Contents

Author’s Note

Whatever Happened To …

1. A Picture of Personal Accountability

2. Making Better Choices

3. QBQ! The Question Behind the Question

4. Don’t Ask “Why?”

5. The Victim

6. “Why Is This Happening to Me?”

7. “Why Do We Have to Go Through All This Change?”

8. “Why Don’t They Communicate Better?”

9. Don’t Ask “When?”

10. Procrastination: The Friend of Failure

11. “When Will We Get More Tools and Better Systems?”

12. “When Are We Going to Hear Something New?”

13. Don’t Ask “Who?”

14. A Poor Sailor Blames the Wind

15. Silos

16. Beat the Ref

17. “Who Dropped the Ball?”

18. Ownership

19. The Foundation of Teamwork

20. Making Accountability Personal: All QBQs Contain an “I”

21. I Can Only Change Me

22. “He Didn’t, I Did”

23. “When Will Others Walk Their Talk?”

24. An Integrity Test

25. The Power of One

26. A QBQ Twist

27. Will the Real Role Models Please Stand Up!

28. Practicing Personal Accountability: All QBQs Focus on Action

29. The Risk of Doing Nothing

30. “Thanks for Shopping at the Home Depot!”

31. Leaders at All Levels

32. The Cornerstone of Leadership

33. Accountability and Boundaries

34. A Great List of Lousy Questions

35. The Spirit of the QBQ

36. Wisdom

37. We Buy Too Many Books

38. A Final Picture

39. The Motor of Learning

QBQ FAQs

Getting More Out of the QBQ