Where Real Life Happens
I started to write a different piece this week, my first after taking the summer off from writing, but there was something in the way.
The story begins with dogs and kids. You see, when our daughter, Abby, was about three, we had two dogs, Marlee and Neo, both standard size labradoodles. For little Abby, they had simply always been there. I think they occurred to her more like older siblings t...
The Six-Source Model of Behavior
Every manager has been there. A task was assigned. The expectations seemed clear and understood. Time passes. It doesn’t get done.
Every parent has been there, too.
In fact, we've all been there with ourselves.
We tell ourselves, “I must do Task A by the end of the day on Tuesday.” Tuesday comes and goes, and we can’t help but notice that we failed to do the task.
Do this once, and the result i...
The Essential Discomfort of Accountability
We are building a robust structure for high performance. Over the past three weeks, we have laid a foundation of vulnerability-based trust that enables the next essential behavior, productive conflict.
Through productive conflict we can create clarity and buy-in, which makes real commitment possible.
With this base of Trust, Conflict, and Commitment, the next behavior, Accountability, should be...
