Accountability: The Key to Driving a High-Performance Culture

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LEARNING FROM WINNERS

 

A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.—Chinese proverb

Every leader is tasked with getting from Point A to Point B.

The leaders I work with tell me it’s their most significant objective and the hardest to achieve, and accountability is the single greatest threat to reaching Point B.

In the previous chapter, you were prompted to consider your personal Point B.

In this chapter, we consider Point B from the perspective of the enterprise you are leading.

Whether you are in charge of a corporation, a partnership, a business unit, a department, a single project, or a not-for-profit organization, you must marshal the resources of your team to move from Point A (your current situation) to Point ...