{"id":44791,"date":"2025-03-10T11:17:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T16:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/?p=44791"},"modified":"2025-03-10T11:17:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T16:17:35","slug":"whos-landing-the-plane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/whos-landing-the-plane\/","title":{"rendered":"Who\u2019s Landing the Plane?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blubrry.com\/goodleadershippodcast\/143127327\/only-one-pilot-lands-the-plane\/\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/podcast_listen_tiny-scaled-e1679954863995-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/podcast_listen_tiny-scaled-e1679954863995-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/podcast_listen_tiny-scaled-e1679954863995-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/podcast_listen_tiny-scaled-e1679954863995-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/podcast_listen_tiny-scaled-e1679954863995-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/podcast_listen_tiny-scaled-e1679954863995-610x610.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/podcast_listen_tiny-scaled-e1679954863995-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/podcast_listen_tiny-scaled-e1679954863995-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/podcast_listen_tiny-scaled-e1679954863995.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this week\u2019s Good Leadership Podcast, Kevin Sensenig and I discuss the origin story of the Healthy Accountability Research Project\u2014only one pilot lands the plane.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blubrry.com\/goodleadershippodcast\/143127327\/only-one-pilot-lands-the-plane\/\">You can listen to that episode here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through recent research, a new definition of healthy accountability emerged:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>When people win together, in an environment where individuals take personal ownership, and embrace the support of the team to deliver quality work on time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This definition has created a fresh conversation about accountability. In leadership, many things need to be shared: vision, values, commitments&#8230; but accountability cannot be shared. The story of a CEO who lost a game-changing opportunity serves as a powerful lesson in how accountability\u2014or the lack of it\u2014determines success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Missed Opportunity<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A billion-dollar consumer services company had a long-standing supplier contract that included a copycat clause: if a product failed, the company had a brief window to create its own version, branding and pricing it as they saw fit. When the top-selling product failed, the CEO put a team on the challenge. They were motivated, energized, and optimistic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, things fell apart. A few weeks in, no one had clear updates, and the project was far from completion. The CEO took over, mandated daily check-ins, and drove the project forward. With confidence, he booked a flight to Munich to share the anticipated success with the private equity firm that owned the company. But just before takeoff, a text arrived: the team had missed the deadline. The opportunity was lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Leadership Realization<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At first, frustration got the best of him. He slid into an exhausting blame game. But then, in a moment of calm somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean, he found clarity. The CEO realized the failure was systemic. Their company\u2019s track record of succeeding on special projects was not good. In this situation, it wasn\u2019t clear who was accountable for finishing the project.\u00a0He daydreamed about the airplane transporting him to Munich. He thought \u201cthere\u2019s only one person, one pilot, who knows she or he needs to land the plane. The pilot seeks the teamwork and expertise of people on the ground, and in the air to build a flight plan.\u00a0The airplane&#8217;s clarity, structure, and teamwork were missing in his own company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Shift to Clear Accountability<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This realization led to a fundamental shift: healthy accountability must be clear and proactive. 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