Duckworth: Peer accountability drives performance better than top-down authority
Angela Duckworth · Grit is not enough: Angela Duckworth on how to change your situation · Sep 3, 2026 · at 21:04
Psychologist Angela Duckworth discusses De La Salle High School football coach Bob Ladouceur's approach to culture and accountability on Masters of Scale.
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“You know, he discovered very early on, as a coach and as a mentor, that you can tell people what to do, but it doesn't work very well. And you can try to keep the people who report to you, in this case, his players, accountable by the force of your authority, because you are higher level than they are. But it's not very effective. And so what he discovered was that there is no higher Force. There is no higher court than the court of peer opinion.”
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