The Compass Alliance | Personal Accountability

31 Jan It’s Your Roll

Posted at 20:09h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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If you won the lottery today how would you choose to spend the rest of your life? Humanitarian efforts? Start a business you always dreamed of? Maybe just relax at a vacation home and watch the world pass blissfully by? If you didn’t have to work –...

22 Jan Beauty and the Beast

Posted at 03:13h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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A few years back I was talking to a friend whose company had just gone through its latest restructure – and was suffering the after-effects. Her organization had managed to assemble a number of smaller firms (the argument could be made that the net result...

14 Jan The Countdown Has Begun

Posted at 17:53h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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Somewhere today a valued company employee, identified by senior leadership as a “coming star” will voluntarily walk away. Disenchanted – disengaged – disenfranchised. In another organization, a series of new hires – ideally prized in the interview process – will fail to make the grade. They...

05 Jan JUST ME and Just What It Means

Posted at 19:55h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective by Tim Cole 2 Comments

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I came up with a new word to add to my vocabulary last night. It was after watching a mind-numbing interview on television. I won’t offer specifics. We live in a polarized world – and whether it’s our government, business, or the local PTA it sometimes seems...

04 Jan Left to Wander

Posted at 20:43h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 1 Comment

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A new year is here. For many the last few days mark our return to work – and to recalibrating after a well-deserved break. These first days are precious – but their importance can be lost in the general rush to “get back to business.” There...

10 Dec A Quick Self Check on YOUR Career

Posted at 20:02h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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Some 70,000 people will voluntarily leave their jobs in this country today – many without another position to replace it. The reasons are myriad but without question the degree of disengagement that carries employees down the road to burnout is predictable. Loss of purpose > loss...

26 Nov A Simple Premise

Posted at 19:01h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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Invested 40 years in the corporate world. NEVER met a truly great communicator who couldn't: Tell a great story Involve his or her audience in that story LISTEN in order to optimize points 1 and 2 NEVER. For those who believe public speaking prowess, or negotiating acumen,...

21 Nov The Narrative We ALL Write

Posted at 01:46h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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Your story is unfolding today. For many it will be written by a ghost-author, to include all the text; how it begins - and how it ends. Each chapter can be titled My Job. You'll be paid for your inputs of course. They call that a...

20 Nov Lean on Me

Posted at 18:22h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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Grandson Cooper is getting close to 16 months now. And with apologies for my very biased view of our newest family member, here’s the latest installment of Lessons My Grandson Taught Me. Everybody needs someone they can fall back on when they need a...

12 Nov Unraveling the Mysteries of Great Teams

Posted at 20:38h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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Three principles dictate how many work groups evolve into highly effective teams. Three. There may be a million characteristics that typify but three resounding principles form the foundation for every enduring team. First, they have developed a Constancy of Purpose that permeates - that means every member fully understands...