Archive for Organizational Accountability

Organizational Accountability – Fundamental Accountability Drivers

As previously stated, we believe organizations act in accordance with the shared values of the people that comprise them. What an organization values is represented by the rewards sought in return for its products and services, the organizationally defined acceptable methods of reward pursuit, and the manner in which benefits realized are parsed to the organization’s [...]

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Organizational Accountability – Performance = Results + Behaviors

Organizational accountability is built on the premise that individuals are equitably rewarded based on their contribution to the accomplishment of the organization’s goals consistent with its ethical values. Performance, therefore, becomes more than just ‘making the numbers.’ Performance in the accountable organization is an assessment of an individual’s achievement against mission-based performance measures while living [...]

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Recommended Resource – The Welch Way

The Welch Way a weekly BusinessWeek column and podcast by Jack and Suzy Welch About the Reference The Welch Way is a weekly BusinessWeek column and podcast authored by former GE CEO Jack Welch and his wife, the former editor of the Harvard Business Review, Suzy Welch. These articles cover a wide range of business [...]

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Organizational Accountability – Pillars of Accountability

Organizational accountability exists when all members of the workforce individually and collectively act to consequentially promote the timely accomplishment of the organization’s mission. StrategyDriven Contributors Building an accountable organization can be a long and arduous task; renovating an entitlement organization even more difficult. During this construction project, many able builders will be lost, the victims [...]

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Organizational Accountability – Increase Opportunities with Accountability

Every day, executives and managers are presented with opportunities to enhance their organization’s success. Frequently, these opportunities go unrecognized, unexplored, or unexploited because the organization is not prepared for them. Certainly, some opportunities are beyond an organization’s reach because of resource limitations. However, ensuring the organization possesses key attributes will better enable it to take [...]

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