In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan discuss the importance of accountability in a company. A founder should be able to know how to instill accountability in their employees. The two main components to get accountability are ownership and consequences - having these things can make a huge difference in a company’s overall success.

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What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:09 Nobody else wants to be accountable
• 02:01 Founders always have the higher stakes
• 04:36 The challenge founders face is to get everyone accountable
• 06:53 Consequences affect accountability
• 09:31 Not being accountable does not mean safety
• 11:25 What happens to a company with no accountability
• 14:45 Two components to get accountability
• 18:18 Owning the outcome 
• 19:46 Effects of reward and recognition
• 23:28 Visibility in a company
• 26:15 Changing up plans where everyone can adjust
• 28:55 When founders don’t understand the importance of their accountability
• 31:05 Excuses are the most powerful solvent that dissolves accountability