Above the Line Culture: Building Accountability & Ownership in Your Team
$149 USD
Core Insights
1. Above the Line Mindset → Better Team Outcomes
Understanding how ownership, curiosity, and solution-seeking shift teams out of blame cycles and into progress.
2. Recognizing Below-the-Line Triggers
Identifying the stressors, situations, and patterns that pull people into defensiveness, excuses, or victimhood — and learning to interrupt those reactions.
3. The Accountability Ladder as a Growth Path
Using a simple, memorable framework to help individuals move from denial and blame toward ownership and deliberate action.
4. The Question Flip → Language That Lifts Teams
Replacing blame-oriented questions with forward-focused inquiry that unlocks clarity, solutions, and shared accountability.
5. Ownership Check-Ins for Real Conversations
Applying a structured four-step method to discuss mistakes and challenges with psychological safety, honesty, and responsibility.
6. Building Above-the-Line Team Norms
Creating shared agreements that make accountability a cultural practice — not a punishment — supported by peer modeling and daily behaviors.
Complete Resource Suite
1. Above-the-Line / Below-the-Line Quick Reference Guide
A clear visual summary of mindsets, behaviors, and language cues teams can use during meetings and decision-making.
2. Accountability Ladder Toolkit
A step-by-step ladder resource helping employees recognize where they are operating and how to move upward toward ownership and action.
3. Question Flip Worksheet
A practical guide for transforming blame-driven questions into productive, solution-oriented prompts.
4. Ownership Check-In Template
A four-step script teams can use to structure difficult conversations and keep discussions honest, respectful, and above the line.
5. Team Norms Builder Pack
Fill-in worksheets that guide teams in developing their own accountability agreements and shared language.
6. 30-Day Above-the-Line Practice Challenge
A month-long habit plan that reinforces learning through weekly micro-practices, reflection prompts, and accountability touchpoints.