Attitude

Are you exercising your respons-ability?

by George Ambler on July 20, 2008

“You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.” – Jim Rohn Responsibility is a choice that a leaders as in how to respond to life’s situations and circumstances. As leaders have two choices regarding our respons-ability [...]

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Positive or negative: What world view are you creating?

by George Ambler on November 11, 2007

This post from Curt Rosengren really struck a cord with me… It’s a great question for leaders…. If we’re going to make a positive change in the world, hope is a prerequisite. And that sense of hope can be either fed or depleted by what you choose to let into your brain to begin with……. [...]

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The February 2007 issue of the Leading Effectively e-Newsletter, from CCL, discusses leadership and communication. I believe the communication is a leaders most powerful tool, a good example of the power of communication is Martin Luther King Jr. who put an extraordinary amount of time and energy into communication with significant results. An article in the newsletter [...]

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Adopting a learning attitude

by George Ambler on March 17, 2007

I have been reflecting on the importance of having a learning attitude after reading the book “Change Your Questions, Change Your Life: 7 Powerful Tools for Life and Work” by Marilee Adams. The key thesis of the book is that by consciously observing our thinking and by asking ourselves better questions we are able to [...]

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Sheepwalker?

by George Ambler on February 20, 2007

Photo by foxypar4 Seth Godin has a great post on “Sheepwalking” which he defines as: “..the outcome of hiring people who have been raised to be obedient and giving them a braindead job and enough fear to keep them in line.” This is true of many organisations today, looking for people who can “fit in”, [...]

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