Last semester we quietly experimented with a teaching team (as opposed to a single instructor). It was a hit! Why? You can learn so much from teachers other than Christopher. Why? Because they are (more…)
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Normally this blog gives freely and asks little. Today is different. We're giving and asking. You see starting tomorrow and for the next two or three weeks, scores of leaders and coaches worldwide will apply for admission to The Leadership Gift™ Program 2014. Why? (more…)
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Christopher Avery here. With pleasure I welcome Jessica Soroky as a guest blogger. Jessica impresses with commitment and wisdom beyond her years. Enjoy. It was late 2012 when the executive group I work with took a day to attend a workshop, “Leading and Coaching People to Take Responsibility and Demonstrate Ownership” with Christopher Avery. I didn’t think much of it...
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Do you have a team member who drives you crazy? When I speak to groups, I enjoy Q&A sessions and often ask people to tell me about their biggest leadership challenges. Invariably, many questions start with, "How do you deal with a person on your team who ____________(fill in the blank with difficult behavior)?" (more…)
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Teamwork should no longer be considered a group skill. It's an individual skill and a responsibility of everyone in the work place. After already giving you 5 Reasons for Taking Responsibility for Your Team’s Performance, I want to share 9 more with you! (more…)
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Christopher Avery blogs about Leadership Skills: The Leadership Gift Decision Test
Guest post by Jürgen De Smet As a passionate practitioner of The Leadership Gift at work, I’m constantly on stage -- and I never take enough time to practice! For that reason we used our Co-Learning Leadership Retreat to extend our understanding of The Responsibility Process as it relates to other leadership techniques and practices. We emphasized (more…)
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Great Leaders Celebrate the Successes of Others One of The Leadership Gift™ principles I like to teach is a reminder: "Don't envy others' success." Good, basic advice we've all heard since we were kids. But what does envying others' success have to do with leading and partnering? Plenty! Envy displays and reinforces our assumptions about the scarcity or abundance of opportunities....
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In my post How to Build Effective, Successful Management Teams a few weeks ago I mentioned that project teams are the most straight-forward teams in which to develop high-performance dynamics because they fit the classic laboratory definition of a team. Today, I want to talk more about why motivation is more important than technical skills in predicting team effectiveness. My...
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I've recently added these conference dates to my calendar. Of course I'll be speaking about some aspect of the Leadership Gift at each one. I'd love to see you there. Agile Day 2010 When: September 15, 2010 Where: NYC, NY, USA Organized by the NYC APLN, Agile Day 2010 will be an intimate conference of just 100 people in an...
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