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Category Archives: MusingsAbout 8AM this morning, one of my home-schooled sons trying to wake up with a dip in the hot tub. Life is good. Here’s a quote I was inspired by this morning: Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you … Continue reading Please Just Tell Me! I’m often asked “Christopher, what is the single most powerful action for practicing responsible leadership, i.e., for taking charge of any result, including my life success?” You might be surprised to learn what it is. It … Continue reading My fascinating interview with businessman, round-the-world yacht racer, and adventurer Simon Walker is ready for you to listen. In an earlier post I wrote about Simon’s celebrity with Fast Company and other media. Our interview is an hour long. Topics … Continue reading
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If you are wondering why you received an email w-a-a-y late inviting you to my Noon Friday Ask Christopher Avery show live… My service provider had a major hiccup I learned about a few hours after “launching” the email. When … Continue reading
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You’ve been asking a bunch of excellent questions about the upcoming session of Knowledge Team Leadership (October 21-22, 2008 in Boulder CO). So I’m going to do at least one live call-in Q&A preview talk show. I’ll address all the … Continue reading
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Tagged leadership skills, team building, team development, team training, teambuilding
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Last week in Mexico a CIO courageously told me and the roomful of people I had just introduced to Responsibility Redefined™ that my presentation showed him the way to freedom from his shame. Out of respect, I won’t tell you … Continue reading
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Tagged cio, failure, freedom, keys to responsibility, mexico, mistake, Responsibility, Responsibility Process, responsibility redefined, shame
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Here’s a short video of executive leaders in Mexico City studying Responsibility Redefined™ with me this week. The video is only 40 seconds long. At the end you’ll see the Responsibility Process™ poster in Spanish… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sHkPJhZHts[/youtube] I’ve been invited to … Continue reading
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Tagged Cutter Consortium, executive, leaders, mexico, mexico city, monterrey, Responsibility Process, responsibility redefined
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Accountability 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 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 |