Accountability is crucial for personal and professional growth, but our natural inclination to avoid discomfort often hinders our ability to be truly accountable. The ego serves as a barrier to ...

Stanley Milgram’s notorious obedience experiment shocked the world—literally. In the 1960s, he asked participants to deliver what they believed were painful electric shocks to a stranger, simply ...

My friend Stephen R. Covey gave us a treasure trove of wisdom about human performance. One of his most enlightening aphorisms was “accountability breeds response-ability.” Covey was a strong proponent ...

If employees fall short with accountability, a glitch in communication is usually at the heart of the problem. Embracing a culture of self-responsibility throughout your business fosters a stronger ...

In summer of 2023, Scotland’s Josh Kerr won the 1500-meter run at the Track and Field World Championships, held in Budapest. Kerr was not the pre-race favorite, but he knew that he was capable of ...

I only get calls to work with teams when there are problems. I frequently start by interviewing or surveying the team members as to what they see as the primary problem. In my experience, two topics ...