QBQ! The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability at Work and in Life

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I agree with the author because I think that people should take responsibility for their own actions and not blame other people. Instead of asking negative questions, ask questions that start with either "What" or "How," include "I," and include some kind of action. Reading the QBQ makes me think about my actual position as mother as employee and manager it makes me instantly think about my level of accountability right now and how it can make a difference.

Some of it a bit too corporate and (this is an example from the book for teachers): "You feel overworked and underpaid? I think creating rules on what words can start your sentences and what words can't is too simplistic.I highly recommend this book for everyone of every age in every industry and profession as well as parents and kids.

When you ask such questions you become less of a victim, and put yourself more in control, empowered to improve your life and contribute to the success of your organization. OF COURSE I agree that the only person you can change is yourself - and that is why personal accountability is so important because you can't change others, BUT if I don't have a fundamental understanding of WHY my company chose to do X or WHY my company hasn't implemented Y ----- then I probably don't have a very good idea of my employer's vision, direction, goal, target outcome, etc. The Question Behind the Question (QBQ) is a great starter book to identify when you are asking an incorrect question as opposed to a productive question. Designed to enhance personal study, and/or be a springboard for discussion in a book-study group, The QBQ! This was a breath of fresh air and I made sure to take my time reading it, even though I wanted to blast through it.

and its message of personal accountability works equally well for corporations, academia, nonprofits, churches, and government organizations. There are times where it is imperative to look at the actions of others and how the team impacts and effects productivity.

Using this tool, each of us can add tremendous worth to our organizations and to our lives by eliminating blame, victim-thinking, and procrastination. If you focus on other aspects of business, such as building a culture of freedom and responsibility, optimism, and open and honest communication, any problems with "personal accountability" will take care of themselves.Succinct, insightful and practical, this book provides the tools for putting personal accountability into daily action, with astonishing results. The "ducking responsibility" questions make us a subservient, while the action-oriented questions put us in control. No organization—or individual—can successfully compete in the marketplace, achieve goals and objectives, provide outstanding service, engage in exceptional teamwork, or develop people without personal accountability.

This book was introduced to me from my employer who brought in John's daughter to introduce us to the QBQ! In Ritual, pioneering scientist Dimitris Xygalatas leads an enlightening tour through one of the most shadowy realms of human behaviour. This is a short enough book that I assigned it to a few of the people on my team I'm trying to develop for future leaders but also used some of the examples in our weakly meetings to talk about and identify how to change mindsets and work together to do less finger pointing and more how can I help fix this issue.

It’s just the simplest and most effective concept to help turn things around, no matter what those things are. mini-chapters are squeezed into 115 pages, each carrying the message of accepting responsibility for your own choices, actions and attitude. Miller, who appears frequently on national television and radio, is the author of the bestselling QBQ! This remarkable and timely book provides a practical method for putting personal accountability into daily actions, with astonishing results: problems are solved, internal barriers come down, service improves, teams thrive, and people adapt to change more quickly.