Accountability

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Accountability

Build a team where people do what they say they will.

A focused 90-minute session on how to make accountability a genuine part of how your team works. You'll explore what gets in the way of accountability, practise having the conversations that build it, and leave with specific commitments about how you will hold each other to higher standards.

Duration
90 minutes
Format
In-person or online
Group size
10 to 100
ideal
Best for
Leadership teams
The day

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The session runs for 90 minutes. These often work well over lunch, and this timing can be flexed to suit your schedule.

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09:30
Reframing Accountability
Accountability as an act of respect.
15 minutes
Discussion
A facilitated discussion that surfaces participants' existing associations with accountability, challenges the dominant frame, and introduces a more useful one. Accountability is presented as an act of respect: the practice of making clear agreements and honouring them.
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09:30
A Recipe for Accountability
Three ingredients that make accountability consistent.
30 minutes
Framework
A structured explainer that introduces three practical ingredients for making accountability consistent: commitment clarity, a regular check-in rhythm, and the early warning norm. Each ingredient is presented with clear examples and a brief reflection to help participants identify where the gaps are in their own context.
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09:30
Accountability Scenarios
Practice the accountability conversations that actually matter.
30 minutes
Scenario
A pair-based practice exercise built around three scenarios any professional can relate to: clarifying an unclear commitment, raising a problem before a deadline slips, and addressing a colleague who consistently misses commitments. Participants can substitute live examples if they wish.
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09:30
Making Accountability Personal
Commit to how you will hold yourself and others accountable.
15 minutes
Exercise
A reflective activity in which each participant identifies one specific, time-bound change they will make to hold themselves and others accountable. Reflections are shared with the group or with a partner, making individual intentions visible and reinforcing the topic's central reframe.
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What you leave with

Three things that change in the room.

one

Understand what accountability means in practice and the specific patterns that stop most teams from achieving it

two

Learn to have the direct, specific conversations that build accountability without creating defensiveness

three

Leave with a clear set of team agreements about how you will hold each other to your commitments

Also available

Join an upcoming open workshop.

No full team to bring? Individuals and small groups can join a scheduled open session and learn alongside people from other organisations.

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Next step

Book it for your team.

Every engagement starts the same way: a 30-minute call to understand the team, the situation, and what good would look like. From there, we agree the shape of the workshop together.

TESTIMONIAL
“Really positive and insightful approach. Love the tools used and a really great tone. It brought the best out of the team - allowing them a chance to be heard and engage but also to feel they owned the solutions. Definitely recommend.”
Emma Rodgers
Head of Communications and Marketing, CITB
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