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Detailed explanation-1: -When you’re personally accountable, you take ownership of situations that you’re involved in. You see them through, and you take responsibility for what happens – good or bad. You don’t blame others if things go wrong. Instead, you do your best to make things right.

Detailed explanation-2: -Webster’s Dictionary says the definition of accountability is: “the obligation or willingness to accept responsibility for one’s actions.” At work, that might look like owning a mistake and sharing it as a learning experience or giving a presentation around your personal contributions and their impact.

Detailed explanation-3: -To answer your question, yes, a person can be accountable and not responsible. For example, an intern might be responsible for a task; however, the intern’s manager will be held accountable in case any issues arise. Download a FREE SAMPLE from my newest book.

Detailed explanation-4: -But accountability and responsibility are not the same. You take responsibility but hold someone accountable. In short, responsibility refers to the duty a person or persons have to carry out a task, and accountability points to the owning of the consequences after the fact.

Detailed explanation-5: -Responsibility is derived from authority and accountability is derived from responsibility.