Responsibility vs. Accountability

Lately, I've spent a lot of time talking with different teams and individuals about accountability. I believe that accountability is vital and we can't lose sight of it as we lead people.

But I want to challenge you. How can we begin to incorporate "responsibility"? We lead all these great people, and we want them to execute at a high level, and we want those tasks done in a certain way - but when it comes responsibility - we're shifting the mindset from "task" to "ownership".

We want people to own their work, take responsibility for the hard work - the victories and defeats.

Here are a couple of suggestions.