Accountability is a broader concept than responsibility - it’s something you do to yourself, not something that someone does to you.  A focus on responsibility can create attitudes where people justify the ways they think and act to "cover their tails" which pulls in the opposite direction of achieving organizational or team results. With accountability, people not only take accountability for the results they need to achieve individually but for results that they are not 100% in control of. How might your leadership or coaching practices encourage accountability.

Read the Culture Partners post, "Responsibility vs Accountability" here.   

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