Holding People Accountable is a Myth

The only person who can hold you accountable is YOU. Invite and give permission to others to examine and challenge your commitments, AND understand that you are the only one who can keep those commitments. The only accountability is self-accountability.

We cannot hold people accountable, we can only hold people to account.

This is not a nuance of language. Holding others accountable is a myth. We cannot hold others accountable. We can only examine and challenge commitments. We can only hold people to account, to themselves for the commitments they make with themselves.

One thought on “Holding People Accountable is a Myth

  1. Dave Crompton

    Well said, as accountability has to come from within. Ergo the importance of alignment to the bigger vision, whereby people can take truly understand, and take ownership for what they commit to.

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