Personal Accountability

Definition: A measure of the capacity to be answerable for personal actions.

Leaders who are personally accountable take responsibility for their processes, decisions, actions and results. Tomorrow’s leaders must cultivate personal accountability as a cultural value to effectively manage a growing geographically diverse workforce. If you desire long-term success in a leadership role, demonstrating personal accountability is essential. In this section, you will discover the most effective and respected ways to be more personally accountable. To develop this competency you must own the consequences of your choices, deliver the agreed-to results, and help others do the same.

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How an Inner Foundation Can Keep You On-Track

By Jalene Case • 3 min read

Life bumped me off-track recently. I needed to catch-up with myself, to remind myself of what matters, to ground myself in who I want to be and how I want to sh

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Uncontrolled Outbursts Can Lead to Growth

By Jalene Case • 4 min read

One of my clients recently erupted at a coworker when she discovered that confidential information was shared. Normally, she would have calmed down and schedule

Leading Yourself: Managing Your Emotions

• 23 min

Leading yourself emotionally begins with self-awareness. In this episode, host Dale Dixon and TCL author and advisor Ron Price discuss the role of emotions in leadership, unpacking the four primary emotions and exercises to grow awareness over time

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Leading Yourself: Managing Your Emotions

By Dale Dixon & Ron Price • 24 min

Leading yourself emotionally begins with self-awareness. In this episode, host Dale Dixon and TCL author and advisor Ron Price discuss the role of emotions in leadership, unpacking the four primary emotions and exercises to grow awareness over time.

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Blind Spots? Not Me!

By Ron Price • 4 min read

Do you have someone in your life who drives you crazy? At least, some of the time? I suspect we all do. Quite often, the thing that frustrates us is that we see

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Take Charge of Your Learning

By Ron Price • 3 min read

This was advice I received from one of my mentors back in the ‘90s. He said, “As soon as I think I have learned something, I discover I haven’t learned en

How Can Challenges Inspire You To Think Differently

When I was in graduate school for my doctoral degree, I submitted a paper to a well-respected professor. Afterward, he asked to meet and inquired whether Englis

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5 Tips to Habits that Fit Your Life Now

By Jalene Case • 4 min read

Positive habits result in a sweet sense of satisfaction. Are your habits doing that for you? If not, it might be time to strengthen the routines you want to kee

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What’s in Your Self-Resource Toolbox?

By Jalene Case • 4 min read

“We have exceeded our surge capacity,” is a phrase I heard recently from Jennifer Louden. I thought, “Yes! That’s what it feels like! My inner surge pro

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Move from Blocking to Supporting Yourself

By Jalene Case • 4 min read

“I’m my own worst enemy!” Have you ever said this or heard a friend or colleague say it?

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Paddle Toward Your Vision

By Jalene Case • 4 min read

Our responsibilities can toss us around like we’re rafting through white-water rapids without a paddle. Our direction feels like it’s utterly controlled by

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The Power of Coming Back to Your Foundation

By Jalene Case • 4 min read

Experiencing imbalance and balance is part of living. How might we lead ourselves from chaos to order? Carl Jung said, “In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all