http://www.ministrymatters.ca/columnists/accountability/ Inspiration for Canadian Anglican leaders Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:09:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ministrymatters.ca/columnists/accountability/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Dick Ludewig Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:40:01 +0000 http://www.ministrymatters.ca/?p=953#comment-63 A wonderful exploration, and sound advice. I had a similar experience years ago. I would like to add a dimension to the discussion. My years-ago conversation had as its basis the "delegation of responsibility." My mentor reminded me that, before I could delegate responsibility, I had to determine that I had given my associate the necessary AUTHORITY to carry out the responsibility. And, said my friend, my associaate and I needed to come to an understanding that he/she would be held ACCOUNTABLE. So . . . there I had it . . . AUTHORITY, RESPONSIBILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY . . . If my associate was to be held accountable . . . there had to be prior considerations. Thanks for this outstanding article. A wonderful exploration, and sound advice. I had a similar experience years ago. I would like to add a dimension to the discussion. My years-ago conversation had as its basis the "delegation of responsibility." My mentor reminded me that, before I could delegate responsibility, I had to determine that I had given my associate the necessary AUTHORITY to carry out the responsibility. And, said my friend, my associaate and I needed to come to an understanding that he/she would be held ACCOUNTABLE. So . . . there I had it . . . AUTHORITY, RESPONSIBILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY
. . . If my associate was to be held accountable . . . there had to be prior considerations. Thanks for this outstanding article.

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