July 13, 2010
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Leadership Workshop (11 of 12) - Help People Assume Responsibility
Leading at Light Speed is a must-have leadership book by Eric Douglas highlighting the 10 Quantum Leaps to build trust, spark innovation, and create a high-performing organization.
Quantum Leap #10 is all about Helping People to Assume Responsibility.
Are you able to alter your own behaviors to achieve higher levels of performance? Are you able to ask powerful questions that enable other people to assume responsibility and perform as effective leaders in the organization?
“The price of greatness is responsibility.” - Winston Churchill
To assume responsibility invariably means making a personal choice. No one can tell you to change; this statement reflects a profound truth. Committing to change means making a choice. You have to choose to assume responsibility for the way things are and for making them better.
Assuming responsibility for making things better means confronting a paradox of the deepest kind: We cannot see what we want to become. We can only catch a glimpse of it, and only then in our best moments. Assuming responsibility means asking a series of questions: “What do I truly envision for my organization? What do I want to hand down to future generations?” Developing your full potential as a leader means trusting in a different, better course – one that’s invisible to you now. The very word leader has its roots in the Anglo-Saxon word “leith,” meaning “to be out in front.” The root of the word also means “to die.” You need to be prepared to shed parts of your old life in order to build a new one.
Once you start tackling these questions seriously, the door opens to all sorts of possibilities. You begin to see who your natural allies are, who your suitable teachers are, and what support must be created. You can take the initial steps to change. The most successful leaders make it their priority to accept responsibility for their actions, criticize their behavior, and do away with their old lives to build a better one.
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