Tag: responsibility

19 August 2013 / Agile & Scrum
I language versus responsible behavior

We have done so many things, we have explained so many things, and yet we still need to learn so many things! Even small learnings can contribute to a better and more satisfying life. Exactly what I recently experienced. While creating a customized training for one of our clients I noticed the importance to mention the "I Language" (next to Yes, and...). This has not...

7 February 2013 / Leadership & Management
Become a Protean Career Architect

Guestblog by Lesley Vanleke, debaak.be Continuous globalization, technological developments and sustainability issues have also impacted the traditional relationship between employers and employees. The way these two parties reach agreements is profoundly changing. In the traditional psychological contract, employees receive job security and they confide in the long term commitment to their company to take care of them financially. In return, employees are loyal and they...

30 January 2013 / Leadership & Management
How to Grow Beyond Blame and Justification

In the last couple of years a lot of people started to ask me how to get others to change and take responsibility. Most of the time these questions come from people wanting others to do things for them. Sounds familiar? Well that is exactly how it should not be done! As a member of the Leadership Gift program, and long time follower of Christopher...

14 January 2013 / Leadership & Management
Leadership Retreat – Surviving Crucial Conversations

Another Leadership Retreat successfully accomplished! At first we should thank everyone that showed up: German, British and Belgian attendees were making the learning scene. The many rewarding reactions after and during the retreat prove the success of this system!  While the thankful and enthusiastic tweets are still appearing in the timeline... time for some reflection. Topic As the invitation stated the context without mentioning: Crucial Conversations....

25 February 2012 / Leadership & Management
In the brain of… Christopher Avery!

On 21 April 2012 we will be hosting a new “In the brain of…” session. Our guest for this edition is Christopher Avery, author of The Leadership Gift. The Leadership Gift is a work on responsible leadership, teamwork, and change. Christopher’s field research about how personal responsibility works in the mind of leaders (namely how we avoid it and how we take it) now makes it...