Comments on: Visual Controls Help Build Accountability http://professorford.com/2009/09/08/visual-controls-help-build-accountability/ Personal Leadership Effectiveness for People at Work Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:14:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Paul Carter http://professorford.com/2009/09/08/visual-controls-help-build-accountability/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Paul Carter Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:30:56 +0000 http://professorford.com/?p=194#comment-40 “How do you hold someone accountable when you don’t have any authority over them?” If you are using visual controls to create accountability in the absence of authority, you have to be a fairly long way from being able to create a culture of accountability. I am quite sure I am not in either you or Jeffrey's league but it would seem like visual controls is the start of creating accountability in your sphere of influence within the company. “How do you hold someone accountable when you don’t have any authority over them?”

If you are using visual controls to create accountability in the absence of authority, you have to be a fairly long way from being able to create a culture of accountability.

I am quite sure I am not in either you or Jeffrey’s league but it would seem like visual controls is the start of creating accountability in your sphere of influence within the company.

]]> By: Jeffrey http://professorford.com/2009/09/08/visual-controls-help-build-accountability/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Jeffrey Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:42:17 +0000 http://professorford.com/?p=194#comment-38 Ed Good point, but it begs the question of how you build a culture of accountability. One way to start building such a culture to is use visual controls, though it is clearly not sufficient in an of itself. Ed
Good point, but it begs the question of how you build a culture of accountability. One way to start building such a culture to is use visual controls, though it is clearly not sufficient in an of itself.

]]> By: Ed Gurowitz http://professorford.com/2009/09/08/visual-controls-help-build-accountability/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Ed Gurowitz Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:48:41 +0000 http://professorford.com/?p=194#comment-37 Jeff, this is very good, and requires an AND (as opposed to a BUT) comment - absent a culture of accountability, anything including visual controls will be a band-aid that will eventually lose its power. The trick is to create that culture and then see what controls are needed to sustain it. Best, Ed Jeff, this is very good, and requires an AND (as opposed to a BUT) comment – absent a culture of accountability, anything including visual controls will be a band-aid that will eventually lose its power. The trick is to create that culture and then see what controls are needed to sustain it.

Best,
Ed

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