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Create Commitment: 12 Habits to Build Agreement and Accountability

Let's Grow Leaders

Commitment is vital to effective teamwork, collaboration, and results. The answer is to build shared agreements – commitments – that move you from words to action. 12 Habits Great Teams Consistently Do to Create Commitment and Build Collaboration 1. But one person has ownership and responsibility to follow through.

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Boost Your Business and Life with Follow Up

Mark Sanborn

Instead of giving up, Sarah decided to follow up with potential customers who had visited her website but had not made a purchase. Through this follow-up strategy, Sarah was able to convert many of these leads into paying customers. Following up after a meeting or a sales call often seems like a lost art.

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Competence, Commitment, and Character

Lead Change Blog

Ever worked at a place this money-centered or maybe sneaking up on it? “If you are a boss, ask yourself: When you look back at how you’ve treated followers, peers, and superiors, in their eyes, will you have earned the right to be proud of yourself? Hang onto generosity, reciprocity, and ethical commitments. ?

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What Works Better - Obedience or Commitment?

Mills Scofield

Follow him on Facebook and Instagram. In other words, what works better, obedience or commitment? If you look up the word “boss” in the dictionary it is defined as “a person who exercises control or authority.” Following orders is a far cry from following your heart. You’ll be glad, and better, because you did!

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How to Write OKRs: 45 Effective Examples

Many companies are embracing objectives and key results (OKRs) as the best practice for committing to goals and following through. Each employee should write OKRs that roll up to larger company goals. Discover how to align everyday employee priorities with company goals. Show employees how they contribute to the larger mission.

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Forget resolutions and make a commitment!

Persuasive Powerhouse

However, a “commitment” is something you can sink your teeth into. For most of us a commitment is a promise to ourselves that cannot be broken. Great leaders may not follow through on a resolution, but when they commit, they’re more likely to do what they say they will. Is your heart open to it?

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From Misunderstanding to Mastery: Four Dimensions to Transform Your Cross Cultural Leadership

Let's Grow Leaders

A few months into my work there, a man named Jack took me aside and said, “David, I noticed that when you come into our all-hands meeting, you walk straight up to the front row, sit down, open your notebook and are ready to take notes.” How will commit to doing that work with one another? Politely say “no”? Celebrate birthdays?