First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 26, 2011

Here is an article written by Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles) for The Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business. Visit us daily to discover issues that matter, share experiences, and plan networking, your career and your life.”

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Hammer Diversity Innovation Article 89

First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 3, 2011

Here is an excerpt from a profile of Stephanie Niven written by Cleo Thompson (London), founder of The Gender Blog, for The Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business.

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Hammer Blog Career Planning 85

Strategy Driven

MARCH 21, 2011

Hershman and Dr. Michael Hammer. The modern corporation that has evolved as a result consists of many specialized functional departments, such as sales, engineering, marketing, manufacturing, operations, and finance. The only way to survive in this ever-changing, expanding, globalizing economy is to continually adapt.

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Hammer Chief Executive Officer Metrics Process 50

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2011

An executive in the company's finance operations adopted a Six Sigma belt-driven approach to reduce costs in the company's global shared service centers. can often have a superior attitude and be zealots with a hammer, so that everything looks like a nail. Finally, the improvement experts (and I am one!)

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Six Sigma Bottom-up Cost Project 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Negotiating the deal with the large global brand had been a challenge, but it increased business so much that Lance and his direct reports still felt as if they didn’t have enough hours in the day to get everything done. .” “Besides, lots of experts say that too many people view comp as a hammer and every problem as a nail.

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Case Study Team CFO Merchandising 13

Chris Brady

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Way #2: Audi agreed with the stance that would require governmentally enforced global eco-wacko-ism and thought it was funny to poke fun at people who don't share the extreme "granola" viewpoint.  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

JUNE 4, 2012

In the six decades since Berlin's essay was published, hedgehogs have come to dominate academia, medicine, finance, law, and many other professional domains. To begin, our highly interconnected and global economy means that seemingly unrelated developments can affect each other. at all, only in some de facto way." Why's that?

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Hammer Real Estate Uncertainty Career 20