Barnabas File

Accountability is a difficult concept for many to accept.   The willingness to give to another the ability to call us to account is never easy.   But accountability is not limited to giving another individual the ability to keep us on task.   Accountability can be provided by a supportive group or even to ourselves.   Accountability and the motivation to achieve a goal go hand in hand. In a recent blog , David Maxfield points out the sources of influence that drive individuals to do the things they do.   Based on ideas in Influencer: The New Science of Leading Change, these are:     Personal Motivation, Personal Ability, Social Motivation, Social Ability, Structural Motivation, and Structural Ability.   Each influencer points out appropriate means of accountability—both individual and corporately. First, Personal Motivation— Are you ready to do this?   How does this task or goal tie into your long-term vision for yourself? ...