Responsibility: It’s Never Anyone Else’s Fault (Even If It Is)

There’s a great leadership quote from General Bruce Clarke that I love: “When things go wrong in your command, start searching for the reason in increasingly large circles around your own desk.”  From this I have developed my own ‘Responsibility Rule’: It’s never someone else’s fault (even when it is). I have adopted this as … Read more Responsibility: It’s Never Anyone Else’s Fault (Even If It Is)


Powerlessness: Wasting Time on Inert Emotional Banter

Powerlessness and Personal Agency Do you generally believe that you are in control of your own life?  Or are you a victim of circumstance? In psychological terms, everyone can be placed somewhere along a spectrum from one extreme end to the other, and everywhere in between.  At the ‘victim of circumstance’ end are a special subset … Read more Powerlessness: Wasting Time on Inert Emotional Banter