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Monthly Archives: May 2008Accountability Central, a website devoted to tracking business stories about accountability picked up an article from today’s Investor’s Business Daily. Accountability Central: BE HONEST AND DEPENDABLE; TAKE RESPONSIBILITY Put Trust In Your People The included tips are generally well-known: empower … Continue reading (Published in Christopher Avery’s Responsibility eTips) Where liability is involved Deny! has been the professional advice for eons. Even when great surgeons (for example) made an obvious blunder, they were pressured for liability reasons to deny it: “I’m sorry Mrs. … Continue reading I just reached an agreement with Agile University to teach Knowledge Team Leadership early in the 4th quarter. The dates are October 21-22. It will be in Boulder, Colorado. And the huge news is that it will be 2 intense … Continue reading
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My Cranky Middle Manager interview is posted. Wayne Turmel, the host of the hit Cranky Middle Manager podcast, interviews me about the Responsibility Redefined™ framework and what middle managers can do to be more successful. You can listen or download … Continue reading I blogged in September 2006 on Liberty Mutual’s branding campaign about personal responsibility. Their elegant tag line is “Responsibility. What’s your policy?” Policy, insurance company, get it? I’m enjoying the Liberty Mutual personal responsibility campaign. It is a great message … Continue reading I created the following YouTube video invitation at the request of the Agile Business Conference 2008 organizer… But then doing this video invitation for Agile Business Conference 2008 got me thinking: What would you think of a weekly short video … Continue reading I just posted the following project at Guru.com: Guru.com connects employers with freelancers from many fields. ID Influential Conferences/Meetings This tiny project is Step 1 only, perhaps a couple of hours. There will be follow-on steps to generate proposals. For … Continue reading This is for my friends in Europe , or anywhere else in the world who might like to attend the Agile Business Conference 2008 in London where I’ll be giving the closing keynote address on September 24, 2008. I’ll be … Continue reading
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This article, New Breed of Business Gurus Rises, in Monday’s Wall Street Journal says that 3 of the top 5 business gurus are focused on issues of psychology. That means managing attention is what leaders want to learn about. The … Continue reading Can you believe that my book, Teamwork Is an Individual Skill: Getting Your Work Done When Sharing Responsibility, is in its, what, 8th printing (I think)? My publisher just told me that they are raising the price again to $20.95. … Continue reading |