Quotes About Accountability

the differences between what we have to do to get something to happen and what everyone else in our organization has to do. Which of these are necessary or unavoidable, and which of them do we retain because we think we are better than others, more vital, and deserve special treatment?

people who consistently work with an outward mindset excel in three ways that those who work with an inward mindset do not. They 1. see the needs, objectives, and challenges of others 2. adjust their efforts to be more helpful to others 3. measure and hold themselves accountable for the impact of their work on others

Remember, the principle to apply is, as far as I am concerned, the problem is me. I am the place to start. Others' responses will depend mostly on what they see in me. The most important move is for me to make the most important move.

Ask yourself the following questions: Have I (or we) thought this through with an outward mindset? Do I understand the needs, objectives, and challenges of those involved? Have I adjusted my efforts in light of those issues? And have I been holding myself accountable for my impact on these people? Have you considered what mindset-level changes might be necessary in addition to behavioral changes?

we construct our boxes through a lifetime of choices. Every time we choose to pull away from and blame another, we necessarily feel justified in doing so, and we start to plaster together a box of self-justification, the walls getting thicker and thicker over time.

If I betray myself," Bud said as he backed away from the board, "my thoughts and feelings will begin to tell me that I'm justified in whatever I'm doing or failing to do." He

The most effective leaders lead in this single way: by holding themselves more accountable than all. Personal

how you can get out of the boxes you find yourself in—out of the blame, the self-justification, the internal warring, the apparent stuckness.

a vantage point from where I could ponder my life in a new way free from the blame and self-justification of the box.

Of the allegations leveled at hundreds of living priests across the country, only a handful were liable for prosecution because the statute of limitations had expired in so many cases. But the inability of prosecutors to bring charges was hardly a vindication of the Church. Norfolk

How can one respect people as members of the human race unless one holds them to a standard of conduct and truthfulness?

All men should be good, all women virtuous. Wherefore, villain, hast thou failed?

My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground on which I stand.

Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.

When you plant a tree, if it doesn't grow well, you don't blame the tree.

Don't worry if those around you aren't doing their best. Just worry about how to make yourself worthy. Doing your best is the surest way to remind those around you to do their best.

I listen to a lot of audio books and business-related books. All of the great businessmen have one thing in common: they write down their goals. They keep a journal. Not only that, but I write down my goals, and I check it off: whether or not I ate right, work out, check it off.

Even journalism has ethics and everyone should follow them.

I don't really trust politicians, and our job is to call them out. It's old-school journalism.

Confrontation is not a dirty word. Sometimes it's the best kind of journalism as long you don't confront people just for the sake of a confrontation.

Some in journalism consider themselves apart from and to some extent above the people they purport to serve.

I don't personally feel that I have to save democracy and journalism.

It's really just my Hammurabi code of journalism ethics, that I don't want to ask someone to do something that I won't do myself.

My view of journalism is that it needs to be independent but it's not independent when someone is paying the bills for you.