Accountability starts at the top, through both the employees' understanding of an organization's processes and in the organization's leadership demonstrating accountability.

Great leaders line up the needs of their organization with the needs of the employees, spell out the expectations of the team and create systems and rewards that ensure the best results. Managers who maximize productivity in new and creative ways can help your employees flourish and your organization thrive. 

The acronym PSI3 gives us five key words to consider in building accountability into your own methods as a manager: parallel, involve, sustain, illuminate and incent. Here's how these watchwords can help you.