Accountability
Accountability means responsibility
Accountability means responsibility
The “A” in IDEA stands for “accountability,” which has been added to inclusion, diversity, and equity to promote personal responsibility in making IDEA happen. IDEA aims to promote personal investment among each of us to help make the Lab more inclusive, diverse, and equitable in our day-to-day roles, perhaps by speaking up or becoming an active bystander. We all have a role to play in IDEA. Inclusion, diversity, and equity are everyone’s responsibility.
The “A” in IDEA stands for “accountability,” which has been added to inclusion, diversity, and equity to promote personal responsibility in making IDEA happen. IDEA aims to promote personal investment among each of us to help make the Lab more inclusive, diverse, and equitable in our day-to-day roles, perhaps by speaking up or becoming an active bystander. We all have a role to play in IDEA. Inclusion, diversity, and equity are everyone’s responsibility.
Good Reads
Good Reads
- 5 Things We Learned About Creating a Successful Workplace Diversity Program – Harvard Business Review, 2018
- The Diversity and Inclusion Revolution: Eight Powerful Truths – Deloitte Review, 2018
- The Mistake Companies Make When They Use Data to Plan Diversity Efforts – Harvard Business Review, 2019
- Reducing the Impact of Bias in the STEM Workforce – Office of Science and Technology Policy
- Diverse STEM Workforce Needed to Preserve U.S. Competitiveness – American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2019
- What’s Holding Women Back in Science and Technology Industries – Harvard Business Review, 2014
Accountability Leadership Trainings
Accountability Leadership Trainings
LinkedIn Learning:
- How Culture Affects Change – 3 minutes
- Harness Diversity to Ensure Long-Term Growth – 6 minutes
- Diversity and Inclusion: Strategy – 3 minutes
- Embed Diversity and Inclusion Into the Strategy and Culture – 4 minutes
- Bystander Training: From Bystander to Upstander – 41 minutes
Ted Talks:
- How Do We Bridge the “Anxiety Gap” at Work? – 12 minutes
- 3 Ways To Be A Better Ally in the Workplace – 9 minutes
For more resources and trainings, please visit the Learning@LBL website brought to you by Berkeley Lab's Learning & Organizational Development team.
Do you need a slide for a quick meeting opener or a prompt to start a longer discussion on accountability? Check out the One Minute for IDEA slides.
Do you need a slide for a quick meeting opener or a prompt to start a longer discussion on accountability? Check out the One Minute for IDEA slides.
If you're a leader: for a longer discussion, check out the Leader Discussion Guides in Supervisor Resources.
If you're a leader: for a longer discussion, check out the Leader Discussion Guides in Supervisor Resources.
Accountability means being responsible. It means taking action to put inclusion, diversity, and equity into action. Bill Collins, Director of Berkeley Lab’s Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division, and Director of the Environmental Resilience Accelerator, describes what it looks like when leaders are accountable for inclusion, diversity, equity, and accountability, or IDEA