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Clarifying Roles and Responsibilities Within the Workplace

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Who does what — including AI? Clarify roles, and tension evaporates.

Determine responsibilities through task clarification, self-governance, or mission-based accountability. Use the RACI tool for a clear breakdown of expectations and foster shared responsibility.

20 min at your own paceAvailable in FR + ENNo prerequisites

You will walk away with

  • the RACI tool for a black-and-white breakdown of everyone's expectations
  • three approaches to choose from: task clarification, self-governance, mission-based accountability
  • the 5 'I step in if...' situations for building shared responsibility

Target audience

Any manager wanting to promote a model of collaboration that inspires boldness, agility, and accountability

Learning objectives

  1. Define clear scopes of roles and responsibilities where possible and desirable.
  2. Encourage individual responsibility for an organic evolution of accountability.
  3. Define missions and objectives to foster autonomous accountability.
  4. Use tools such as RACI to clarify everyone's roles and expectations.

Module outline

  • StorytellingBeyond the Mission Sheet: Adrian's Commitment2'11The story of a dedicated employee who embodies the values of initiative-taking and shared responsibility
  • Articles
    • RACI best practices
    • Individual responsibility and collective responsibility
    • "I step in if...": the 5 key situations
  • Expert videoClarifying Roles and Responsibilities to Avoid Conflict8'48An overview of 3 solutions to avoid conflicts caused by unclear roles and responsibilities
  • AnchoringA quiz and true/false exercise to explore the topic further and cement what you've learned
  • Memo cardDownloadable memo card: the key takeaways from the expert video
  • CommitmentConcrete examples to help you define your own commitment

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