Nivedita Mukerjee
Education consultancy for parents and schools
3-2-1 TUESDAYS WITH MS NIV
Issue #122, 8th November 2022
What does it mean to be accountable? is it being responsible? is it to not make excuses? is it to accept one’s role in an activity? is it to ensure self-governance? is it to be aware of the consequences of one’s words and actions? What does it mean to you as a teacher, as a student, and as a parent? Can we learn/teach/role model it? How can you address the elephant in the room and have accountability conversations with yourself and with those whom you care for?
Three Images of the Week
Two Thoughts of the Week
“Accountability means to say what you do, and do what you say”.
— Pearl Zhu
“The best kind of accountability on a team is peer-to-peer. Peer pressure is more efficient and effective than going to the leader, anonymously complaining, and having them stop what they are doing to intervene.” – Patrick Lencioni.
One Video of the Week
Could a conversation change the fate of an individual, a family, organisations, or whole countries facing failure, underperformance, and disappointment? In this talk, Tafadzwa Bete Sasa shares two questions and a skill that can transform accountability conversations from awkward exchanges about elephants in the room to acts of love that help our loved ones, colleagues, and leaders improve and do better.
Tafadzwa Bete Sasa is a high-performance strategist who designs and facilitates tools and knowledge for sustained growth and success that benefit people and organisations. She holds a BSc in Human Resource Management and (at the time when this Talk was delivered) is an MBA candidate at the African Leadership University.
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Nivedita Mukerjee 
Loved the Ted talk Ms Niv! Starting from the impact of Bollywood movies and ending with accountability being a love language!
My fav part:
“I worked the plan and the plan worked!” It’s in our hands to take that accountability…. Rather than sit and wait for magic to happen!
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