The Practical Leader

APRIL 6, 2021

.'” The timeless quest for shortcuts, “secrets,” or faster routes to growth and development is behind so much fad surfing. Many leaders and development professionals search for new technologies and quick and easy approaches to personal, team, and organization development. It’ll never work.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JULY 14, 2014

There are several reasons for that – it is often used, using it won’t hurt you (think hammer, saw, or torch!), Leadership & Supervisory Skills Personal & Professional Development measuring success' and my Dad carried a small one in his pocket. And as a boy, emulating Dad […].

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

His hammers, screwdrivers, and pieces of wood showed me the power of choosing a growth mindset in lieu of settling for a fixed one. They spend their time documenting their intelligence or talent instead of developing them. Developing yourself.”. They also believe that talent alone creates success—without effort.”. “In

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Leading Blog

MAY 4, 2020

If your biggest strength is your technology or IP differentiation, you better have a simple visual, which makes it easy to understand while also hammering home your IP is so important. Spend more time on this “killer slide” and hammer in the point. Sometimes, the “big strength” is a product demo, which isn’t in the slides at all.

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In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Ronnie was an organizer – a leader in cultural development. In fact, it was Ronnie who took a sledge hammer to that wall and turned it into rubble. He never missed the company Christmas party or the summer social event. He refused to be blocked by the brick wall that separates management from union in most companies.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 22, 2012

Have you ever worked for a manager that consistently helped you learn new skills and develop? From a purely selfish perspective, when you develop your employees, they get smarter, more productive, improve their performance, and ultimately, make you look like a genius. Treat every day as a development day. How do you do that?

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Getting executives into a room and hammering out a contract doesn''t make a deal. His website is augustturak.com. * * * Like us on Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *.' There is no substitute for grass roots research. Don''t figure it out. Beware of Magic Bullets.

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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

In my hands, a hammer was a dangerous tool capable of putting holes where holes shouldn’t be, and bashing fingers into submission. I didn’t need a hammer! It was a two week project, and it was one of the longest two weeks of my life. I have absolutely no aptitude for carpentry. Because numbers I could work with.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 7, 2014

I recently asked readers to submit their burning leadership development questions. We’ve begun a focus on Individual Development Planning – and it is my main cause in life to move names on the chart. She’s using good processes, tools, best practices, and is committed to the development of her company’s leaders.

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Joseph Lalonde

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Take the hammer, break the mold. Personal Development follower mold stepping out' You’ll never find your place in the world. Question: What can you do to step out of the mold you’ve cast yourself in? How could this affect your life? Please share your thoughts in the comment section below.

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Joseph Lalonde

APRIL 25, 2014

One of the coolest iOS apps I’ve seen for the gamification of task lists or personal development has to be EpicWin (or there’s Task Hammer for Android users like myself). Using this app, you make a list of tasks that you need to complete, including personal development goals.

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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. People will move mountains for you if in exchange for doing so they get to grow and develop. People grow and develop in a zone of dis comfort, not comfort. The leader has to be simultaneously caring and tough.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 16, 2011

The Glass Hammer shares the story of Karen Wimbish whose career soared after her children had grown. Click the link above to read 4 key tips for stress-free management from Rene Shimada Siegel of Inc.com. Movers and Shakers: Karen Wimbish, Director of Retail Retirement for Wells Fargo.

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Joseph Lalonde

APRIL 30, 2018

They see the talents of others and help them develop those talents. When he had his Infinity Gauntlet created on the planet of Nidavellir (the planet Thor’s hammer Mjolnir was forged on), he killed all of the giant Dwarves except for Eitri (Peter Dinklage). However, in the creation of the hammer, Thor was gravely injured.

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Great Results Team Building

JANUARY 24, 2013

The “Whack-a-Mole” game is one where you grab a large padded hammer - and you score points by hitting the plastic moles when they pop up their heads. Society holds that hammer high, and delights in crushing any head that sticks itself out above the crowd.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 1, 2016

That’s why it’s vital for you to develop a Winning Well relationship with your assistant(s.) . Instead of hammering me about it, Karin acknowledged it but helped us quickly move on. She’s overseeing projects, and clicking off those daily/weekly/monthly tasks that you may forget about while you focus on what YOU do best.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Remember Abe Maslow’s famed line: “If the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.” It is interesting that the number one impact on mental development among children is having a parent who converses. They all depend on the leadership orientation of the leader.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 27, 2011

Here is an excerpt from a profile of Birgit Neu (COO, Corporate Development, Global Banking and Markets, HSBC) written by Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)) for The Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 21, 2011

Grant (Partner, Project Development & Finance Group, Shearman & Sterling) written by Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) for The Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business. Here is an excerpt from a profile of Denise M.

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Your Voice of Encouragement

APRIL 8, 2014

And then he used a phrase to describe me that I cherish to this day: VELVET HAMMER I pride myself on speaking the truth to people, but I try to do it gently, to maintain the other person’s dignity and self-esteem. Who would make the best “velvet hammer” for you? Someone who will be honest with you.

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Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

GOALS uses soccer to engage youth in public service and education that improve quality of life and develop new leadership. We’re up to 600 kids per month with a staff of 18 local leaders focused on long-term, community-driven development. There are times when full-time electricity, internet, and air-conditioning would be nice.

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Innovation Excellence

OCTOBER 19, 2016

The innovation book Robert’s Rules of Innovation: A 10-Step Program for Corporate Survival hammers the point home that innovation is the key to your company’s survival—in other words, “innovate or die.”

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Disapproval is the hammer of perfectionistic leaders. Leaders who can’t accept themselves are sure to look down on others. Perfectionism is self-rejection. Arrogance, humility, pursuit, and perfectionism: Pursuit is energized with humility and… Continue reading →

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Authority as a hammer: Maslow said, “I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have… Continue reading → If you didn’t have authority, how would you hold people accountable? Don’t demand what must be given.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 5, 2015

If you’ve already developed a reputation for not being a person of your word, then go to those people and apologize, and make it better from this point forward. As the leader, they failed to provide any clear directions or consequences, and yet are ready to drop the hammer in disciplinary actions for a mistake.

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Tim Milburn

AUGUST 29, 2013

I have the same love affair with productivity and organizational tools as I do with hammers, drills, and mitre saws. While that may seem like a lot, please realize we’re trying to develop a habit here. Second, I want you to develop a loyalty to this tool. photo credit: Seditious Canary via photopin cc.

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LDRLB

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Ronnie was an organizer – a leader in cultural development. In fact, it was Ronnie who took a sledge hammer to that wall and turned it into rubble. He never missed the company Christmas party or the summer social event. He refused to be blocked by the brick wall that separates management from union in most companies.

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David A Fields

OCTOBER 1, 2019

If you develop an annual plan for your consulting firm, there’s a decent chance you sit down with your senior team and/or advisors for a day or two to hammer out your objectives, strategies and tactics. (If If you don’t engage in any strategic planning for your consulting firm then, as the old saying goes, “When … Continued.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 21, 2016

Here’s where it gets sketchy… When left to their own devices under stress, these hammer-dropping leaders will lack the emotional intelligence to influence those they lead. So it does work.

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Sales Wolf Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (1978) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Walk The Talk The Dash, The Race, and Management, Training and Development Resources Workforce Management: information on employment law, human resource development and human resource management.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 19, 2011

Anderson (New York City) for The Glass Hammer’s “Industry Leaders” series. The Glass Hammer is an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business. Here is an excerpt from an article about Ancella Livers written by Melissa J.

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Your Voice of Encouragement

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

What’s the secret to developing such a belief? If anything, this approach undermines the development of healthy self-esteem. They hammered the then-#1 ranked Blue Devils, outscoring them by 27 points (final score 90-63). In other words, you believe that you’re capable and worthy of achieving fulfillment and happiness.

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Six Disciplines

DECEMBER 13, 2013

This importance was hammered home to me in a lunch meeting with “Sandy,” who recently moved to a much larger organization. Yet many small businesses don’t consciously develop strategies that use their advantages. She commented, “It’s just not the same. I feel like a number. From Gary Harpst''s Six Disciplines for Exellence.

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Your Voice of Encouragement

APRIL 29, 2013

Alison developed a reputation as a star assistant throughout the company because she not only got great ideas – she translated them into action. You don''t learn to hold your own in the world by standing on guard, but by attacking, and getting well-hammered yourself." "A But not everyone does this.

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CoachStation

MARCH 7, 2016

Finally, it has forced me to think about and clearly articulate answers to the excellent questions that Maddy had developed. To explain this concept, Sinek has developed what he calls the “Golden Circle,”. 1) When developing, maintaining and growing my business, I have focused heavily on the ‘why’. What does that even mean?

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Six Disciplines

MAY 17, 2013

This importance was hammered home to me in a lunch meeting with “Sandy,” who recently moved to a much larger organization. Yet many small businesses don’t consciously develop strategies that use their advantages. She commented, “It’s just not the same. I feel like a number. From Gary Harpst''s Six Disciplines for Exellence.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 20, 2021

However, if it doesn’t work, try hammering the hinge pin up approximately halfway and applying some lubricant to the pin, such as 3-in-1 oil, to make it more flexible. Because of the development of sand or additional mineral patches, a mesh screen at the tip of the faucet becomes jammed. Restore Faucet Flow.

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