Responsibility vs. Accountability vs. OWNERSHIP | Team Performance | HR and Business Leaders

Bad leaders lay out responsibilities and tell people what to do because they can.

Good leaders set an example, keep others accountable, and accept feedback.

Great leaders create an environment where teams WANT to take OWNERSHIP of their roles.

Your people should be doing their best work for the benefit of THEIR careers AND YOUR organization.

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[makson]

Leading by example is key in upholding ethical standards - can't wait to hear real-life examples discussed in this episode

[Don.Mendoza]

Thanks for the explanation. I am a native Spanish speaker and the concept of Accountability does not exist in Spanish. Now I understand better.

[RobertAdamBell]

Superb little sum up. Thanks very much. This really helped me prepare for a podcast I did on The Accountability Ladder. Thanks.

[someguyusa]

These things are all just synonyms. Why are you trying to making it complicated? If you're responsible for something, then you're on the hook for it. If you're accountable for it, then you're on the hook for it. If you have ownership of something, then you're on the hook for it.

I have a house, therefore I'm responsible for maintaining it. I'm accountable for maintaining it. I have ownership of it, so I'm the one that must maintain it. Nobody else. What is difficult about that? Using these terms, if there is not accountability (that is, consequences), then there is no responsibility in the first place. And don't pretend that there is ANY ownership below the actual company owners. Nothing an employee creates or builds, etc. is theirs - it belongs to the company.

This is nothing but fluff talk designed to squeeze as much work as possible out of employees for as little cost as possible. Period.

[sagarnayak]

Now I'm clear with ownership, thank you man

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[drwayne_carter]

Give them stock and watch them take ownership. People don't treat the property they're renting the same way they would if they owned it.

[kadasim]

The question here is how? How do you creat this sense of ownership?

[bedlam]

what if you are made accountable for somebody else actions/decisions? -ie.. not your ie, not in agreement with what you suggest? personaly i think this situation is just classic example of the blame game. A sittuation i am about to quit my job over.

[rantsofedub]

The word ownership is pure gaslighting, I'm not going to "own" my tasks when my company can lay off me in a hot second. Just pay your employees properly and communicate what needs to be done. Your work isn't your family.

[chatgpt-wpte]

Ownership= Money
I guess I solved it

[zenphony]

This guy has it wrong, you can assign responsibility, but you cannot assign accountability. Accountability is chosen when the right conditions are set. Feeling accountable and ownership are very similar, everything this guy is talking about is pure command and control and then he switches to “but we need to help them feel ownership.“