Craig T. Owens

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On this episode of “The Craig And Greg Show” we talk about: 

• [0:55] What’s one of the biggest attributes that sets leaders apart from their peers? 
• [1:56] Check out why Stephen Covey’s definition of responsibility is so important in our discussion
• [3:02] Why do people like to play “the blame game”?
• [4:18] Accountability must be a partner with healthy responsibility
• [4:52] Greg learned the blame game early on with his younger sister
• [5:57] I worked in an unhealthy organization where the senior leader never accepted personal responsibility
• [8:04] How do leaders “own it” in a healthy way?
• [9:22] Exemplary leaders demonstrate how to accept consequences in a healthy way
• [10:34] Responsibility and coachability strengthen a team and unleash greater potential
• [11:27] Blame is “so dang easy” and makes the blamer a laughingstock
• [13:27] What things contribute to blaming?
• [14:14] How Greg handled the compliments and complaints from his clients
• [15:11] Blaming is a spreading cancer in your organization
• [15:44] Being a control freak isn’t the same thing as taking responsibility
• [17:01] There is a balance for leaders so they don’t “fall on their swords”
• [18:49] Team sports give us a good analogy of what shared responsibility looks like
• [21:07] What’s on the other side of responsibility and blame?
• [21:47] Leaders can enhance the benefits of responsibility through self-reflection
• [23:51] Greg has a memorable and disarming way of helping people accept responsibility
• [24:27] Our coaching huddles can help you learn to enhance the benefits of responsibility in your personal leadership

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