Make Accountability a Process

Man and woman reviewing a documentEveryone performs better when someone else has oversight.

By Bill Reeb and Dominic Cingoranelli
CPA Trendlines / Succession Institute

Setting up an “accountability and goal process” always sounds much easier than it actually is to implement. So for those who already think this process would be painful, just know that you still are probably underestimating the amount of agony in store.

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This leads us to the standard question, “If this is so awful, why would anyone do it?” The answer is both simple and abstract.