In my last post, I covered how leaders balance performance and employee engagement. Today, I want to dive deeper into a core leadership challenge: building a culture of accountability while keeping your team engaged. Accountability and engagement are key to keeping productivity high. Is accountability and engagement a top-down approach? Too often, accountability is seen as a top-down approach, where leaders manage or impose controls. But true accountability starts from within the team itself. So how do you foster this culture without sacrificing the energy and morale that keeps your team productive? 1. Set Clear Expectations Early and Often Accountability…

You may have wondered how you can break free from workplace drama. Karpman’s drama triangle, a concept that illuminates the dynamics of interpersonal conflict, helps us see how drama happens in the workplace in the first place. Within this triangle, three roles emerge: the victim, the “bad” person, and the rescuer. At some point in our lives, we’ve all found ourselves embodying one of these roles. Perhaps it’s the “woe is me” victim mentality that creeps in on challenging days. Or it could be the desire to swoop in and rescue someone from their troubles. But what happens when these…