Why do some leadership development efforts fail?

McKinsey & Company have a perspective. Their studies show that organizations can avoid the most common mistakes in leadership development and increase the odds of success by:

Walk the Talk of Accountability (Part 1)

This is the first of a 7-part series on the topic of accountability, based on book “Crucial Accountability”, 2013 (authors Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler)

“One of the problems is I internalize everything. I can’t express anger; I grow a tumor instead.”                                                                                    - Woody Allen

It is simple to hang a framed value list on an office wall that includes “Accountability”; however, are employees holding each other accountable when visible behaviours state otherwise? It’s not an easy thing to do.