Mark Fritz

Blog / Ownership

November 8th, 2012

Creating positive competition

And is there such a thing as positive competition? In my lectures and in my trainings I often ask, “Which is more powerful, a manager to employee pressure to get things done or employee to employee...
November 6th, 2012

The feeling of being in control

People like certainty. They don’t like drastic change which leaves them uncertain about what they should focus on – what they need to do, and how they need to do it. Leaders are the same; they do things...
Categories: Action / Blog / Discipline / Focus / Ownership
October 30th, 2012

Participation drives ownership

When you’re leading a complex organisation across distances and cultures the more you foster involvement and participation, the more ownership your employees will feel of their achievements and the aims...
Categories: Blog / Ownership / Teamwork
March 5th, 2012

Challenged to Solve it First

There's a great way to evaluate if you have the right people around you, and the people who will take ownership for what they are doing.  The right people will always feel challenged to solve a problem...
Categories: Blog / Confidence / Ownership
January 2nd, 2012

What Options Do We Have?

People take more ownership in delivering their own ideas than the ideas of others, and successful leaders know this. Instead of just giving the answer (the solution), they ask their people for what...
Categories: Blog / Influence / Ownership / Solutions
September 29th, 2011

Get Everyone Involved

When you hold meetings, do the people who do all the talking have the best ideas?  Also, could the people who stay quiet in the meetings have some good ideas too?  The best leaders know that the ideas...
Categories: Blog / Ownership / Solutions / Teamwork