5 Actions of Positive Accountability

Low accountability is a genuine, surprisingly common problem in today's workplace. The challenge of accountability is pervasive, even among organizations aspiring to positive cultures and high performance. We see it in businesses of every size and in every industry. Some leaders -- even high-level executives -- simply don't know how to hold employees accountable in ways that are positive and constructive.

The 5 A's of Accountability will transform your career by showing you how to apply proven positive, behavioral-science- based techniques to set fair expectations, minimize unsatisfactory performance, and deal constructively with unsatisfactory performance. You will learn how to be a highly effective leader or individual contributor, while creating and sustaining positive accountability.

Based on research and study as organizational scientists, and their experience as organizational consultants, the authors have identified the five essential steps in a positive accountability process: the Five A's of Accountability. Accountability is not automatically negative, and indeed can be a positive experience! With a positive psychology approach, low accountability is an issue within your control.

Drawing on their consulting experience in multiple industries, their research, and the wisdom shared by leaders they interviewed, including Dabo Swinney, Head Coach Clemson University Football, they show how the properly executed positive psychology approach, focused on behavior, yields benefits for the company at large, your team and your coworkers, and you.