An Accountability Chart is EOS's replacement for the org chart. Instead of drawing who reports to whom, it maps the functions the business needs to run — typically sales & marketing, operations, and finance under an integrator — then defines each seat by its five core roles and puts exactly one name in it. The question it answers isn't “who's the boss?” but “who owns this?”
How it differs from an org chart
- Structure first, people second. You design the seats the business needs before you discuss names — which surfaces the awkward truths an org chart hides, like one person sitting in three seats, or a seat nobody fills.
- One name per seat. Co-owned functions are unowned functions. A person can hold multiple seats; a seat can't hold multiple people.
- Five roles per seat. Each seat lists the five things it's accountable for — short enough to remember, specific enough to check.
- GWC as the fit test. A person right for a seat must get it, want it, and have the capacity to do it. Miss any one and the seat underperforms no matter how good the person is.
Why it matters weekly, not just at reorg time
The chart earns its keep in the weekly rhythm: every scorecard number, every Rock, and every to-do traces to a seat with one name. When something's off track in the Level 10, there's never a debate about whose issue it is.
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