Posts Tagged ‘responsibility’

Choices and Consequences

Consider this: In three weeks time, you have a big presentation to a long-hoped-for new client. Three weeks is plenty of time, though, so each day you sit down at your computer and, instead of working on your presentation, play game after game of Desktop Tower Defense. Three weeks and a day later, you’re clearing out your desk after being let go for failing to get that… Continue reading

May 27 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: advice, choice, decision, life, responsibility, wisdom | 12 comments»

What I’ve Learned From Working in the Preschool Ministry

My son was born on July 31, 2008. To prepare for the trials and travails of fatherhood, I spent my Sunday mornings working in our church's preschool ministry. It was really, really fun, and I look forward to getting back to it over the next couple of weeks (I've taken a hiatus because of travel and fatherhood). In the process, I learned a lot about productivity, management… Continue reading

March 18 2009 | By Art | Tagged: acceptance, children, family, preschool, responsibility | 2 comments»

Be Accountable

I like to think that I am a very good driver, if not an expert. Even so, once in a while I miss a red light, I speed. and sometimes even make a wrong turn. Does that mean I should quit driving altogether?I don’t think so. I need to be aware of these errors and be careful. Similarly, it is not unusual to miss a project deadline. No… Continue reading

June 17 2008 | By Raj | Tagged: accountability, leadership, responsibility | 8 comments»

How to Admit Your Mistakes

OK, you screwed up. Something's gone horribly, horribly wrong, and it's all your fault. And now, it's time to pay the piper.

Maybe you lost your company's big client. Maybe you forgot to do a critical part of that big project. Maybe you weren't there for someone when they needed you, even when you said you would be. Whatever the situation, someone trusted you to do a job and you… Continue reading

June 2 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: apologizing, failure, learning, mistake, responsibility, self-development | 11 comments»

12 Rules for Self-Leadership

I had promised you I would follow up with my Rules for Self-Leadership this week, and they follow.

A Preface: Management and Leadership are not interchangeable words for me. We need both of them, for in part, management tends to be more internally focused (within a company, within an industry, within a person) whereas leadership is more externally focused on the future-forward actions you will take in the greater… Continue reading

April 19 2007 | By Rosa | Tagged: discipline, responsibility, rules, self-management, work-ethic | 18 comments»

12 Rules for Self-Management

Management is not just for managers, just as leadership is not just for leaders.

We all manage, and we all lead; these are not actions reserved for only those people who happen to hold these “positions” in a company. I personally think of management and leadership as callings, and we all get these callings to manage and lead at different times, and to different degrees.

Considered another way, I believe we… Continue reading

April 12 2007 | By Rosa | Tagged: discipline, responsibility, rules, self-management, work-ethic | 12 comments»