(a work in progress)
i hate the phrase “hold people accountable”
because it almost always means
hold other people accountable
when we should focus on
being accountable ourselves.
also
when employees ask/talk about accountability
they’re mostly reflecting on the
poor managers
poor supervisors
poor individual contributors
and
poor “leaders”
who stay in place
doing a poor job
year
after
year
after
year
and
who clearly aren’t being held
accountable.
when we don’t hold
people accountable,
we’re not being
accountable
ourselves.
and if we’re not accountable
we give others permission
we invite them
we encourage them
to not be accountable.
saying accountability starts with us
is actually wrong.
accountability starts with the person
in the mirror.
accountability starts with me.
if i have to hold people accountable,
that means
i don’t have accountable people
and should.
develop accountable people
starting with the person
in
the
mirror
etc., etc., etc., yadda yadda yadda, blah. blah. blah.