Is Accountability in Your Organization Viewed as Positive or Punitive?
Only one pilot lands the plane.
Effective organizations need some things to be shared: mission, values, strategy, commitments, and the duties associated with creating a plan. But accountability needs to be singular. Good Leadership’s research reveals the majority of people surveyed want to be accountable; just like pilots who, with the full support of the airline staff, the airport employees, the control tower, and the onboard flight team, accept sole accountability to land the plane. That’s healthy accountability.
Healthy Accountability defined:
When people win together, in an environment where individuals take personal ownership, and embrace the support of the team, to deliver quality work on time.
The research suggested a Pathway to Healthy Accountability™ – an infinite loop that continues because individuals seek accountability.
This pathway encompasses five research-based elements relevant to every organization:
The Five Elements of Healthy Accountability:
Individuals Seek Accountability
- When individuals embrace full ownership of their work and invite the input of others, based on the confidence they will grow from the experience, and their contributions will improve the organization’s performance.
Positive Role Modeling at the Top
- When individuals embrace full ownership of their work and invite the input of others, based on the confidence they will grow from the experience, and their contributions will improve the organization’s performance.
Teams Committed to Disciplined Follow Through
- When teams embrace proactive planning to define clear roles and responsibilities, establish shared commitments, anticipate challenges, and equip one another to make the mid-course corrections required to deliver quality work on time.
Find the Growing Edge
- When people feel energized in their work because they are confident delivering on their current assignments and are inspired to seek meaningful stretch assignments knowing they have the support and encouragement of the team.
Select and Promote for Accountability
- When organizations promote individuals who consistently role model healthy accountability, evaluate new hires for personal ownership and follow-through, and make intentional decisions to pass over candidates who do not add to a culture of healthy accountability.
The Healthy Accountability Research
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