Question 1

Is team accountability the same as managerial enforcement?

Accepted Answer

No, team accountability is a distinct mechanism where peers themselves notice and name slipped commitments, rather than relying solely on a manager to catch them.

Question 2

Why do commitments sometimes erode only when a manager is not watching?

Accepted Answer

Because accountability in that team depends entirely on managerial enforcement rather than genuine peer accountability among teammates.

Question 3

How can a team build genuine peer accountability?

Accepted Answer

By establishing norms where teammates directly and constructively name missed commitments themselves, rather than waiting for managerial intervention.

Question 4

What signals that a team lacks genuine peer accountability?

Accepted Answer

Commitments that quietly slip whenever the manager's direct attention is elsewhere, revealing accountability was never genuinely shared among peers.

Team Accountability: Holding Members to Commitments