This month’s topic is another readers’ choice: responsibility and accountability. Specifically, we’ll cover: clarifying the real distinction between responsibility and accountability; and, ...
Just 12 months into my first job in London, I was flattered by an approach of a head hunter acting for a rival US bank. At the interview, I was tormented mercilessly by the general manager who wanted ...
Assertions of responsibility can mean a number of different things. We might be making a judgement of someone’s character, implying that she can be trusted to act responsibly. We might refer to a ...
It’s become more than unacceptable. Each day provides another occurrence of man’s inhumanity to man causing us to shake our head in disbelief. This loss of values makes our lives more difficult, more ...
“Words create worlds” is a phrase that anyone familiar with conversational intelligence will not only recognize but also intimately understand. Word choice represents the speaker’s perspective and at ...
In his widely read 1970 article about the role of business in society, economist Milton Friedman justified the old adage that “the business of business is business” so confidently that more than 50 ...
I write a lot about roles and role clarity. Role clarity is so important, yet often overlooked. For example, before you can have what I call an effective performance collaboration, managers first need ...
Students from 4th through 8th grade who "disrupt school activities or otherwise willfully defy the valid authority of supervisors, teachers, administrators, or school officials," will likely be ...
I want to chime in on the recent conversation about whether accountability or responsibility is more important for our public servants in Guyana. While both are crucial, I believe responsibility ...