Managing Differences & Agreement^®

Building Accountability and Commitment^SM

Creating accountability for the well being of the institution is a fundamental task of management. Too often, we reduce accountability through our efforts to increase it. The conventional wisdom is that we should hold others accountable. As a result, individuals spend their days being held accountable for their performance in the organization, as if someone else has to make sure they deliver on their commitments.

There is another way to think about accountability. One that does not leave us clouded by questions of, "What doesn't that other person do what I think is in the best interest of the organization? Why doesn't my boss understand that the demands are unrealistic and unattainable?"  To overcome this seemingly unending cycle of blame and defense, we need to stop holding people accountable and start believing in people's capacity to choose accountability.  Creating organizations where the choice to be personally accountable in service to the larger whole is the purpose of the Building Accountability and Commitment workshop.

It is not easy or a quick fix.  It takes time, patience and courage.

This workshop is based on the concepts in Peter Block's best-selling The Empowered Manager, Stewardship and the recently released Freedom and Accountability at Work written with Peter Koestenbaum.  It provides participants with the tools to change each and every conversation they have to one where accountability is chosen, not enforced.  This is not a safe or predictable path, for no one can promise safety.  Believing that a handful of great leaders at the top of the can ensure the performance of those in the middle and the bottom is an inefficient strategy for managing all the complex issues organizations currently face.  If trying harder is not enough, this workshop will help you create a culture where accountability is chosen and everyone acts and feels as an "owner" of the organization.

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Every employee, everyday has the choice

To create an organization of their own choosing

Or

Adapt to a workplace where the

Spirit, heart and mind belong to other

Choosing the workplace as our own,

In the face of caution, doubt and

Natural anxiety, is

The real meaning of accountability

To be accountable is

To care for the whole and do it for its own sake.

This workshop will help you create a culture where accountability is chosen and everyone acts and feels as an "owner" of the organization.

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