Rethinking accountability

There are any variety of reasons people on teams would perform or interact at low levels. On the short list:

• They feel their work is by command and control and they have no passion for obedience in parent-child relationships
• They have little or no passion for the work
• They feel not valued, undervalued or devalued and feel pessimistic about changing this
• They don't have the self-discipline or emotional maturity to perform and interact well
• They have no tolerance for uncertainty and see anything more than it takes to "look good" or "stay off the radar" as a risk to creating intolerable uncertainty. 

Lecturing, pressuring and threatening people has no power over any these. Skillful coaching does.