Crucial Accountability: Tools for Resolving Violated Expectations, Broken Commitments, and Bad Behavior, Second Edition ( Paperback)

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McGraw-Hill Professional, May 24, 2013 - Business & Economics - 336 pages
Hold anyone accountable. Master performance discussions. Get RESULTS.

Broken promises, missed deadlines, poor behavior--they don't just make others' lives miserable; they can sap up to 50 percent of organizational performance and account for the vast majority of divorces. Crucial Accountability offers the tools for improving relationships in the workplace and in life and for resolving all these problems--permanently.

PRAISE FOR CRUCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY:

"Revolutionary ideas ... opportunities for breakthrough ..." -- Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

"Unleash the true potential of a relationship or organization and move it to the next level." -- Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The One Minute Manager

"The most recommended and most effective resource in my library." -- Stacey Allerton Firth, Vice President, Human Resources, Ford of Canada

"Brilliant strategies for those difficult discussions at home and in the workplace." -- Soledad O’Brien, CNN news anchor and producer

"This book is the real deal.... Read it, underline it, learn from it. It's a gem." -- Mike Murray, VP Human Resources and Administration (retired), Microsoft

 

Contents

What Is Crucial Accountability? And Who Cares?
1
Work on Me First What to Do Before an Accountability Conversation
15
Create Safety What to Do During an Accountability Conversation
73
Move to Action What to Do After an Accountability Conversation
193
Where Do You Stand? A SelfAssessment for Measuring Your Accountability Conversation Skills
247
SixSource Diagnostic Questions The SixSource Model
252
When Things Go Right
256
Discussion Questions for Reading Groups
263
Notes
265
Index
267
About the Authors
277
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