Accountability

Practicing Accountability Without Blame and Shame

Recently, Treasury Minister Lord Bates, a junior minister in the UK’s House of Lords, walked into chambers late and stunned his colleagues and the world by offering his resignation for his tardiness.  His actions generated reactions ranging from accusations of being too dramatic to be accountable. (Of course, Prime Minister May did not accept his resignation.) …

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Leadership and Self Care: Organizational Self Care

Organizational self-care, or lack thereof, is a direct result of individual self-care. It is often exposed in the choices leaders make when faced with business challenges. Here are two examples that illustrate this point:   In 2008, if you recall, there was an economic crisis. The banks took lending risks that ultimately caused the value of …

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Accountability 102: Accepting Accountability Practice

According to The Cambridge Dictionary, to be accountable is to be responsible for and have to explain your actions, and accounting is a written or spoken description of something that has happened. As a result, the world’s view of accepting accountability (or being accountable) is to: explain what you did wrong; apologize by saying, “I’m sorry;” acknowledge how much the action hurt you, as well …

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