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Tag Archives: shameLeaders who are relatively new to learning about the mind’s internal Responsibility Process™ often ask: “What about the person who is too responsible?” One such question landed recently after I co-presented a webinar with Zach Nies (VP Products, Rally Software) … Continue reading
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Tagged Leadership, obligation, Responsibility Process, shame, sustainability
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The question usually rolls out like a plea for help: What does the Responsibility Process say about someone who takes on too much? I think I’m too responsible because I take on more and more even though I can’t handle more. Because I can be a little slow, it took me years to figure out that the very best response from me was a probing question. I now reply with “Why do you take on too much?” I now predict with better than 90% accuracy what the leader will say: No one else stepped up and I felt bad it wasn’t going to get done, so I had to do something. Continue reading 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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