About The Power of Owning Up
Amongst the most commonly used words in organizations today is “Responsibility”. Yet, it is perhaps the most misunderstood, or least understood word. I have interacted with over 2000 managers and leaders in organizations, and almost all of them could not clearly distinguish what responsibility really meant. Many confused it with accountability.
Why is this word ‘responsibility’ even important?
Most individuals and teams are unaware of what this simple word really means. And when people are unaware, they often think they are taking responsibility, and yet operating as jerks, grumbling that others haven’t dedicated themselves to taking care of them. This is a cultural blind spot.
When you fully understand ‘responsibility’, you realize it is a powerful ‘way of seeing’ that opens up new actions, new doorways and new possibilities. It is the only ‘way to see’ to truly generate results – not just any results – but those that matter to you. Stated simply – understanding the full-blown meaning of responsibility is critical to you taking care of what YOU care about.
The Irrefutable Law of Responsibility is just that – Irrefutable. Like the law of gravity is irrefutable. Being unaware and not understanding the law of responsibility incurs huge costs – to oneself, team and the organization.
REVIEW BY EXPERTS
“Powerful! Well written and researched, The Power of Owning Up reveals the tools you need to use responsibility to improve your effectiveness, communication, culture, and more!”
Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, Thinkers50 #1 Executive Coach and New York Times bestselling author of The Earned Life, Triggers, and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
“A practical and thoughtful book, the authors present the big picture, along with relevant details, and connect these two realms.”
Howard Gardner, Hobbs Research Professor of Cognition and Education,
Harvard Graduate School of Education
“A heroic call to action for responsible leadership. Packed with compelling vignettes, practical exercises and clear, fresh frameworks such as The Responsibility-Accountability Matrix, The Power of Owning Up is an actionable primer on responsible leadership not only for coaches and leadership practitioners, but for all who seek to be their best selves. Dunham and Dua offer lessons from real life dilemmas rooted in principles drawn from ancient philosophy to help us face our fears and “choose to be responsible.”
Dr. Dina Dommett, Dean of Ashridge, Hult International Business School
“Thank you Bob & Sameer for the fantastic book. This is a must read for all leaders & coaches. Your book is inspirational & has the potential to transform one’s perspective & career.”
Sudarshan Mogasale, CEO, Dassault Systemes Lab, India
The Power of Owning Up is an important clarification and contribution to coaches and leaders in the world of shared action and coordination. But more importantly it reveals the power available to each of us to create a future with others that we care about.
Julio Olalla, Founder of Newfield Network and developer of Ontological Coaching
Responsibility is a firm decision to do your duties of the highest quality and be committed to what you care about and what matters to you. The Power of Owning Up is a tremendously important book that provides great insights and practical tips on the often overlooked or taken-for-granted states of responsibility and accountability. Responsibility is a power beyond job descriptions that allow the greatest results. Excellent book for every leader.
Oleg Konovalov, One of the top global thought leaders, author of The Vision Code, ‘the da Vinci of visionary leadership’
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Author Bio:
Listed by Thlnkers50 (the world’s most reliable resource for identifying, ranking, and sharing leading management ideas) in the global list of 30 emerging thinkers to watch, and those who will shape the future of business. The Thinkers50 listing is considered to be “the Oscars of Management Thinking” by the Financial Times, UK
Founder, Institute for Generative Leadership, Asia and UK (www.generativeleadership.in)
Founder and Chief Curator, London Business Literature Festival. (www.lblf.uk)
World’s leading authority on “Declaring Breakdowns”, a powerful leadership move, and his best-selling book on this subject titled, ”Declaring Breakdowns: Powerfully creating a future that matters in 6 simple steps” continues to be used as study material by several management and leadership institutes globally. This book went into its second print within the first week of its launch and has been published in two more languages: Hindi and Marathi. (www.sameerdua.com/declaring-breakdowns /)
Bestselling Author of Become:The 5 Critical Conversational Practices that Shift “Who You Be” as a Leader published by Harper Business, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers. In the first 6 hours, Become became a bestseller in 5 different categories on Amazon. (www.sameerdua.com/become)
Leadership faculty member, Naval Higher Command Course, a program for senior officers of the armed forces (Indian Anny, Indian Navy, and Indian Air Force) at the Naval War College, Goa.
30 years of experience in the field of management and leadership education and worked with program participants from 52 different countries.
Set up and lead institutions in India and in the UK and worked with top global universities from the US and the UK.
Clients include top global and Indian organizations such as Mercedes Benz, John Deere, Siemens, NetApp, T-Systems, BMC Software, Jungheinrich, Elringklinger, Wipro, ResourcePro, Amdocs, Schaeffler, Faurecia, Volvo, Reliance, Salesforce, EkStep Foundation amongst many others.
Received the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Business
Tycoon Award 2017 by Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Oldest, leading, largest and apex chamber of commerce and industry of lndia), Bangalore Chapter.
Founder and Chief Catalyst, Gift Your Organ Foundation (GYO). Amongst many other successes in the 10 years of its operation, GYO introduced the Green Heart Drivers’ License project in the states of Karnataka and Maharashtra along with these respective state governments in India. In Karnataka, the number of pledges increased 7-fold in a matter of 7 months; and the number of organ transplants has doubled, year on year.
The federal government in India adopted this project in March 2018 to be implemented across all states in India. (www.giftyouror .org)
Advisory Board Member of Hope Foundation runs two leading engineering colleges: International Institute of Information Technology and Finolex Academy of Management and Technology.
Sameer draws leadership lessons from ancient eastern wisdom and runs a regular weekly series that has participants from 24 countries regularly participating.
TEDx Speaker.