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Accountability: It’s Personal

One powerful lesson that accountable leaders can take from the last few extraordinary months is that personal commitments matter. That may seem like an obvious point. It is not. It requires constant reinforcement, especially within leadership circles. You would be surprised how many leaders I run into who imagine that their commitments do not need to be personal. They say things like “I am committed to quality” or “I am committed to making this company

June 16, 2020

Who Are You? Are You Accountable?

You and I are living through a strange time, a time that will be written about in history books for decades and centuries to come. We are living through a time when the pressures and challenges we face are causing many among us to choose to perpetuate cycles of fear, anger, and greed. Yet this is also a time when others around us are just as prominently motivated by choices that sustain love, compassion, and

June 4, 2020

Thank Them! – That’s Accountable Leadership

Everyone has the ability to make a difference. This year, we have all learned that the hard way. Three or four months ago, many people had this idea that someone who worked the checkout line at a grocery store, or someone who worked for the sanitation department collecting garbage, or someone who delivered food for people who wanted to enjoy a restaurant meal at home, or someone who worked at a similar job, was more

May 12, 2020

Accountability: The Antidote to Tough Times

By now, it’s obvious that the global pandemic we now face is a crisis unlike anything any of us have ever encountered. There is no longer any doubt about it: we are entering tough times. The two critical questions for leaders now are–how do we make sure our organizations survive these tough times, and how do we make sure we rebound quickly coming out of them? Those are two different things, but they are both

April 15, 2020

Accountability and the Coronavirus Crisis

Usually, these articles are about accountable leadership in business settings. This week, though, I came across a news story that reminded me how vital accountability is outside of the office. The whole nation, in fact the whole world, is in the grips of a major public health crisis: the rapid spread of the COVID2019 virus, popularly known as the coronavirus. This is no laughing matter. It is something we are all facing, and something we

March 12, 2020

USA Gymnastics, Simone Biles, and the Failure of Accountability

Ethan Bauer, a reporter for the Deseret News, recently interviewed me as part of a story on the unprecedented public criticism leveled at USA Gymnastics (USAG) and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) by US gymnast Simone Biles. She and other athletes spoke up frankly about the failure of accountable leadership in both organizations to respond effectively to the massive sexual abuse scandal that has grown for years now, like a malignant tumor, on

March 10, 2020

This Is What Accountable Leadership Looks Like

You may have seen the video that went viral about a luggage handler recklessly throwing passenger bags around at Manchester Airport in England. If you didn’t, here’s a look. The flight’s passengers (and plenty of others) were furious at the sight of the bags being tossed right through the baggage cart, and rightly so. In a world where there are many, many accounts of customer sharing (valid) complaints about their flying experiences, I was reluctant

March 6, 2020

The Accountability Advantage…Fixing a Broken Corporate Culture

Discover exactly how to go about fixing a broken corporate culture like the one currently in play at Boeing. It starts with leadership. It is possible. A great culture is really what all employees want.

February 21, 2020

When the Leader Is Not Accountable Everyone Loses

After reading the owner of the Houston Astros recent response that he does not believe he should be held accountable for the cheating that his team was found to have participated in, I thought an article was required. At first, I thought that I would just create a list of all of the times that a leader is not accountable. The only problem with that is that the article would end at that point.

February 14, 2020

No Voice…No Accountability

Houston Astros owner and chairman Jim Crane fired the team’s manager and general manager after Major League Baseball found the Astros illegally created a system the sole and communicated the opposing teams’ pitching signs during their 2017 championship season. Accountability was lacking on the side of those fired but the owner showed his accountability immediately.

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The Accountability Blog

Accountability: It’s Personal

Who Are You? Are You Accountable?

Thank Them! – That’s Accountable Leadership

Accountability: The Antidote to Tough Times

Accountability and the Coronavirus Crisis

USA Gymnastics, Simone Biles, and the Failure of Accountability

This Is What Accountable Leadership Looks Like

The Accountability Advantage…Fixing a Broken Corporate Culture

When the Leader Is Not Accountable Everyone Loses

No Voice…No Accountability

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