Culture of Accountability

We use the term  "ACCOUNTABILITY" daily with our team. Often, I think we use it but do not give them enough information about all that is involved with accountability.  Listed below are some thoughts that we will use with our team and ourselves over the next few weeks while teaching ACCOUNTABILITY.

• Accountability is "Answerability".  Do you willingly answer to someone else.
• We must make ourselves accountable to someone.
• Without accountability we will never be as much as we can be with it. 
• There are many elements to accountability (Trust, Commitment, etc). It doesn't stand on its own.
• Accountability is built on the foundation of Trust.
• People thrive in an accountability culture. They thrive because you are better than you could ever be on your own.
• An environment of, "you do your thing and I'll do mine will never thrive.  Could be good, but never great."
• We must value accountability.
• In an accountable culture there is not an avoidance of difficult conversations.
• The key is to go humbly to address issues, not avoid them.

--Dan Holland, September 18, 2011