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Crucial Accountability: Tools for Resolving Violated Expectations, Broken Commitments, and Bad Behavior, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Crucial Accountability: Tools for Resolving Violated Expectations, Broken Commitments, and Bad Behavior, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler, David Maxfield
June 2013
Intermediate to advanced
336 pages
5h 55m
English
McGraw-Hill
Audiobook available
Content preview from Crucial Accountability: Tools for Resolving Violated Expectations, Broken Commitments, and Bad Behavior, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

4Make It MotivatingHow to Help Others Want to Take Action

Here’s my theory of motivation: If you grab someone by the ear and take off running, their body generally follows.

Let’s take a look at where we are in the problem-solving process. Myra, an employee who works for you, failed to complete an important quality check. You observed the gap, decided to deal with it, and tried to determine the right problem to discuss. Since this was the first infraction, you’ve decided to talk about the content: she didn’t complete the quality check. You admire Myra, and so it is easy to impute good motive. Now you describe the gap. After your brief and effective problem description, Myra responds.

REMEMBER TO DIAGNOSE

The way Myra responds to your description ...

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