While it's true that Accountability starts at the top, and that if leaders don't walk the talk, and meet their commitments, it will be almost impossible to create a culture of accountability.
Yes, if you model accountability, some people will become more accountable. But it takes more than that to make accountability and ownership the norm within an organization.
If you truly want to create a culture of accountability you have to HOLD people accountable.
Most leaders, seem to forget this piece.
That's probably because it's the difficult part, the one where we have to focus on changing people's behaviors, which is always tough.
We have had clients who have told us that; they don't like to hold people accountable because it feels too confrontational, and that can often have the wrong impact and end up with a culture of blaming, or even worse naming and shaming.
All of which actually reduces accountability.
So I can understand why people shy away from it, forget about it, or just hope that by being accountable themselves that others will magically become more accountable.
But, it will help your teams to take more ownership, and group reviews will also encourage more cooperation and collaborations, as well as sharing of 'best practices' which will help to boost performance levels.
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