Where Winners Live: Sell More, Earn More, Achieve More Through Personal Accountability

CHAPTER 18

THE CONTRADICTION

“‘Circumstances beyond my control’ doesn’t mean you’re not accountable. It means you don’t understand teamwork. The team is accountable, and at the same time, the individual is accountable.”

—Linda Galindo, accountability thought leader, speaker, coach, consultant, author

True teamwork wasn’t happening when Cecilia received a poor evaluation after her team leader, Grant, dropped the ball on their joint project. Neither Cecilia nor Grant had taken 100 percent responsibility for the success of that project before they started. That seems to contradict the theory that each member of a team is 100 percent accountable. ...