Accountability

  • The Most Important Meeting Might Be the One After the Meeting

    The Most Important Meeting Might Be the One After the Meeting

    You have probably been in this meeting. Leadership spends an hour discussing something difficult. There is debate. A decision gets made. Everyone nods. Someone says: “Sounds good.” The meeting ends. And then the real meeting starts. Two people walk back to an office. Someone closes the door. And the first sentence is: “Well, that’s never…

  • There Is More Than One Right Way to Load a Dishwasher
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    There Is More Than One Right Way to Load a Dishwasher

    I have been informed that I have opinions about how a dishwasher should be loaded. I prefer to think of them as standards. I spend a lot of time talking with businesses about processes, accountability and consistency, and then I find myself looking at a coffee mug sitting in the wrong section of the dishwasher.…