Responsibility is beyond right and wrong. It’s beyond policies and even beyond what many organizations would consider organizational ethics. Ethics in organizations are considered rules. Right and wrong, you should do this, you shouldn’t do this. And Responsibility is about (more…)

As I mentioned in a post last month -- How to Get More Clarity -- clarity leads to power. How? By eliminating illusions and reducing confusion. Which leads to self-trust and confidence. To accomplish this we must “look” at our own assumptions, beliefs, and thoughts. This helps us keep those that are true and discard those that are not. I...

In the past month or so I have missed more of The Leadership Gift™ Program Mastery and Q&A Dialog calls than I have attended. I could start listing justifications to help me feel better about not being on the calls, but what’s the point in that? I got to join a Q&A Dialog call this past week and within minutes...

How to be successful starts with this question: How do you define success? What does success mean to you? What success do you want that only you can satisfy, and, how can The Responsibility Process™ help you? The more clarity you have about what success means to you, the more (more…)

Do you want to take ownership of your life, your work, and your relationships? Do you want a better life experience? Do you want to be happier or have the power to make changes? Then I welcome you to check out everything  The Leadership Gift™ Program has to offer for your personal growth. As you increase your studies of The...

The greatest problems people experience at work are not problems within their role, their department, their function, or their organization. It’s solving problems between their role and other team member's roles, between departments, between functions, and between organizations. I call these "Problems Between." The biggest problems--and thus the greatest opportunities to add value--are not in your job role, your department,...

The main thing great team leaders do is to keep the team's main thing the main thing. In my latest post, I told you what great team leaders do: they get everyone on the team feeling like they are in the same boat together. This is strongly supported by anecdotal evidence and empirical research. For instance, the Knowledge Team Effectiveness...

Tired of hit-or-miss team effectiveness? Great team leaders develop their "integrative" power -- the ability to get things done with others. Great Team Leaders Do 6 Things Above All Others: 1. They generate a strong sense of personal ownership for the productivity of the team. 2. They get everyone in the team to feel like they are in the same...

Successful negotiators all bargain tough. "Integrative" negotiators' toughness comes from the intense desire to satisfy interests. However, "distributive" negotiators manipulate to get the upper hand. (See Leadership Skills: Why You Want to Be an Integrative Negotiator for descriptions of distributive versus integrative approaches to negotiation.) Recognize these manipulative ploys so you can swim with these sharks anytime you choose. (more…)

Times are tough, they just are. Many people, probably some in your company or team, are struggling to pay their bills or with finishing an important project. 4 Tips for Leading During Tough Times 1. Shared Clarity When the direction isn't clear, people mark time. No one wants to look foolish by asking, so they act like they know what...