When things go wrong, efforts to hold people “accountable” in an organization rarely produce what leaders actually want.

You can’t force accountability—but you can make it easier for people to choose it. When pressure rises, your instinct may be to tighten control. Instead, focus on creating conditions where ownership ...

Accountability can be a challenging topic that many of us try to avoid. Why? From my perspective, the answer is because accountability is often only used when someone has not followed through on ...

Establishes a policy shift in federal procurement to prioritize fixed-price, performance-based contracts over cost-reimbursement models, aiming ...

As I work with leadership development professionals each week, I’m seeing more and more organizations with “accountability” leading their leadership competency model. While I would have thought this ...

Keeping a team accountable is hard work. And as a leader it’s important to understand that accountability is the cornerstone of effective leadership. It’s the adhesive that binds trust, responsibility ...

Accountability, diversity, forward thinking, learning, mutual support, professionalism, and trust are the Joint Munitions Command’s Links of Success, and they help form the backbone of the enterprise.

And almost always… people flinch. They think of punishment, of blame, of being called out. Across healthcare, engagement surveys tell the same story. One of the lowest-rated statements year after year ...

By Jack Johnson and Hillary Jorgensen There are always pros and cons with advances in technology. Cars revolutionized ...