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Being Accountable for Accountability. - Click To Read Article
Everywhere I go in my consulting practice, performance "accountability" is among the top two or three concerns of senior executives. Accountability has various definitions, but the word is usually used to denote personal responsibility for getting desired results. It's an admirable idea, and all good managers and leaders want their people to be "accountable." Of course accountability doesn't apply only to rank and file employees. Managers and leaders should be accountable for holding others accountable. After all, isn't getting good results with and through other people the very reason we have managers and leaders?

Think Like a Steward, Perform Like a Patriot - Click To Read Article
Political correctness – at least the contorted, silly version – is not high on my list of obligatory behaviors. I’ve certainly never deliberately used language likely to offend or disrespect, but I generally refuse to participate in society’s love affair with euphemisms. For me, a garbage collector is a garbage collector, not a “sanitation engineer.” Collecting garbage may not be glamorous, but it’s a necessary and honorable occupation. If my garbage collector went on strike I’d miss him a lot sooner than I’d miss a sportscaster or politician who walked out on the job. But there’s at least one verbal adjustment that I gladly make. In describing someone’s employee or assistant, I no longer use the term “subordinate.” More >>

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Rodger Dean Duncan, founder and president of The Duncan Company, is widely known for his expertise in the strategic management of change - for individuals as well as for organizations. As head of worldwide communication at Campbell Soup Company, Dr. Duncan played a key role in designing and implementing some of the most effective communication strategies in Campbell's 131-year history. He was later appointed vice president of Kerr-McGee, a Fortune 100 energy company. The Duncan Company, founded in Washington, D.C., in 1972, is now headquartered in metropolitan Kansas City, Missouri. The Duncan Company has affiliates throughout North America. Rodger Dean Duncan's focus - first and foremost - is on strategic effectiveness. His work with one client helped produce a $207 million improvement in profits in one year. It's now a case study at the Harvard Business School. Dr. Duncan provides strategic counsel to a broad range of organizations including American Airlines, IBM, Black & Veatch, Ferrellgas, Consolidated Edison, Aetna, Helzberg Diamonds, Sprint, Eli Lilly, Marriott, eBay and many others.

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