Course Description

Holding People Accountable Takes Guts

The first thing you need to know about the Accountability Path is that it isn't easy.

Accountability is difficult. Both on the giving and the receiving end.

So if you’re looking for a quick-fix, or if you aren’t ready to dig deep, then this course isn’t for you and you can stop reading here.

On the other hand, you may want to create lasting and real change in your business. You may desire a deeply ingrained culture of individual and collective ownership, in which your whole organization is working together toward a common goal.

If that sounds more like what you’re looking for, then read on.

A Five-Step Path

I will lay out for you a five-step path to creating accountability, both for individuals and as a cultural tenet in your organization. The path itself is very straightforward and simple. But simply having the tool isn’t enough. You have to know how to use it if you want to get anywhere.

You have to get underneath, to the underlying reasons why people aren’t responsible, accountable, or engaged to begin with.

So how do you do that? Therein lies the difficulty.

A Different Approach

My methods may seem strange or “out there” to you, but my 17+ years of teaching have shown me time and again that if you really commit to doing this work – you’ll get the results you desire. Guaranteed.

This includes delving deep into abstract concepts like truth, reality, and light/shadow. Do those things sound scary? Good. They are.

And they impact you and your employees/mentees in very concrete ways.

When you strip everything else away, x accountability boils down to abiding with truth. In this course, I’ll show you what that means, and how to apply it when you’re using the Accountability Path tool.

What does accountability mean?

What does the phrase “hold someone accountable” mean to you? Does it have a sense of force or forcefulness to it?

The path I’m giving you takes your employees (or your kids, your peers, even you) to a self-realized sense of ownership and responsibility, without the need for force. The key to this lies in what I call healthy self-interest. In your role as mentor to your people, the Accountability Path tool allows you to help them “wake up” to their own power and impact.

What You Will Learn

  • The Five-Step Accountability Path Tool
  • The role of vulnerability in creating a culture of accountability
  • Owning it — from the top down
  • The importance of right speech
  • Surrendering control and facing the unknown
  • How to receive accountability maturely
  • Authority projections and how they get in the way
  • Healthy self-interest as the foundation
  • Defining clear roles from the outset
  • Preparing yourself for the backlash
  • Ditching the performance reviews

Josef Shapiro

Since I first trained as a business coach at EMyth in 2002, I’ve been a change agent for thousands of business leaders and managers. Coaching is a fast-growing industry, but it's also very young. I'm a perennial student and never satisfied with the pace of human change because I think we can do better. For me, it’s an unsolved mystery and the needless suffering inside workplaces around the world hangs in the balance. It affects us all. Learn more at clearandopen.com.

Course curriculum

  • 2

    Session 1: Accountability As A Fact Of Life

  • 3

    Session 2: Accountability As A Teacher

    • Session 2: 9.19.20 Accountability as a Teacher

    • Session 2: 9.19.19 Accountability as a Teacher

    • Assignment

  • 4

    Session 3: The Five Stages of Engagement and Accountability

    • Session 3: 9.26.19 5 Stages of Engagement and Accountability

    • Session 3: 9.26.19 5 Stages of Engagement and Accountability

    • Assignment

  • 5

    Session 4: The Five Stages, Continued

    • Session 4: 10.13.19 The 5 Stages Continued

    • Session 4: 10.3.19 The 5 Stages Continued

    • Assignment

  • 6

    Session 5: What Is Adulthood?

    • Session 5: 10.10.19 What Is Adulthood?

    • Session 5: 10.10.19 What Is Adulthood?

    • Assignment

  • 7

    Session 6: Surrendering to Accountability

    • Session 6: 10.17.19 Surrendering to Accountability

    • Session 6: 10.17.19 Surrendering (or Awakening) to Accountability

    • Articles About The Matrix

    • Assignment

  • 8

    Session 7: The Destructive Myth of Unconditional Love

    • Session 7: The Destructive Myth of Unconditional Love

    • 10.24.19 AP2-7 The Destructive Myth of Unconditional Love

    • Assignment

  • 9

    Session 8: Starting Down The Accountability Path

  • 10

    9. The Invisible Root Problem

    • Chapter Nine Pretest

    • Symptoms of Accountability Problems

    • Accountability Issues As A Root Cause

    • Chapter Nine Quiz

  • 11

    10. The Accountability People Want (but won't ask for)

    • Chapter Ten Pretest

    • Meet People Where They Are

    • Accountability is Support

    • Accountability Is Personal, Let It Be

    • You’re On Their Side

    • Don’t Endure Excuses

    • Appeal To Self Interest

    • Chapter Ten Quiz

  • 12

    11. The Five Steps Of The Accountability Path

    • Chapter Eleven Pretest

    • Step One: The Notice

    • Step Two: The Nudge

    • Step Three: The Talk

    • Step Four: The Carefrontation

    • Step Five: The Line

    • Dos and Don’ts

    • Be Clear With People

    • Chapter Eleven Quiz

    • The Accountability Path Quick Reference

  • 13

    12. Session 9: Be The Accountability You Want To See

    • Session 9: 11.7.19 Be The Accountability You Want To See In The World

    • Session 9: 11.7.19 Be The Accountability You Want To See In The World

    • Assignment

  • 14

    13. Using Accountability As An Advantage

    • Session 10: 11.14.19 Use Accountability As An Advantage

    • Session 10: 11.14.19 Use Accountability As An Advantage

    • Assignment

  • 15

    14. Your Relationship With Truth

    • Session 11: 11.21.19 Your Relationship With Truth

    • Session 11: 11.21.19 Your Relationship With Truth

    • Assignment

  • 16

    15. Epilogue

    • Session 12: 12.5.19 Epilogue

    • Session 12: 12.5.19 Epilogue

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