{"id":1683,"date":"2014-05-12T16:34:12","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T20:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/?page_id=1683"},"modified":"2025-05-05T16:08:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T20:08:53","slug":"powerlessness-and-lack-of-accountability","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/wordpress\/from-principle-to-practice\/powerlessness-and-lack-of-accountability\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerlessness and lack of Accountability"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lack of accountability is when we fail to accept our own shortcomings and mistakes. This can take the form of an outright rejection of them, or it can be an unwillingness to change. Accountability means that when we make mistakes, we want to know it and to fix them. This requires a willingness and the capacity to learn from the mistakes. Believing we have the capacity to act is also a form of accountability. Accountability is essential to learning.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Powerlessness and lack of Accountability<\/em><\/p>\n

Choosing to not exert our considerable power and pushing responsibility for effort outward and away from ourselves sends a message of sloth, irresponsibility, and non-accountability.<\/p>\n

Setbacks are never pleasant. It is easier to avoid accountability and let someone else deal with the problem. Sometimes we do not have, or do not exert, the energy to figure out why things went wrong and what would be a possible solution. Often, if we do try to do so, we do so in isolation rather than in respectful listening to the people with whom we work. We try to run from mistakes, rather than to engage with others to learn more through them.<\/p>\n

We frequently hear interveners say:<\/p>\n