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Leading with Honor Wisdom for Today, June 7, 2024

���Unfortunately, the lack of accountability in many areas is still growing rapidly, especially where we have no control. So, honorable leaders must take responsibility for those areas where we do have control and influence.��� ��� Lee Ellis

 

#courage #leadership #accountability #employeeengagement #leadershipbehavior #teamdevelopment #buildingculture #keynotespeaker

 

 

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Coaching Blog – How to Build a Culture of Courageous Accountability

In the last five months, we have been focused on leadership principles that are contained in some of the key graphics that we have been using in training and coaching for more than twenty years. This month, we are moving to a more recent one, the Courageous Accountability Model which we built ten years ago.

Before this model was built, many people had been telling me that accountability was a big problem and that I needed to write a book on the subject of accountability. So in 2016, we launched the book Engage with Honor: Building a Culture of Courageous Accountability.

 

���Unfortunately, the lack of accountability in many areas is still growing rapidly, especially where we have no control. So, the reality is that we must take responsibility for those areas where we do have control and influence.��� [Tweet This]

 

Here���s the model, and then I���ve provided more explanation about each step below:��

 

Character, Courage, and Commitment. As I did the research for that book, it was clear that accountability was not just about ���someone��� holding people accountable. It needed to be built into the organization���s culture, and it needed to start with the leader���s personal example. As you can see in the model, it was anchored in the three Cs of Character, Courage, and Commitment. Character is step one of being accountable and as we have discussed in recent blogs, character cannot be sustained without courage and commitment.

 

Clarify. With the three C���s above as their foundation, leaders need to Communicate and over-communicate to clarify expectations. First is the established and unchanging core values, purpose and boundaries of your organization, and then both the big picture goals for your organization and the specific expectations for them to do their job.

 

Connect. Great cultures of accountability also need caring leaders, who connect with the hearts of their people. The more cared about a human being is the more valuable they feel and the more effort they are going to put into their work to achieve their commitments and responsibilities.

Connect also means to connect the person���s work with their talents. Some folks are good at carrying out specific details and some are good at operating in a very fluid manner. Some work best alone and some work best by connecting with other people. For example, if you are holding people accountable to perform in an area where they don���t have natural talents, it will be very difficult and stressful for them to meet your expectations. Look around and you will see that most outside salespeople are extroverts and most inside accountants and data managers are introverts.

 

Collaborate. Working only vertically limits our performance. The more that a group of managers and supervisors collaborate as a team the more successful they and their people will be. Chapter 8 from the book on accountability mentioned above is entitled ���Develop A Mindset for Collaboration��� and it shares stories of how collaboration was crucial for the Vietnam POWs and why it���s so important for leaders to develop a collaborative mindset. Then Chapter 9 ���Collaborate ��� Learn to Engage��� provides eight key steps for collaboration (including the Leadership Engagement Model.�� Download a complimentary copy of Chapters 8 and 9 from Engage with Honor.

 

Closeout. As your team achieves success, it���s important to Celebrate. Remember–celebrating varies for different personalities. Some like to have a party and others just like to know that they have achieved a goal, but all will feel good when they are appreciated in some way. Discuss it with your team (and perhaps your peers) and decide how to do it. If it���s not your thing then delegate the responsibility and jump on board with a smile.

If someone has not been responsible in doing their clarified duty, then you must Confront them. This is an important step, and you don���t want to put it off, but it is important to think it through and make a plan. Remember to confront in a caring way. I can be very direct sometimes, so I found it best to pause and reflect on the problems and make sure that I have done my part to help them succeed. Then I would ask them to explain why they did not meet the expectations that they were responsible for. More often than not, they would admit that they had failed and then we would discuss that. But accountability had to come and that could vary from more training to shifting to another job, or even once it meant sending an officer to trial and jail.

 

This coaching clip expands on this idea. Please watch, and then continue reading the blog below ���

Accountability is crucial to success in every organization. Remember, to be successful as a leader it all starts with you, and you must build a culture of Courageous Accountability.

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Online Team Development Training

With over 20 years training and coaching leaders, we know that the most effective development comes in community. And our mission has shifted toward leaders developing their people���the most efficient way���growing and taking others with them. The challenge is that many leaders don���t feel qualified to conduct training, and it���s expensive.

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Marcus Buckingham on flourishing

���Tough without the love is just brutality.��� Wise words from Marcus Buckingham on this ongoing Leading with Honor topic of life paradox���that is, the ability to be both tough and soft with those people in your care as a leader.

Please watch on the Vistage website, and post your comments below.

 

 

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New Interview with Lee – Wreaths Across America

On the Wreaths Across America Radio Morning Show with Michael W. Hale, US Air Force Veteran and former Vietnam War POW Lee Ellis was a guest to talk about the inspiring stories in his book, “Captured By Love.” Lee went from being an Air Force pilot shot down over Vietnam to becoming a leadership coach, trainer, author, and speaker. Please listen and share!

WreathsAcrossAmerica.org/radio �� Lee Ellis (US Air Force Veteran, former Vietnam War POW and author) 5 30 2024

You can purchase Captured by Love at www.POWromance.com.

#Romance #Lovestory #Military #marriagegoals #Resilience #VietnamPOW #Courage #Passion #CapturedbyLove #LoveLessons

 

 

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Leadership History Lesson for June 2nd

On this day in leadership history in 1897, Mark Twain, at age 61, was quoted by the New York Journal as saying “the report of my death was an exaggeration.” He was responding to the rumors that he had died.

What���s the leadership lesson? With the advent of the Internet, social media, and artificial intelligence, today���s honorable leaders should evaluate anything they read or hear on its truth and accuracy. Be careful not to jump to conclusions.

Mark Twain – Wikipedia

 

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Captured by Love Wisdom for Today, May 31, 2024

Captured by Love Quote ��� ���Strong people and strong couples have a vision/image/idea of what they want. A vision of your future life, a vision of your relationship. While in captivity, I (Bob) created a very detailed vision of the house I wanted to build when I returned. Lorraine was integral in making that vision a reality by saving enough money to build that home.��� ��� Bob & Lorraine Shumaker

��POWromance.com #Romance #Lovestory #Military #marriagegoals #Resilience #VietnamPOW #Courage #Passion #CapturedbyLove #LoveLessons

 

 

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Gap between PTO requests and PTO granted widens

What should an honorable leader do in this scenario?

This USA Today article shares the lack of boundaries when employees request time off ��� post your comments and thoughts below.

 

 

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Training Air Force Generals to Lead with Honor

I had a wonderful time in DC last week where I spoke to the class of new Air Force Generals and their spouses. It���s always very special to meet with this group and an honor to share leadership and war stories from the POW camps of the Vietnam War.

#courage #leadership #accountability #employeeengagement #leadershipbehavior #teamdevelopment #buildingculture #keynotespea

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Captured by Love FAQ on Inspiring Couples

Captured by Love FAQ ��� ���How would these 20 stories help and inspire other couples?���

 

Lee���s Answer ��� ���Firstly, with both fighter pilots, war, the POW experience and what the wives also endured, it���s quite a unique set of circumstances. Secondly, the idea of their romance pulls them into the stories. So, it���s likely to get most readers engaged.

���For anyone in a committed relationship seeking to grow together, this book is a treasure trove of wisdom about having victory in difficult times. Each couple shares their unique love lessons that they believe strengthened their relationships, and then we compiled all of them into eight over-arching love lessons in the back of the book. While the stories are moving yet entertaining, the lessons within the stories are imminently practical.

���I also believe that these stories will resonate with military couples in a special way. The amount of committed resilience that it takes for military couples to build lives together can be challenging, but the payoff is worth it.����� www.powromance.com

 

#Romance #Lovestory #Military #marriagegoals #Resilience #VietnamPOW #Courage #Passion #CapturedbyLove #LoveLessons

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2024 Memorial Day Message from Lee Ellis

In this brief clip, today I remember my friends that paid the ultimate price to help preserve our freedom. #NeverForget #MemorialDay

 

 

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