How can you Partner when all around you aren’t? How can we Partner when structures and culture don’t support it? was a question that was raised at The Leaders Surgery in July. And it’s a good one, because it can feel overwhelming to go against the prevailing paradigm,...
Team Guru Podcast: Own It! Honouring and Amplifying Accountability Activity but no progress. Meetings with no follow up. Confused responsibilities. Impossible demands and poor engagement. Does that describe your workplace? If the answer is yes, then this week’s...
Are you doing leadership To, For or With? Choice, sovereignty, and autonomy are fundamental human needs and having them removed triggers a powerful threat response in our brain. Low autonomy was one of the factors cited as undermining well-being in a survey of more...
The Dynamic Leader Podcast: Interview with Shelley Flett In this episode Shelley speaks with researcher in organisational behaviour, Paige Williams about accountability and going past the word itself to connect with the deeper meaning of what it looks and sounds like...
Ticker: Overcoming Underperformance Pandemic Leaders may be continuing to face challenges brought on by the pandemic, but there is an epidemic also occurring in the workplace – underperformance. So, how can we address underperformance by resetting accountability and...
Can Accountability Thrive Amidst Bureaucracy? In a recent blog I shared the challenge a large insurance firm client of mine was facing in resetting accountability across their organisation. Normalising personal ownership and collective responsibility across complex,...
Can You Diagnose the Problem? It can be hard to know where to begin. You know that issues with accountability are limiting progress and enabling underperformance. You see that it’s making the team fragile as you navigate the uncertainty and disruption of a...
Can Accountability Culture Work From Home? The kitchen bench is my ‘new desk’, workout gear my ‘new work wardrobe’ and helping my daughter with her Grade 8 maths my ‘new brain break’. Welcome to the ‘new normal’ of working from home. The challenge with this – no, one...
Please team, can I have some more? As the Decade of Disruption continues to live up to its name, successful leaders, teams and organizations are asking what’s making and keeping them fragile so they can meet the challenges and maximise the opportunities in front of...
Can you Architect Accountability? I was working with the Executive team of a large insurance firm recently on resetting accountability. The CEO has recognised that the legal requirement for accountability that has swept the financial services industry is barrelling...
Breaking the Tyranny of Micromanaging What does it feel like to be micromanaged? This was a question I asked a group of senior leaders from a Saudi-based energy company in our masterclass last week. ‘Demotivating’ ‘Undermines your confidence’ ‘Frustrating’ ‘Shows a...
The Accountability Reset I wrote about accountability in a blog last year and have done a deep dive into it over the summer break. Why am I interested? Because it’s often what makes us fragile that blocks our progress to becoming AntiFragile. And often what makes us...
