Christopher Avery - The Responsibility Process: Unlocking Your Natural Ability to Live and Lead with Power

Advance Praise for
The Responsibilty Process

Over the last ten years Ive seen time and time again how Christophers work has created remarkable transformations in individuals, leaders, and entire companies. Ive wanted a powerful next step to give people after I introduce how that transformation is possible. Im thrilled that I can now recommend this outstanding book as a next step to unlock that potential.

Zach Nies, investor, and VP of Education at Techstars

Traditional management was about accountability. Modern leadership is about responsibility. In his new book, The Responsibility Process, Christopher shows you how to take responsibility in all aspects of your life. His previous bookTeamwork Is an Individual Skillwas one of my favorites to recommend. This one will be my favorite book gift for years to come.

Yves Hanoulle, Creative Collaboration Agent

I have long been a fan of The Responsibility Process. I am really happy to see this book so we can study Christophers approach. Im a believer in the power of small stepstaking action to make change. This wonderful guidebook will instruct that processnot just for your organization but also in your own life.

Linda Rising, co-author ofFearless ChangeandMore Fearless Change

Do you want the best possible life you can live? Read and integrate The Responsibility Process into your life. You will receive benefits beyond your imagining.

Johanna Rothman, author ofAgile and Lean Program Management

A game changer! This book is my go-to when I find myself feeling as though life is controlling me instead of me controlling my life. Thank you Christopher for helping so many of us find the way to live based on our personal freedom, power, and choice.

Tami M. Cole, CEO, docstrats

Wow! The Responsibility Process is a fabulous book. Ive put so many insights into practice already. From the first pages, it pulled me in and was immediately applicable to my personal mastery and in my role as a leader of leaders.

The five-step culture-building bridge from responsibility to accountability in chapter 9 is brilliant. It helped me diagnose organizational hotspots and see where I missed my leadership responsibility for one or more steps on the bridge. As a result, Ive had more effective conversations with several of my staff. I anticipate better results for them and the organization.

Steven Ambrose, VP and CIO, DTE Energy

I met Christopher and was introduced to The Responsibility Process in 2006. We hired Christopher to help build our manager training program, and it was a great investment in our culture and true foundation for our rapid growth based on shared leadership. The Responsibility Process is a journey to mastery, and the mental models help me catch myself. I love the formal process of taking 100% responsibility for myself and in the formation of teams, including leadership teams.

The Responsibility Process packages Christophers teachings in a very effective way for adoption by you or through your organization. I would recommend chapters 37 as a monthly book study for your team. I especially appreciated his new Catch Sooner Game and focus work required for adding clarity to intention. The language is powerful and key to wide-scale adoption with teams. I have used the Three Keys to Responsibility (chapter 4) as a structure for many talks I have given. This chapter is pure gold and anchors the book, the value, and the potential for you and beyond.

This book represents a set of tools and structure that with a healthy mindfulness practice creates insight, integration, and empathy for others. For me this is part of lifelong practice in creating happiness, effectiveness, loving relationships, and impact. I look forward to a hard copy that I can keep close and that will replace my notes from his courses.

Ryan Martens, serial entrepreneur; founder of Rally Software,
the first Certified B-Corp to go public

The Responsibility Process is central to Catalysts approach to leadership. It has played a significant role in Catalysts being the most popular employer in Austria 20142016 and the number-one IT innovator in Upper Austria. Im excited to have this book to share with everyone interested in understanding our culture.

Dr. Christoph Steindl, CEO and founder, Catalysts GmbH

Read this foundational, life-changing book! I leverage The Responsibility Process daily to process my reaction to events and to create consistently constructive action plans.

Lonardo Murgel, IT executive

I highly recommend this book. Ive been using The Responsibility Process for over a decade with meaningful results. In business, it provides a shared language for rapidly moving past finger-pointing and excuses toward problem resolution.

Jamin Patrick, president and COO, RotaDyne

The Responsibility Process is a must read for anyone who seeks to unlock their ability to truly live and lead with power. Dr. Avery offers a simple and instructive guide that can easily be applied across cultures, languages, and environments. In leading a multicultural organization, I have worked to encourage teamwork, collaboration, and personal accountability as behaviors and values that support the development of our company and our service to customers. The Responsibility Process perfectly sums up what we strive to do and provides clarity and a purposeful path toward an outcome that will serve us personally and as an organization. The Responsibility Process truly is a gift and something important and worthwhile to share with others.

Matthew M. Johnston, CEO/Directeur Gnral, HM.Clause

After experiencing just how transformative The Responsibility Process was to my own leadership practice, I am delighted that this book is now available. Thank you Christopher for bringing the message to an even broader audience. The lessons and tools are practical and can be applied by business leaders at any level from CEO to summer intern.

Mary Lea McAnally, former Associate Dean for Graduate Programs,
Mays Business School, Texas A&M University

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Publishers Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Avery, Christopher.

The responsibility process : unlocking your natural ability to live and lead with power / Christopher Avery. Pflugerville, TX : Partnerwerks, Inc., 2016.

p. ; cm.

ISBN13: 978-0-9977472-0-1

1. Responsibility. 2. ResponsibilityPhilosophy. I. Title.

BJ1451.A87 2016

FIRST EDITION

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Cover design by Chris Rhoads

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Dedication

Without Bill McCarley the extraordinary information in this book about how personal responsibility works in our minds would not exist. Therefore, I dedicate this book to Bill, my teacher and friend.