SECTION 2:4 TEST

1. According to Oprah Winfrey, what is the key to personal accountability?
A) Blaming others for your failures
B) Taking responsibility for your life and actions
C) Avoiding difficult decisions
D) Letting others manage your life

2. What does Jeff Bezos believe about failure and accountability?
A) Failure should be avoided at all costs
B) If you’re not failing, you’re not innovating enough
C) Failure means you should give up
D) Accountability only matters after success is achieved

3. How can entrepreneurs model accountability within their company?
A) By focusing only on their own success
B) By meeting deadlines, owning mistakes, and striving for improvement
C) By ignoring failures and focusing on the positive
D) By micromanaging the entire team

4. What is essential for building a culture of accountability within a team?
A) Assigning every task to the entrepreneur
B) Empowering team members to take ownership of their work
C) Avoiding giving feedback to team members
D) Allowing team members to work without setting expectations

5. According to Jack Welch, why is measuring important in the context of accountability?
A) Measurement is irrelevant to success
B) Measuring what’s important allows you to manage it
C) Measurement is only necessary for large companies
D) Measurement should be avoided to allow flexibility

Answers:

1. B) Taking responsibility for your life and actions
2. B) If you’re not failing, you’re not innovating enough
3. B) By meeting deadlines, owning mistakes, and striving for improvement
4. B) Empowering team members to take ownership of their work
5. B) Measuring what’s important allows you to manage it