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The Frustrating Magnetism of Strengths

Leadership Freak

“If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” ” Abraham Maslow Your strength is your hammer. Comfortable tools are… Continue reading → Leading Marks of leaders Personal Growth Taking others higher Leadership Leadership Development leadership journey' If only the world was a nail.

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Good Power: Changing a Life. Changing Work. Changing the World.

Leading Blog

And when delivering bad news, use a velvet hammer. We must give people the tools—the how—to change. I discovered that listening breeds knowledge, knowledge breeds creditability, and credibility earns trust that allows relationships to flourish. How do we do that? New thinking brings about new behavior resulting in different outcomes.

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Are You Addicted To Tools And Allergic To Work?

Tim Milburn

I like tools. I can’t walk down the aisles of a Home Depot without seeing a tool I’d like to have. Even if I don’t need the tool now, I can always imagine how it will come in handy…someday. Even if I don’t need the tool now, I can always imagine how it will come in handy…someday.

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Reshaping the Leadership and Culture Development Puzzle

The Practical Leader

.” Abraham Maslow famously observed, “if the only tool you have is a hammer you treat everything as if it were a nail.” ” Many fad champions swing the hammer of the latest big organizational fix with monomaniacal zeal. And the snicker factor rises another notch.

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Six Ways Leaders Can Help Others Measure Success

Kevin Eikenberry

One of earliest tools I learned how to use growing up on a farm was a tape measure. There are several reasons for that – it is often used, using it won’t hurt you (think hammer, saw, or torch!), and my Dad carried a small one in his pocket. And as a boy, emulating Dad […].

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Stop Leading! You’re Bleeding Off Passion

Lead Change Blog

Communications is another influence tool. However, it too cannot be selected as the primary tool. However, relying solely on the carrot as a tool for influencing can be experienced as an exercise in employee seduction. So, what does the leader have left as a tool for influencing? Lead Like You Are a Senior Partner.

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How Do You Know, That What Think You Know – Is True?

General Leadership

“I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.” GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. ” Abraham H. Who we are rises above what we say.

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