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Leading With Accountability, Part Two
Excerpt from Irish Director Magazine Dynamic Results and Managing Partner, Henry Evans, were featured in the latest edition of Irish Director Magazine. In April, the Dynamic Perspective brought you Part 1 of the article, self-generated accountability. We now present...
Accountability in Action: How One Company President Applied Our Method for Building Accountability in Their Culture
By Bob Irish (recently retired) For more information on the accountability method discuss, read our book. A client reminded me of a firm I worked for more than thirty years ago where there was a lot of activity, people were very busy, sales were mediocre, but the...
How to Make a Team Retreat Worthwhile
Have you ever planned a leadership retreat only to be met with cynicism about time away from the office and average results? The following take-away tools will ensure you get the maximum return for your investment. Set Realistic Goals Keeping the agenda to a single...
Leading With Accountability
Irish Director / Ireland The higher you go on the organisational chart the more responsibility you have and the less accountability you may have. Leadership expert Henry Evans suggests some self-generated accountability might be in order. Henry Evans has been working...
The Language of Accountability: How Accountable Organizations Use Our Method for Increased Business Results (Part One of Three)
Nine-tenths of life's serious controversies come from misunderstanding. -Louis Brandeis Traditionally, language is perceived to be the structure of how messages are sent and received. However, language actually achieves more by stimulating opinions and creating...
The Language of Accountability: “Glossary of Failure” ™ or put simply, The language which leads to relationship and project failure. (Part Two of Three)
The Glossary of Failure Language used to forecast relationship or project failure is called the "Glossary of Failure." It's ambiguous, lack's specificity and will assuredly lead to disappointment, failure and bad feelings. Ambiguity and generalizations lead to...
Your Role in Creating an Accountable Culture for Your Organization: How You Can Apply Our Accountability Method for Increased Business Results (Part Three of Three)
State It Once A Culture of Accountability also helps eliminate redundancy. Focusing solely on a problem and not on the solution wastes resources on redundancy. Everyone knows what the problem is ... your energy and resources need to be focused on solving the problem....
An Interview with Author Henry J. Evans
An Interview with Author Henry J. Evans In the book "Winning With Accountability, The Secret Language of High-Performing Organizations," (2008), author Henry J. Evans offers a step-by-step guide to help any organization improve performance by creating an...
State It Once: One Way to be the Leader in any Interaction
http://www.youtube.com/v/8PIqjaqY4LQ "State It Once" means you should, in a productive and constructive way, name a problem if a problem exists. This might be a problem with somebody's behavior, it could also be a problem with a process. But, it's never good to just...
Meet the CEO Coaches
Businessworld / India Citius, Altius, Fortius — that’s what India’s business chiefs need, and that’s what CEO trainers give The Gurus But who are these people who make the CEOs what they are or what they want to be — confident, assured, poised? Meet the CEO coaches....
The Art of Accountability
UCD Business Connections / Ireland Henry Evans has been advising leading executives and organizations worldwide for many years through his Dallas-based company Dynamic Results and is internationally renowned for his expertise in the areas of emotionally intelligent...
Honing to Perfection
Dallas Business Journal / USA Read on bizjournals.com Dallas Business Journal / USA His company works with businesses and other organizations to help their top executives improve their performance “We don’t like the word ‘coaching’ because it’s an extremely...
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