The 85% Solution: How Personal Accountability Guarantees Success -- No Nonsense, No Excuses »

Linda Galindo consults with organizations, teams, and individuals who aim to improve their work and personal lives through greater personal accountability. She is a keynote speaker and conducts executive level seminars and retreats. She has been a regular contributor to Connect magazine and Lab Medicine. Galindo is experienced in change management, accountability, leadership development, and cultural assessment.

Versera Performance Consulting offers consulting and training services based on the content in The 85% Solution. Versera's validated Accountability Assessment, based on Linda Galindo's development and design, measures an individual's accountability on four dimensions. Versera's 8-hour and 4-hour facilitated workshops teach the mind-set and behaviors that create lasting individual and organizational accountability.

"Whether you admit it or not, you are accountable for everything you're involved with, whether it turns out good or bad. The outcome belongs to everyone who touched the project, not just to the ones who made mistakes."

—From the Introduction

In today's uncertain world, the concept of accountability has taken center stage as a vital business concern. Yet the notion of accountability is all too often confused with punishment, fault-finding, blame, and guilt. In The 85% Solution, author Linda Galindo shows that the only true accountability is "personal accountability" and reveals that the only way to achieve it is to be responsible for the outcomes of your choices, behaviors, and actions.

Filled with self-assessments, this book will encourage you to take the needed risk-taking actions to reach your goals and get you what you want. Galindo explains that you must become willing to answer for the outcomes that result from your choices and actions. By taking the three important steps outlined—be responsible for the success or failure of everything you do, empower yourself to succeed, and be accountable for your actions—you will have the keys to taking control of your own success.

Once we are able to accept no less than 85% of the responsibility for the outcomes of our actions, we will enjoy a happier and more productive life. This is the 85% Solution.

Foreword (David Costello).

Introduction.

PART I Responsibility.

The Queen of Victims: A Fairy Tale.

It's My Responsibility.

You Are Responsible: A Before-the-Fact Mind-set.

Planet What Is.

Put The 85% Solution to Work for You.

Get Off of Planet Guilt.

No Fault, No Guilt, No Blame.

“I Am Not Lazy, I Just Pretend I Am”.

A Good Reason Not to Share.

All for One, One for All.

Follow the Leader?

The Accountability Quotient, Part 1.

PART II Self-Empowerment.

Make a Splash.

Empower Thyself.

The 85% Connection.

What's Your Point?

The Choice Is Yours.

Empowerment in Real Numbers.

Your Unique Definition of Success.

Spread the Word.

Go for the Goal.

Empower Your Attitude.

Empower Your Time.

Empower Your Words.

The Accountability Quotient, Part 2.

PART III Personal Accountability.

It Goes Both Ways.

Stand Up.

What You'll Give Up.

Tell the Truth.

What If You Don't Get Caught?

Own Your Choices—Right or Wrong.

Crystal Clear.

Write It Down.

A Clear Risk.

Floating in We-We.

Just in Time.

Rolling Heads.

Sticks and Stones.

Holding Others Accountable.

To Thine Own Self Be Clear.

The Accountability Quotient, Part 3.

Epilogue.

The Author.