If you are a leader, you know the swampy lowlands. You know crisis. At such a time, it is not the external crisis that is the challenge. The greatest challenge is the crisis inside you. You feel hopeless and helpless. You blame others rather than shouldering your responsibility as the leader. You desire a way out rather than leading the way through. Your mind gets trapped in one way thinking. You are overwhelmed.

Empowering Accountability is the secret of long-term success in your business.  While teaching a business class, I used the phrase, “review your performance.”  My definition: to look over actions and results, make adjustments, and improve future performance.  However, the phrase “review your performance” sounds suspiciously close to the corporate term, “performance review.”  The class demonstrated group anxiety.  Why does the term “performance review” cause such fear?