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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 158
EAN num: 9780975263815
ISBN number: 0975263811
Label: Xephor Press
Manufacturer: Xephor Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 133
Printing Date: November 30, 2004
Publishing house: Xephor Press
Sale Popularity Level: 60051
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What is the Power of Personal Accountability Approach?
Pay attention to what really matters to you. Find out where you spend your time and energy. Understand what works and what doesn’t and then use the simple strategies described in this book to change what doesn’t. Built around Mark Samuel’s and Sophie Chiche’s Personal Accountability Model, the authors share their structured approach, case studies, and exercises in a highly motivating manner. You will learn how to make choices consistent with your desired outcomes.
Why You’ll Want to Read This Book
Because life’s too short. This book invites you to look at what is there and what you would like instead. Then go for it.
Who Should Read The Power of Personal Accountability?
You should, if you want to: • Be more successful – at work, at home, even at play • Improve relationships with clients, co-workers, family and friends • Realize your full potential, get more done, fulfill your dreams • Finish ongoing projects, take on new challenges, set and achieve new goals • Look back on your life with satisfaction, with the absolute certainty that you did the best you could
Bottom Line on The Power of Personal Accountability
Being accountable helps you achieve what matters to you. Get things done. What you want to get done. Don’t let fear get in your way. Don’t be a victim. Don’t blame others. Don’t be afraid to fail—or succeed. Learn from leading authorities in the human potential movement to be accountable for your own success--- Start now.
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I just read this book as well as the more recently published Creating the Accountable Organization and highly recommend both. Now more than ever before, the issue of personal accountability is critically important to all organizations (regardless of size or nature) and will become even more important in years to come.
In this volume, Samuel and Chiche present a number of insights whose foundation is what they call "The Personal Accountability Model." It can guide and inform efforts to live a deliberate life, an accountable life, one in which professional sucess and personal happiness are interdependent rather than mutually exclusive as is so often the case. Samuel and Chiche come across to me as being clear-headed idealists and warm-hearted pragmatists. They suggest that people usually resist accountability because of three fears: of blame, of failure, and of success. They examine each of these fears and suggest how to overcome them. They also identify and examine various "rewards" to those who are personally accountable. It is important to keep in mind that both those who resist holding themselves accountable are often the same people who (if not resent) resist being held accountable by someone else. Hence the importance of "buying into" the potential rewards. This is an especially important point for supervisors who are required to hold others accountable for their performance. They must understand various fears and respond to them appropriately, especially in terms of body language and tone-of-voice. Also, they must help those entrusted to their care to understand why holding themselves personally accountable really is in their own best interests.
I was especially interested in what Samuel and Chiche have to say about the "Victim Loop" from which so many people seem unwilling and/or unable to escape. Those who select the "Accountability Loop" proceed through a sequence of recognition, ownership, forgiveness (of themselves as well as of others), self-examination, learning, and eventually taking appropriate action. Those who select the "Victim Loop" proceed through a sequence of ignorance, denial, blame (usually of others), rationalization, resistance, and ultimately, they "go into hiding." They must then cope with the consequences of that choice...and many do so by choosing to repeat the same sequence,. They are indeed "victims" but voluntary ones who continue to suffer from self-inflicted wounds, real or imagined.
Readers will appreciate the care with which Samuel and Chiche examine a series of very sensitive, potentially volatile situations in which there is a significant breakdown in communication or a loss of trust or a sense of betrayal. Those who accept personal accountability make every reasonable effort to resolve disagreements and even significant conflicts. They fully meet all of their obligations. Their word really is their "bond." In negotiations (whatever the given issues), they do everything they can to reach a mutually beneficial, "win-win" conclusion. Of course, those who accept personal accountability are often confused and perhaps enraged by those who can't...or won't. Samuel and Chiche's sensitive and sensible advice on this familiar situation (all by itself) is worth far more than the price of their book.
Those who share my high regard for this book are urged to check out the aforementioned Creating the Accountable Organization as well as James O'Toole and Edward E. Lawler III's The New American Workplace, The Workforce Scorecard co-authored by Mark Huselid, Brian Becker, and Richard W. Beatty (Huselid and Becker also co-authored The HR Scorecard, another fine source), Dick Grote's Forced Ranking, Leigh Branham's The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave, and Workforce Crisis co-authored by Ken Dychtwald, Tamara J. Erickson, and Robert Morison.
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Concise straight forward well organized presentation with general illustrations and examples easy to understand and to apply to real-life situations.
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This books makes it clear how "accountability" is the antidote for feeling victimized...and more. If you find yourself asking, "Why me?", then read this book to learn how to move from hiding and denying, into owning, forgiving and taking action. "The Power of Personal Accountability" is a way to set yourself free by getting rid of bad habits and thoughts, and then holding a powerful intention to create the life you want. Very straightforward and easy to read, this book is a winner both at home and in the executive suite.
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This book is phenomenal! I have used this book for my own personal process to get unstuck in certain areas of my life, and it is powerful. Getting out of the victim loop and into the accountability loop feels incredible...I feel more alive and excited about my goals and dreams for myself. And, as a coach, I recommend this book for my clients to read and use, a valuable tool to stay on track with their goals. Sophie and Mark created such a simple process, and yet, so complete. This is a must have book!
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A clear and demonstrative guide to recognizing the personal traits that lead to failure and building the actions that lead to success. One of the few business books you will actually want to read more than once. Highly recommended.
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