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title: "Business Owners and Managers Must Hold Themselves Accountable"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/061220db-c7fc-4167-8373-454b06708541
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/business-owners-and-managers-must-hold-themselves-accountable-2714191
category: "General"
published: 2020-11-03T15:10:22.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:26:03.178Z
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# Business Owners and Managers Must Hold Themselves Accountable

**TL;DR:** To be a successful leader, one must hold themselves accountable by taking responsibility and acting with ethical behavior. This includes seeking continuous improvement and doing the right thing even when difficult.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2020-11-03. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/business-owners-and-managers-must-hold-themselves-accountable-2714191).*

## Story

- Take on responsibility and manage it well.

- Actively work toward the end goal.

- Exhibit ethical, honest and transparent behavior.

- Be trustworthy and humble, and they readily apologize when they're in the wrong.

- Do the right thing, even when it is more difficult or will be personally and/or professionally disadvantageous.

- Seek continuous improvement through feedback from others and self-review.

People who are not accountable tend to:

- Make excuses or waste time playing the blame game.

- Let someone else take the fall for their failings.

- Allow hurdles to deter them.

- Repeatedly express unfairness in their treatment and as the cause for their shortcomings.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- General (sector)
- leadership development (topic)
- personal growth (topic)
- accountability (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/business-owners-and-managers-must-hold-themselves-accountable-2714191). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/061220db-c7fc-4167-8373-454b06708541).