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Category Archives: AccountabilityEveryone says they want to be on a winning team. And nobody ever says they want to be on a lousy team. So how come we end up on frustrating teams much of the time? Here are the steps you … Continue reading In one of my recent blog posts, Teamwork Basics: Creating Positive Interdependence in Groups, I offered three strategies you can use to get people feeling and acting like they are in the same boat together: Start shining the spotlight on … Continue reading
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Tagged Agile, Christopher Avery, consulting, management skills, team collaboration, Teamwork
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I’m going to make an exception to one of my practices: I normally refrain from publicly using the Leadership Gift to analyze current affairs. It would be so easy for me: every day some prominent journalist or blogger bellows, “When … Continue reading
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Tagged economy, flight attendant, JetBlue, Leadership, obligation, quit, Responsibility Process, Steven Slater
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Stuart Cordell (my lifelong friend, Leadership Gift advocate, and fine Ohio attorney) pointed me to this excellent video about how the legal system hamstrings us from living our lives, doing our jobs, or serving each other for fear of frivolous … Continue reading
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Tagged laws, legal system, Phillip K. Howard, Responsibility Process
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It was a great Ask Christopher Avery Q&A session today. You can listen on the player here. The questions I addressed are below. Ask your question now for the next monthly session of Ask Christopher Avery. Jim: What is the … Continue reading I appreciate you. And I appreciate your interest in how personal and shared responsibility works in the mind. People like you joined me today for a solid hour of my best information about leading, teaming, and succeeding through 100% ownership. … Continue reading
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Tagged http://www.blogtalkradio.com/christopheravery, keys to responsibility, Responsibility Process, responsibility redefined, www.askchristopheravery.com
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Everyday Google-bots comb the net bringing me posts by journalists, bloggers, politicos, celebs and others about responsibility and accountability. Out of those posts, 99.54 percent of them are terribly uninteresting, mainly Lay Blame rants along the lines of “when is … Continue reading Effective leadership skills suggest we should always be willing to investigate ourselves as much as any other reasoned breakdown in communication. Communication is what is received, not what is sent. This quotation should be a mantra for every effective leader. … Continue reading Effective Teamwork is based on human agility and taking responsibility for our actions which contribute to shared results. The belief that we are required as leaders or team-members to maintain a facade of perfection should be smashed and dumped off … Continue reading My life-long friend Stuart Cordell brought this piece to my attention when it was published about a month ago: Why Learn and Grow on the Job? It’s Much Easier to Feign Infallibility Jared Sandberg wrote it for his Wall Street … Continue reading |