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Ask Christopher Avery, 10 March 2009 – Listen Now

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 most effective way to help a person move out of the “deep victim” stance into a [...]

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Responsible Leadership: Boards Micro-Manage in Crisis?

Steven Tanner, Editor, California Executive quoted me in an article yesterday. Titled
“Now More Than Ever, Company Boards Must Respect Boundaries”
the article suggests there is a marked increase in Boards making tactical decisions for companies during economic crises. My suggestion, not all quoted in the article of course were as follows:

Effective Boards, Board Chairs, and CEO’s [...]

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Responsible Action Tip Success Case

Desiree Purvis writes:
Your tip on how to stop laying blame has been really useful – thinking back I’m staggered at how much “it got out” prior to your tip!
Q: Can I give myself points for taking responsibility AFTER griping about something?
Example: While clearing my e-mails on returning to the office from Xmas I came across [...]

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Taking Responsibility for The End of the Financial World as We Know It

Friends on Twitter have been retweeting The End of the Financial World as We Know by Michael Lewis and David Einhorn in the Sunday NY Times Op-Ed page. And I’ve been “head-down” since Thanksgiving reinventing our approach and working on multiple web, product, and service launches to support you with the Responsibility Redefined™ mission in [...]

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Answers to Why People Refuse to Accept Responsibility

Ask Christopher Avery, my monthly “first Tuesday” Blog Talk Radio show (which you are listening to right now), this month addressed six important questions submitted by listeners. Maybe I’ll answer your question next time…

Q: Why do so many folks refuse to accept personal responsibility, preferring to pass blame onto their spouse, business partner, children, etc.?
Q: [...]

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