The Recovering Engineer
MARCH 12, 2010
He developed a theory that people tend to develop a self-concept based on one of four factors — Dominance, Inducement, Steadiness, or Compliance. 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. It has no moral or ethical standing on its own.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 19, 2017
In organizational change initiatives, our negative biases can create a toxic self-fulfilling prophecy. ” From that point on, Hammer and Champy’s “unscientific estimate” took on a life of its own. .” ” In Hammer’s 1995 book, The Reengineering Revolution, he attempts to set the record straight.
Strategy Driven
APRIL 22, 2011
And it’s about being able to maintain your authentic self in a situation of meaningful consequence – where your decisions affect others, sometimes on a grand scale and sometimes in very personal or dramatic ways. But if your employees take a risk and fail, and you come down on them like a hammer, guess what? All rights reserved.
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