5 Actions of Positive Accountability

Book excerpt: Accountability can and should be a positive experience! This book shows you how. Accountability is within your control – with positive psychology and the right actions. 5 Actions of Positive Accountability will help transform you and your culture by showing you proven, positive, behavioral-science- based techniques to set fair expectations, minimize unsatisfactory performance, and deal constructively with consequences. You will learn how to be a highly effective leader or individual contributor, while achieving peak results through positive accountability. Based on their research and study as organizational scientists, and their experience as organizational consultants, the authors have identified the five essential steps in a positive accountability process: the 5 Actions of Positive Accountability. Featuring interviews with leaders in various industries and the world of sports, including among others, Dabo Swinney, Head Coach Clemson University Football, Bob McKillop, Head Coach of Davidson College Men’s Basketball and NBA all-star Steph Curry’s college basketball coach, Angelic Gibson, CIO at AvidXchange, and Brona Magee, Deputy CEO of SCOR Global Life, this book combines wisdom with practical dos and don’ts for holding yourself and others accountable. A timely book! Low accountability is pervasive in organizations of all sizes and industries. In 5 Actions of Positive Accountability, Ashlin and Kello tackle the challenge of accountability with an easy-to-follow model that integrates positive psychology with culture. — Dr. Steven Rogelberg, author of the best-selling book The Surprising Science of Meetings