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.?
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Q: How can we use the Responsibility Process™ in the Federal Government?

On yesterday’s every-second-Tuesday-of-the-month no-cost Ask Christopher Avery tele-training I answered 8 insightful questions selected from dozens submitted by you the call-in audience. Most questions give me an opportunity to demonstrate how Responsibility Redefined™ actually redefines (i.e., shifts the paradigm of, changes the conversation about, or confronts our mental models of) responsibility. Here’s a fun example:
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Mexico’s Executive Leaders Study Responsibility Redefined™

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 Mexico City and Monterrey (a northern industrial city in the state of Nuevo Leon) many times in [...]

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Best way to get others to take responsibility

“How can I get them to take responsibility?” is the #1 question I receive from all audiences worldwide. My answer is counter-intuitive. I say “Practice responsibility yourself.” By that I mean: apply the Responsibility Process™ and Keys to Responsibility™ that I just taught you. And most (but not all) look at me like I’m [...]

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Which are the Most Influential Leadership Meetings?

I just posted the following project at Guru.com: Guru.com connects employers with freelancers from many fields.
ID Influential Conferences/Meetings
This tiny project is Step 1 only, perhaps a couple of hours. There will be follow-on steps to generate proposals. For someone with “leadership development” domain expertise, this should be relatively easy.
I’m interested in identifying the top five [...]

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