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Beyond the Hammer
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Beyond the Hammer

A Fresh Approach to Leadership, Culture, and Building High Performance Teams

Forbes Books, 2024 plus...

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Business leader Brian Gottlieb describes “five pillars” of leadership that address common business problems. Using a fictional case history of a construction company, he identifies a set of crucial issues: unmotivated employees, departmental fiefdoms, employee churn, lack of vision, and managers who must spend their time putting out fires, not building profits. In this informative management guide, Gottlieb outlines his pillars, which explain the impact of a leader’s beliefs, voice, and model, and the importance of training and managerial checklists. As he works through his analogy, he also explains how to rectify pressing leadership concerns by putting his pillars to work.

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For long-term success, depend on five leadership pillars.

A house requires the right foundation and proper construction. No house can endure without them.

Similarly, to succeed over the long run, a business requires a resilient culture as a basic foundation. Building that culture calls for putting people in charge who follow the “five pillars” of leadership.

1. “Belief is transferable” – If you believe in something, your values will transfer to your workforce. 

If you commit to a strong belief, purpose, or direction, your belief will transfer to your team. As your team members see you put your beliefs into action, they will come to believe in them as well. Then they can implement those shared beliefs and values in their work.

Numerous studies show that sharing a strong belief transforms people’s performance and results, for good or ill. For example, those in a 2011 study who identified themselves as stressed were likelier to experience an early death, “but only if another factor was true as well. That factor is belief.” Stressed people who also think stress undermines...

About the Author

Brian Gottlieb began operating a start-up from a card table with only $3,000 cash on hand. He sold his business 12 years later, with nearly $1 billion in lifetime sales and 600 employees.  


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    S. W. 9 months ago
    I had a manager that actively carried out all these points and it makes such a huge difference. Definitely one to aspire to.

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