Applying TeamWisdom: Taking Personal Responsibility Helps the Whole Team

Are you unhappy or frustrated at work?
Have you thought this about your team:

“I can’t be responsible for the quality of my team’s efforts.”
“Getting on a good team is mostly a matter of luck.”
“If I’m part of a poorly functioning team, and I’m not in charge, there is little I can do but bear it.”

These kinds [...]

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Press Release: Develop Your Leadership Gift

International business adviser and author Christopher Avery, Ph.D. (http://www.ChristopherAvery.com) has agreed to speak at a special meeting of the Leon Valley Area Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Avery’s keynote titled “The Leadership Gift” will be featured at the December 16, 2009 meeting at Texian’s Cocina & Cantina, 6430 Bandera RD, San Antonio, TX.

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InfoQ: Christopher Avery on Responsibility & Leadership

A well-edited 30-minute video of me answering questions about the Responsibility Process, agile software development, leadership, and teamwork was just posted on InfoQ. The interview was conducted in September 2009 at the Agile2009 conference in Chicago. Thanks to InfoQ and editor Amr Elssamadisy for this.

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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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Alan Weinkrantz: For Some, Twitter Means Business

15 minutes of fame for Christopher Avery
I’ve known Alan Weinkrantz for 20 years, first in Dallas where he lived then, and now in San Antonio. He was kind to include me in his column today in the San Antonio Express News about business people and Twitter:
For some, Twitter means business
Alan’s an extraordinary PR consultant with [...]

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