters with precision, and leverage social networks to engage peer pressure (the more polite term from psychology is "social proof") on their behalf. Everyone knows politics is a big money game.

Media 8

Media Marketing Politics Hammer 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Should business leaders be political? Let me rephrase — should business leaders be involved in politics? And yet business leaders are finding themselves drawn into the political process — oddly enough, to try and depoliticize it. And concern about political gridlock is not just confined to the US.

Politics 8

Politics CEO Health Care Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

The editorial page of the New York Times recently hammered Mitt Romney with a piece called " A Big Storm Requires Big Government." Such constraints would likely encourage less risk taking before a disaster.

Real Estate 9

Real Estate Incentives Insurance Hammer 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Some neuroscientists have found that fear has a bigger impact on the right – politically , that is. The first half of the ad hammers this home by saying: “Illegal immigrants convicted of committing crimes get to stay, collecting social security benefits—skipping the line.”

Advertising 8

Advertising Hammer PR Sharpe 8