by Corey Fernandez | Accountability
The ABC Project is in trouble. Carmen is the leader of the area, and her direct reports are doing the heavy lifting to get the project off the ground. Carmen is frustrated that her boss, Celia, expressed concern over missing key deadlines. To make matters worse, when...
by John Barrett | Accountability
When we think of the word “consequences” a number of negative emotions can be triggered – shame, pain, deprivation or other unfavorable feelings. So do consequences always have to have a gloomy connotation? What is the right role for consequences at...
by Christi Barrett | Accountability, Delegation
A leader (we’ll call him Fred) recently lamented, “I feel like I set direction for people and give them deadlines, but they just don’t get stuff done. So when the deadline is looming, I end up doing it myself.”How do you hold people accountable...
by John Barrett | Accountability, Coaching
Today’s blogger is John Barrett, Principal and co-founder of Humanergy.Sue is preparing for her monthly meeting with Sam, one of her direct reports. She has some concerns about his attention to detail and the status of a couple of his projects. A critical...
by Jim Coyle | Accountability, Delegation
We’d like to welcome guest blogger Jim Coyle, CEO of Nexus Business Solutions. Nexus Business Solutions helps small to mid-sized businesses implement practical solutions, utilizing the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS). This was...
by Christi Barrett | Accountability
In today’s oh-so-busy society, an overflowing to-do list is commonplace and even worthy of boasting. The frequent reply to “How are you?” is “Busy!” It seems like there are always more things to add to my list of obligations, and some...
