Skip to content

Accountability Quote by Harry West

“I have to trust people. There's no system of controls…” quote by Harry West — Download Open image

“I have to trust people. There's no system of controls that can replace trust, so I need to reinforce that trust, and part of reinforcing trust is making sure that people feel accountability, and with accountability comes some degree of autonomy. You don't have one without the other.”

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (9 ratings)

Accountability Autonomy Degrees Feels Freedom Needs People Trust

More by Harry West

I have in the past tended to overestimate the amount of change I can affect in the short run and then not fully appreciate…

Image

People who work for me know that they have a lot of autonomy. I like to know what's going on, and I'll offer my…

Image

I'm the eldest of six kids, and I think that may have some significance. I think there's some correlation between maybe being the eldest…

Image

I trust people, and I respect their areas of responsibility.

Image

My parents both left school at 14, but my parents are incredibly smart, successful, thoughtful people. So one of the lessons I learned from…

Image

You're surrounded by other people all the time. And you have to take responsibility if you're the eldest or one of the older siblings,…

Image

My father builds homes. So I grew up around the idea that you can take a piece of land, and you can bulldozer it…

Image

I really appreciate it when people say "no" to me. I want people to understand that I'm totally supportive of what it is they're…

Image

Pacing is really important in an organization.

Image

When you're leading, you're generally trying to lead change, and I think it was Roy Amara, who said about technology, "We tend to overestimate…

Image

I think in most companies you're surrounded by the past. You may have a Web site or archives or a lobby that sort of…

Image

I think that's just one type of leadership, which is the type I have: the need to find a new way and take responsibility…

Image

Explore all 13 Harry West quotes

More Accountability quotes

Think of these things, whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account.

Benjamin Franklin

Image

In the battle for police reform, accountability and justice, Americans don't have to re-invent the wheel. We just have to revoke the thing that…

Image

Transparency pertains to impartial behavior, implies openness, communication, and accountability. Inculcate transparency in attitude and experience a life free of controversy and blame

Dr Anil Kr Sinha

Image

Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions.…

Atifete Jahjaga

Image

Democracy is not being well served as we're accustomed to. There is less information, there's less investigation, there's less analysis, there's less accountability.

Edward Greenspon

Image

I come from a world where accountability and accomplishments matter, and where titles and rhetoric take a back seat to results.

Image

It means a lot. It means I'm accountable.

Image

Our particular principles of religion are a subject of accountability to our god alone. I enquire after no man's and trouble none with mine;…

Thomas Jefferson

Image

This strongly asserted but ill-defined license to kill without accountability is not an entitlement which the United States or other states can have without…

Image

Responsible Development shares many practices with XP but the roots are different. Responsible Development's values are honesty, transparency, accountability and responsibility. These lead me…

Image

“Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge… is empathy, for it…

Image

The American people deserve accountability over wasteful spending, and we accomplish that by prioritizing taxpayer dollars in a responsive and responsible manner.

Image

Browse all 851 Accountability quotes