Accountability requires feedback.
Accountability is not blaming and feedback is not attacking.
We all need feedback in order to understand the effects of our decisions and behaviors. Feedback is not a game -- there are no winners or losers. It is information. Listen. Apply it where you can.
You can blame and complain about someone, or you can ask them for what you want.
If they don't provide what you want, you can blame and complain -- or allow them the right to say "no." Get your needs met another way.
Accountability is about learning. I make a mistake, and learn from it. Blaming is about condemnation. It provokes defense and attack. It's goal is to produce guilt. Accountability is about growth.
You are unconditionally accountable for your life.
William Frank Diedrich author of
Beyond Blaming: Unleashing Power and Passion in people and organizations, at
http://intelligentspirit.com/catalog.html
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