Accountability....

Off late, I had a lot of instances where I noticed that the one thing I always see being affected is Accountability. Most of the activities are in more than one tied to this and are constantly measured. My take on this, everyone is accountable for their actions and should be held responsible for it. Period.

If you are given a task, it is your ethical and moral responsibility to finish it. There are no exceptions under normal circumstances for it. Do it once and do it right. Once you finish, you are responsible for the rest of your life. Take instance of work place, if you are given a work, you are expected to finish it. Improvement would be measured on how you do it, how fast you do it and what can be done to automate it next time so that you don't have to spend time for it yet it is done. There is always someone on top of you to help out and validate.

Workplace accountability is very important. Every action, task is your responsibility and you are answerable to your supervisor. This also ensures that a hierarchy is maintained because your supervisor is also responsible for you apart from his own. So, that is one extra thing for your supervisor to handle and if he/she has done is right, that is what put them in the position they are. Accountability is one of the key factors to innovation.

Innovation is not an expectation these days, it has become a necessity. It is what sets you apart from the rest, kind of separates boys from men. With accountability, one get a moral sense of ownership. This ownership lets the individual see and identify ways to improve the action. As mentioned earlier, Automation is one of the key levers. It removes the proneness to errors and thereby results in higher quality, faster turn around time.

Accountability is one of the pillars of a strong character. It defines actions and predictability in humans.

Have it. Own it. Enjoy it.