take ownership
Accept full accountability
Take ownership means to accept responsibility for something, especially beyond what's strictly required.
In business contexts, it describes proactively managing a task or problem rather than passing it along: She really took ownership of the project and saw it through.
The phrase often appears in corporate speak encouraging employees to treat their work as personally important.
Outside work, it can mean acknowledging one's role in a situation: He needs to take ownership of his mistakes.
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- personal responsibilityDuty to own consequences
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- hold accountableRequire someone to justify actions
- buck stops hereAccepting ultimate responsibility
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- accountabilityaccountability, responsibility, accountable, answerability, responsible
- office jargonsynergy, circle back, touch base, deep dive, action item
- participationjoin in, membership, attendance, voting, contributions
take ownershipdeflect
Turn from course
make excuses · disown · pass the buck · wash one's hands of · disavow
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