Archive for the "Consulting" category

It’s my birthday—gifts for everyone and 50% off sale

4/7/09 update – Sorry, the sale is over and the coupon codes below have been removed. Thousands of gifts were downloaded, viewed, or listened to during this week-long bash. Let’s do it again.
It’s my birthday and this year I’m giving the gifts…
Shared Responsibility
It’s a tough business environment. You and I know that responsibility isn’t about [...]

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What is Team Building Anyway?

The Chief Happiness Officer writes about The top 5 reasons why most team building events are a waste of time. He says they are overly competitive, often demeaning, and don't so much build team as build aggression (my word).
No kidding.
Here's a few related views based on my experience studying team development—so I could teach it [...]

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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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Easy Executive Change

Published yesterday by The Cutter Consortium. Thanks for their permission to share it with you in it’s entirety.

Easy Executive Change
by Christopher M. Avery, Senior Consultant, Cutter Consortium
Want to make change a lot easier on yourself and develop a winning and happy organization at the same time? It might be easier than you think. I’ll tell [...]

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High Performance in Swedish

Today I was teaching Responsibility Redefined to a wonderful group of consultants at the premier Swedish consulting firm Provins Fem.

I mentioned “effective” versus “efficient” and one of the consultants stopped me for a quick language check — as they had done all week when I used language they did not understand (such as “hold my [...]

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