Most organizations aspire to accountability but haven’t yet figured out how to get there. Fortunately, there's a clear recipe for building accountable teams.

America is being damaged not by strong leaders abusing power, but by weak leaders avoiding responsibility. Their refusal to be accountable has become a threat to democracy itself. We are now governed ...

During a recent planning and team-building session with my executive leadership team, I started with an icebreaker: "What's ...

An accountability team is a group of leaders who meet regularly to share honest feedback and hold one another accountable. Accountability teams give clarity on the CEO role, enhance decision-making, ...

In service-based franchise models, that transition creates risk. Accountability must scale at the same pace as growth, or ...

I speak and write a lot about the "softer" side of leadership—developing the right characteristics and attitudes that make you a better leader in the mortgage industry. And, as I shift more of my ...

A new federal accountability framework will tie every college program to graduate earnings and job placement. Here's how leaders can stay ahead with AI outcomes intelligence.

Receipts once meant proof of purchase. Today, they mean proof of behavior. There was a time when reputations had a natural fade. A public mistake could dominate the headlines for a few days, then ...

We say it in the academy. We put it in our mission statements. It shows up in every leadership workshop and command staff memo. But here’s the hard truth: talking about accountability and practicing ...

In his third year as mayor of Cleveland, Justin Bibb has had ups and downs, as you’d expect from in the administration of any large city. He can point to successes – most notably initiatives that ...

Personal accountability is the ultimate leadership superpower of 2025, shaping trust, engagement and decision-making in an increasingly complex business world. Here’s why it matters and how you can ...