Comments on: Why Accountability Matters http://www.kisstheorygoodbye.com/blog/2006/09/27/why-accountability-matters/ Helping Business Leaders Rapidly Increase Performance and Profit Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:14:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Bob Prosen http://www.kisstheorygoodbye.com/blog/2006/09/27/why-accountability-matters/#comment-9 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:14:58 +0000 http://www.kisstheorygoodbye.com/blog/2006/09/27/why-accountability-matters/#comment-9 Steve- Thanks for your thoughts. I just returned to the USA and after reading your post, I must say I agree. In fact, trust is so important I directly address it in Kiss Theory Good Bye. One of the best ways to build trust is by making and meeting commitments. The reason I like this approach is because it's quantifiable. People know when we do and when we don't. Integrity, accountability and trust are essential when it comes to any type of successful business or personal relationship. Here's to your continued success! Steve- Thanks for your thoughts. I just returned to the USA and after reading your post, I must say I agree. In fact, trust is so important I directly address it in Kiss Theory Good Bye. One of the best ways to build trust is by making and meeting commitments. The reason I like this approach is because it’s quantifiable. People know when we do and when we don’t. Integrity, accountability and trust are essential when it comes to any type of successful business or personal relationship. Here’s to your continued success!

]]> by: SteveWasiura http://www.kisstheorygoodbye.com/blog/2006/09/27/why-accountability-matters/#comment-3 Fri, 29 Sep 2006 01:37:11 +0000 http://www.kisstheorygoodbye.com/blog/2006/09/27/why-accountability-matters/#comment-3 As the article behind the link describes, this was a lenient sentence, considering the "huge collapse wiped out thousands of jobs, more than $60 billion in market value and more than $2 billion in pension plans." The end of the article also describes that his wife was convicted of previous tax fraud and sent to jail for her assistance in hiding ill-gotten gains from his tax schemes. So it appears they were cut from a cloth that thought they could do no wrong... You say "Success without accountability and integrity is not an option". I would argue that it is not success at all. At least not lasting success. On a scale closer to most of our daily lives, people follow leaders because they trust them. Trust comes out of performance and follow up, doing what it is that you say you will do. Sticking to your word. And being accountable when things go wrong. Admitting your mistakes. Accountability matters because it makes people trust you when you are accountable for your actions. And they will not really follow you as a leader unless they trust you. As the article behind the link describes, this was a lenient sentence, considering the “huge collapse wiped out thousands of jobs, more than $60 billion in market value and more than $2 billion in pension plans.”

The end of the article also describes that his wife was convicted of previous tax fraud and sent to jail for her assistance in hiding ill-gotten gains from his tax schemes.

So it appears they were cut from a cloth that thought they could do no wrong…

You say “Success without accountability and integrity is not an option”. I would argue that it is not success at all. At least not lasting success.

On a scale closer to most of our daily lives, people follow leaders because they trust them. Trust comes out of performance and follow up, doing what it is that you say you will do. Sticking to your word. And being accountable when things go wrong. Admitting your mistakes.

Accountability matters because it makes people trust you when you are accountable for your actions. And they will not really follow you as a leader unless they trust you.

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