Responsibility OCD involves an exaggerated sense of responsibility and a fear of unintentionally causing harm to others. To some extent, we all feel responsible in life, whether for our loved ones’ ...

For all of us, failure can seem to be a stunning and unexpected upset. Assuming denial is impossible, the natural tendency is to blame the outcome on some transient situational characteristic (e.g., ...

My partner in this article series, Deborah Goldstein, recently gave three great tips on how to co-create living "Ways of Working," or "WoWs," with your team. To recap: • Ensure there is clarity about ...

Interested in these topics? Go here. In his response to my recent post, Sandeep Gautam raises two interesting counter-arguments (or "quibbles," as he calls them). The purpose of the present post is to ...

But simply understanding the need for distributed responsibility is not sufficient if leaders don’t understand what it means to demonstrate responsibility themselves. One way of demonstrating ...

“I don’t understand,” Matt* said. “I love that woman to death, and she knows it. Why does she want a separation? We have a really good thing going—one of the better relationships among all of our ...

Social responsibility is a commitment by a business to benefit the community or world in a specific, actionable way. When a business decides they want to implement a social-responsibility program, ...

The post-financial crisis world is becoming a more business-critical one. There are unprecedented levels of scrutiny of large corporations and their actions and those who fall foul of the law face a ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Thomas J. Brock is a CFA and CPA with more ...