Accountability is consistently on the Top Ten of my Hit Parade. Leaders regularly ask me questions about it, hoping I will have the magic answer. They ask: “How can I get my people to be more accountable?” “Why aren’t people accountable anymore?” “Can I coach accountability?” And more. I can answer those questions, but the […]
Leadership Gift #10 – Choose to Be Accountable
Recently, I offered a shopping list of gifts leaders could give this Christmas season. In that post, I promised to detail each of these gifts as a part of a 12 Days of Christmas series. For Day 10, the shopping list suggests you be accountable. Today I am specifically suggesting that you choose to be […]
What Excuses are You Looking For?
Listen in to any conversation for very long and you will hear them… Excuses. Excuses are so prevalent in our words and thoughts that we often miss them. Why are they so pervasive? Because they work. We tend to excuse people for things when they share an excuse, so we have created a self-perpetuating loop. […]
Four Questions That Will Improve Your Results
I’ve got four questions for you… four questions that can, as I promised above, change your results. I’m going to say more about each of them, how they can make a difference, and when you would want to apply them, but first, here they are: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now? You […]
Leadership Insanity
There are at least two definitions of the word insanity: the one in the dictionary, and the clichéd we’ve all heard, used, and knowingly nodded our head at when hearing it. First, from Merriam-Webster: Insanity 1. a deranged state of the mind usually occurring as a specific disorder (as schizophrenia) 2. such unsoundness of mind […]