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When You’re the Scapegoat: Powerful Phrases to Address Unfair Blame

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Scapegoating often has little to do with you and everything to do with their fear of repercussions, a desperate bid to save their reputation or a team culture that sidesteps accountability. This phrase subtly says, “Let’s stop the finger-pointing and start brainstorming, because no one’s getting a trophy for winning the blame game.”

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The PROBLEM Coaching Model

International Coach Academy

Public servants work in highly complex and regulated environments, often characterized by bureaucratic hurdles, politically sensitive minefields, and accountability-driven structures that can be quite challenging. Brainstorm Objective : Dig deeper, explore alternatives, and check on feelings. Questions: What other feelings?

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The PROBLEM Coaching Model

International Coach Academy

Public servants work in highly complex and regulated environments, often characterized by bureaucratic hurdles, politically sensitive minefields, and accountability-driven structures that can be quite challenging. Brainstorm Objective : Dig deeper, explore alternatives, and check on feelings. Questions: What other feelings?

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What To Do When Results are in the Toilet

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The brainstorming and action planning leads to only incremental improvement. We didn’t need more retail customers, we needed to convert the small business customers that were already coming into our stores to manage their personal accounts. I was told the problem was, “How do we hold our outsourcers accountable?”

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Team Alignment: 5 Steps to Align Your Team on What Matters Most

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If you don’t yet have a SynergyStack™, invite team members to brainstorm a habit (be sure it’s practical and observable) and write their habit on an index card. How will you hold people accountable when the habits are ignored? Step 5: Build in Accountability Create a simple habit-tracking system to monitor progress.

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The Morning After: 6 Sure-Fire Ways to Ensure Your Training Sticks

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Find an accountability partner Change is hard, and it can be lonely. Share the behavior you’re working on and make a commitment to check in with one another once a week to see how things are going and discuss challenges and brainstorm next steps. Too much change all at once will overwhelm both you and your team.

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Maximizing ROI: How to Translate Leadership Training into Behaviors that Last

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While the groups provide immediate feedback and peer accountability, what will drive the long-term sustainability of your skills is embedding them in your organizational culture and personal behavior. Find an accountability partner Change is hard, and it can be lonely. Too much change all at once will overwhelm both you and your team.