Quotes About Accountability

Good leaders never embrace a victim mentality. They recognize that who and where they are remain their responsibility—not that of their parents, their spouses, their children, the government, their bosses, or their coworkers.

Thomas J. Watson, the former chairman of IBM, said, "Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.

The question is not, "Will my calendar be full?" but "Who will fill my calendar?" If we are leaders of others, the question is not, "Will I see people?" but "Who will I see?" My

3. We should work on changing ourselves before trying to improve others. A great danger to good leadership is the temptation to try to change others without first making changes to yourself.

Being put in charge is not the same as being a leader.

The Law of Diminishing Intent says that the longer you wait to do something you should do now, the greater the odds that you will never do it.

Do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.

Una de las experiencias más difíciles para cualquier miembro de un equipo es sacar del equipo a otro miembro. Y sin embargo es lo que hay que hacer si alguien rehusa desarrollarse o cambiar para beneficio del grupo. Eso no quiere decir que usted quiera menos a esa persona. Sólo significa que usted no seguirá perdiendo su tiempo invirtiendo en alguien que no puede o no quiere hacer que el equipo sea mejor.

Do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not. —THOMAS HUXLEY

The rewards leaders give are counterbalanced by the results that their people give in return.

Management has no power. Management has only responsibility." I

Are you doing what you ask others to do?

PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS OF THEM

If you think someone or something other than yourself is responsible for your success or happiness, then you will be neither happy nor successful.

Author Kenneth Blanchard says, "There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results." That's what leaders do. They commit and follow through.

Inspiring communicators always expect a lot from their listeners.

Good actions represent the dividing line between words and results.

You can have reasons or results. You can't have both.

Leading with a lack of integrity is choosing to fail before taking your first step."5

Irresponsible leaders have a "me first" attitude and use their position for personal benefit.

For a team to succeed, responsibility must go down deep into the organization, down to the roots. Getting that to happen requires a leader who will delegate responsibility and authority to the team. Stephen Covey remarked, "People and organizations don't grow much without delegation and completed staff work, because they are confined to the capacities of the boss and reflect both personal strengths and weaknesses." Good leaders seldom restrict their teams; they release them.

The respect that leadership must have requires that one's ethics be without question. A leader not only stays above the line between right and wrong, he stays well clear of the 'gray areas.

Leaders have to grow into their roles, and if the role becomes more demanding, the leader has to keep growing. Leadership is never a right. It's a privilege and a responsibility. But it's one that is open to anyone who's willing to work hard enough to get it.

TO GET THE BEST OUT OF PEOPLE, LEADERS MUST ASK FOR THE BEST FROM PEOPLE.