Archive for September, 2007

Prepping for AskChristopherAvery.com

Hi, I know I haven't been posting lately. Wanted to remind you that I'll be answering questions today for 50 minutes straight starting at 10AM Pacific / 1 PM Eastern. It's my third "monthly" (i.e., scheduled around my travel calendar) live FREE tele-clinic. You can get the call-in number by going to AskChristopherAvery.com and entering […]

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2007 Mission 35—Responsibility Redefined supports Good to Great leadership

Last week in the Southern California mountain resort town of Lake Arrowhead a small group of senior leaders came together to launch their trek toward building a great company. I was honored to support them. And they were thrilled with their experience and the results of their meeting. Here's what my client reported to me […]

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Don’t skip this book like I did

InfoQ's Deborah Hartmann reviews the book The Responsibility Virus: How Control Freaks, Shrinking Violets and the Rest of Us Can H Arness the Power of True Partnership which was published about a year after my own Teamwork Is An Individual Skill: Getting Your Work Done When Sharing Responsibility. 
I haven't read the book cover-to-cover though I'm […]

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The Difference Between Accountability and Responsibility

There's a blog post and comments over at Linked-In about the difference between accountability and responsibility. Here's what I said…
I agree with Thomas Dodds (a commenter there) who says:       
"So I TAKE responsibility and I am HELD accountable."
In my work with Responsibility Redefined I think, write, and teach everyday about the difference between Responsibility and […]

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Knowledge Team Leadership Boulder was Mission 34

Wow, it's been a long time.
Last week in Boulder, Colorado was spectacular.  We had a lively group of project leaders, IT managers, and a software dev start-up VP for Knowledge Team Leadership. For me the highlight of the week was being in Rally Software Development company headquarters and working with Agile University, Rally's new contribution […]

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