Tag: Accountability

3 Signs It’s Time To Let Them Go

3 Signs It’s Time To Let Them Go

  • Gordontredgold
  • Jul 25th, 2016

One of the least pleasant sides of management is letting underperforming, or disruptive staff go. It’s never an easy t....

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Empowerment => Accountability => Success

Empowerment => Accountability => Success

  • Gordontredgold
  • Jul 20th, 2016

Empowerment leads to increased accountability and increased accountability leads to a higher probability of success. Whe....

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Great Leaders Take the Blame, Bad Leaders Look to Place the Blame.

Great Leaders Take the Blame, Bad Leaders Look to Place the Blame.

  • Gordontredgold
  • Aug 29th, 2015

One of the reasons people don't like to take accountability is because it's much easier to blame someone else if you'....

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The Law of the Five P’s.

The Law of the Five P’s.

  • Gordontredgold
  • Apr 15th, 2014

One of my favourite sayings is “Proper preparation prevents poor performance”. This is known as the law of the 5 P....

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Accountability v Responsibility?

Accountability v Responsibility?

  • Gordontredgold
  • Jun 1st, 2013

A dear friend asked me to comment on the difference between accountability and responsibility. Given we both work for a....

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20 Questions for Leaders 3/20 Inspiration

20 Questions for Leaders 3/20 Inspiration

  • Gordontredgold
  • Mar 11th, 2013

From 20 Questions for Leaders: As an organization gets larger there can be a tendency for the “institution” to dampe....

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Go tell it to the Marines

Go tell it to the Marines

  • Gordontredgold
  • Feb 24th, 2013

The following 10 Leadership Principles are looked for and trained for in the US Marines, most of these apply to all Lead....

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Becoming a leaders

Becoming a leaders

  • Gordontredgold
  • Jan 31st, 2013

Great simple video on what makes a leader. Being a leader isn't complicated, it isn't hard to do if your follow this ad....

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Revenue is Vanity, Profit is Sanity

Revenue is Vanity, Profit is Sanity

  • Gordontredgold
  • Jan 4th, 2013

One of my favorite quotations is "Revenue is vanity, profit is sanity". Nothing tells you more about how to run a busin....

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Influence or Control

Influence or Control

  • Gordontredgold
  • Jan 3rd, 2013

A friend of mine, Dave, sent me an excellent article on the merits of Influence versus Control, which was very interesti....

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