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Katherine Hammer

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 9:14 AM

Start It Up columnistREAD»

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Katherine Hammer

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 9:13 AM

Start It Up columnistREAD»

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Ask the Experts

BY Fast Company
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Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 9:13 AM

Dr. Katherine Hammer offers advice and counsel from the frontlines of leadership.READ»

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When Honesty's Not the Best Policy

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:35 AM

By Katherine Hammer Shareholder class-action suits frequently allege that a company's management team has acted dishonestly, withholding critical information that adversely affected the stock's value. In dramatic cases like the ...READ»

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Making the Call When a Manager Needs to Leave

BY Katherine Hammer
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:33 AM

Few experiences drain a person's emotions more than a divorce. The loss of trust and common vision evokes a devastating sense of grief that I have endured only three times in my professional life -- when I made the decisions to ...READ»

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What's So Hard About Building a Good Management Team?

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 90
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:32 AM

What's So Hard About Building a Good Management Team? by Katherine Hammer Most first-time entrepreneurs I know are risk-takers characterized by a can-do attitude and a fair amount of impatience with those who focus more on process ...READ»

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What's So Hard About Building a Good Management Team?

BY Katherine Hammer
Relevancy Score: 90
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:33 AM

Most first-time entrepreneurs I know are risk-takers characterized by a can-do attitude and a fair amount of impatience with those who focus more on process or power than on achieving goals. Frequently, it is this lack of regard for ...READ»

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Making the Cut: Managing the Layoff Process

BY Katherine Hammer
Relevancy Score: 78
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:38 AM

It seems as if some manager introduces another wrong way to lay off faithful employees every day. Shoot 'em an email. Call their names over the intercom. Order some poor subordinate to deliver the news before canning him as well. ...READ»

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When Honesty's Not the Best Policy

BY Katherine Hammer
Relevancy Score: 58
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:35 AM

Shareholder class-action suits frequently allege that a company's management team has acted dishonestly, withholding critical information that adversely affected the stock's value. In dramatic cases like the Firestone-Ford Explorer ...READ»

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You're Not Here to Be Liked

BY Katherine Hammer
Relevancy Score: 45
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:36 AM

I left the faculty of Washington State University in 1980 to join Texas Instruments as a systems programmer. I was seeking a career that would provide more money and mobility for my family. While academia didn't provide much financial ...READ»

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You're Not Here to Be Liked

BY Katherine Hammer
Relevancy Score: 45
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:36 AM

I left the faculty of Washington State University in 1980 to join Texas Instruments as a systems programmer. I was seeking a career that would provide more money and mobility for my family. While academia didn't provide much financial ...READ»

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In Praise of Criticism

BY Katherine Hammer
Relevancy Score: 45
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:35 AM

I've stumbled over a fine line in human nature that many other leaders trip over as well: Being critical and offering criticism are two distinct acts. Most people can criticize freely -- as long as they aren't facing the person under ...READ»

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The Perils of a Personality Culture

BY Katherine Hammer
Relevancy Score: 34
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:35 AM

In the post-Industrial era, highly skilled and experienced team players resemble Ricky Williams or Troy Aikman -- powerful, rare, and expensive. Attracting and retaining all-star talent is a top priority for most organizations, which ...READ»

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Start It Up

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 33
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:33 AM

Not all entrepreneurs conduct dot.com enterprises, but virtually every business owner today works on the Web in some capacity. In an effort to facilitate connections between entrepreneurs and the companies they work with, Fast Company ...READ»

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Learning to Reperceive

BY Katherine Hammer
Relevancy Score: 30
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:37 AM

We review, revise, rethink, revisit, and re-experience nearly every waking moment, yet we don't reperceive nearly enough.READ»

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When We Fail

BY Katherine Hammer
Relevancy Score: 23
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:37 AM

Certain types of failure -- losing our temper, singing off-key, or getting hopelessly lost -- are rarely grounds for persecution. In fact, these shortcomings are more often lovable idiosyncrasies -- quirks that friends poke fun at ...READ»

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Taking a Balanced View

BY Katherine Hammer
Relevancy Score: 15
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:34 AM

When he first joined ETI as a consultant, Chad (not his real name) dazzled the management team with an extraordinary technical prowess and an undying commitment to his work and to customer service. Chad's manager, Sharon, sang his ...READ»