Building Extraordinary Teams

January 24th, 2009

It Takes Accountability

Accountability is one of Digital Onion’s core company values. It’s one of the cornerstones around which we build our projects, our business and our lives.

Accountability is defined as the responsibility to someone or for some activity.

We talk about accountability in the context of teams, and how each team member is accountable to each other. In order for projects to achieve extraordinary results, accountability must be in place within teams.

If a team member is late to a meeting, an accountable team would track that person down and make sure he/she shows up on time. If a co-worker is late with his/her tasks, an accountable team member would help solve the issue. Does this happen in your projects?

These are the foundations of being a team. Without accountability, there is no teamwork; there is just a cluster of people. What makes an extraordinary team is a common a goal and accountability to each other to reach that goal, no matter what.

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