Additional Resources for Ensuring Accountability

Organizations can ensure that accountability is a top priority in their culture. It takes time, clear focus, and a commitment to understanding its benefits.

One organizational area that tends to tie a company in knots is the way leaders set goals. Here are seven common mistakes that leaders make, and how to avoid them.

If you tend to procrastinate and are looking for ways to boost your productivity, check out these 11 actionable ways to stop procrastinating.

Asking for help at the office is hard--of course you don't want to look like you're passing the buck, being lazy, or admitting defeat. But learn to ask for help the right way, and you'll not only get what you need, but you'll also look like even more of a team player.

It's like something out of a bad dream. You're in the middle of a typical day at the office, feeling like your usual confident, competent self. And than, bam! It's like ice water down your back. You r...

Recent surveys suggest 40 percent of employees in US organizations are not held accountable for results.Here are five strategies organizations can use to ensure accountability in the workplace is instilled as a core element of company culture.

Learn how to change organizational behavior and create an environment where all levels can flourish utilizing leadership accountability.

No healthy civil society can exist without a foundation of public trust. That's why Accountability Lab supports those who are working to ensure that powerful...

Here's how to reduce perfectionistic tendencies, according to Martin Antony, Ph.D., co-author of When Perfect Isn't Good Enough: Strategies for Coping with Perfectionism, who describes these strategies in his book. Challenge your thoughts. "Rather than assuming one's beliefs are true, we encourage people to question

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Tom Klobucher, author of The Great Workplace Revolution, warns of the dangers of complacency for businesses in today's rapidly changing work environment. Lea...

The workplace is in transition, and so are many people with their careers. More than ever, people are feeling a sense of disengagement at work as they grow frustrated with the uncertainty and lack of long-term stability that surrounds them. Today’s workplace environment is growing worrisome for many because their employers can’t provide them the guaranteed security they seek, while they are expected to do more for less. Managing your career, whether employed or not, has become a full-time responsibility. The mere thought of what is involved to reach your desired career destination has become exhausting for many. As such, people are beginning to grow complacent about their futures and are losing their motivation to compete. As organizations aim to reinvent themselves, leaders should be on the lookout for the following behavioral cues to assure their employees are not becoming complacent in their careers during a time when they are needed most:

Do you take ownership of your work? Help your people to take control by reading our top 9 tips on responsibility in the workplace.

What comes to mind when you hear the word “accountability”? If it is something along the lines of “who gets the blame,” “being called on the carpet,” or “getting set up as the fall guy,” then you are like most people. To most of us, accountability has painful connotations.