{"id":19485,"date":"2019-03-26T08:24:40","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T13:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archivegl.unlabbeta.com\/?p=19485"},"modified":"2019-03-26T08:24:40","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T13:24:40","slug":"paul-hillen-on-what-is-your-bag-of-hammers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/paul-hillen-on-what-is-your-bag-of-hammers\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Hillen on “What is Your ‘Bag of Hammers’?”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What is your \u201cBag of Hammers\u201d and can you grant others nagging rights with zero cost of candor?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In our new book, How Goodness Pays<\/em><\/a>, my co-author Paul Hillen describes how his leadership style was once dubbed \u201ca bag of hammers.\u201d What\u2019s your own \u201cbag of hammers\u201d \u2013 that is, a blind-spot leadership trait holding you back from success? Paul Hillen tackles today\u2019s blog\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cYour leadership style is like a bag of hammers,\u201d was what my executive coach at the time, Paul Batz, told me in 2004, when I was a senior leader at Cargill. Paul was giving me a wake-up call from my 360 feedback. I had recently joined Cargill after 15 years at Procter and Gamble.<\/p>\n

What Paul was telling me was that the things that made me successful in the P&G culture would not help me succeed at Cargill. My 360 feedback was very good from a capabilities standpoint, but some people felt I was not taking the time to involve them in decision-making or genuinely caring about their personal success.<\/p>\n

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How Goodness Pays<\/em> helps leaders work on their leadership approach to improve business results.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was raised as the youngest of seven where it was survival of the fittest. My parents were great, but were no-nonsense, work-for-what-you-want, and no sniveling. I remember as a kid helping my dad trim trees. I was up in the tree with a saw and clippers in my hands barely hanging on. I said to my dad, \u201cWhat if I fall?\u201d He responded, \u201cThat\u2019s why I had seven kids.\u201d That upbringing combined with the fast-paced, results-driven, up-or-out culture at P&G molded my leadership style.<\/p>\n

My \u201cbag of hammers\u201d was my blind-spot. I literally did not see how my leadership style was affecting others until someone pointed it out. I had the fortune to be in a leadership program that assigned a coach to me, but not all of us have that opportunity. Here is a useful way you can get that kind of vital personal feedback.<\/p>\n

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Paul Batz and Paul Hillen, Co-Authors of How Goodness Pays,<\/em> met when Paul Batz was Paul Hillen\u2019s executive coach at Cargill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nagging Rights with Zero Cost of Candor<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is the concept of \u201cnagging rights\u201d \u2013 identifying three to four trusted colleagues or friends and confiding in them the areas you are working on to improve your leadership (or asking them to help you identify those areas). Nagging rights only work if accompanied by \u201czero cost of candor\u201d \u2013 the absence of repercussions. If the people feel they can\u2019t be honest with you, then you won\u2019t get beneficial feedback.<\/p>\n

Trust me, you won\u2019t like some of the feedback. It might hurt. However, without candid feedback, you won\u2019t improve as a leader. I know it\u2019s helped me. I\u2019m confident it will help you too.<\/p>\n

Let me know how you are working on your own \u201cbag of hammers,\u201d and if you can grant trusted friends and colleagues nagging rights with zero cost of candor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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