The Oz Principle

Getting Results Through Individual and Organizational Accountability

By: Roger Connors, Tom Smith, Craig Hickman

Narrated by: Wayne Shepherd

Length: 8 hrs

Publisher's summary

The Oz Principle is the groundbreaking work that demonstrates the vital role of accountability in the achievement of business results and the improvement of both individual and organizational performance. With more than a half million copies sold, The Oz Principle has emerged as one of the most influential and useful business ideas of recent times. The Oz Principle shows how to overcome The Blame Game that is so prevalent in organizations today. By taking the Steps to Accountability® and helping people See It®, Own It®, Solve It®, and Do It®, the authors help people move Above the Line® to take ownership for overcoming obstacles and getting results. The audio book spells out how to capture the power of positive accountability by helping people at every level of the organization ask the question, “What else can I do?” to achieve the result. The Oz Principle changed the fate of hundreds of companies because it works! People want to be accountable. Taking ownership of a business is exciting. So is improved performance. That’s why accountability has become a core management value for thousands of organizations throughout the world.

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©2010 Craig Hickman, Tom Smith, Roger Connors (P)2011 Oasis

Engaging story

A great story that is informative and engaging. This book kept me interested. Had moments of emotion.

Good not Great

some good key points but to much fluff filler material thrown in. could have been much shorter

The reader was pretty good, but...

The Oz Principle itself is pretty vague (and I think intentionally so). But the whole book could be summed up as: Don't be a victim. Instead, focus on what you can control, and take action there.

Repetitive

Dry and repetitive. Good ideas about staying accountable, but I wish there were less general examples and instead focused on one or two in depth examples.

Good principle, boringly long narrative

Like so many business books, too long, slow and repetitive for the content. The accountability message is relevant (and nothing new, obviously) and the stepwise “see it, own it, solve it…” easy to understand and remember, but after the introduction the endless examples and Oz stories rather distract from the core message than help you to remember it. At least for me.
Additionally, the narrator was way too American for my taste and listening to his “accountability” pronunciation couple of hundreds of times was annoying. Sorry to say.

Great Book

I love the fact that it has a clear message of operating "above the line" and clearly defines the step to ensure you are.

Well worth my time.

Amazing. I'm so glad this book was recommended to me! Definitely in my top 10.

Good read, but repetitive

Good principles. Book can be a little repetitive and sites some older examples. Does references quizzes in hardbound book which are not accessible on the audio book.

Good not great

This book is a little cheesy yet pretty good leadership info is embedded within it. Stick with it to the end.

Simply Accountability

Easy to follow and informative read. The message of accountability is presented in several ways with supporting stories. I have already applied the lessons learned in my professional and private life.