Successful leaders also foster a genuine team environment in which senior executives are encouraged not only to take responsibility for the performance of their own teams but for the success or failure of the business as a whole.

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The burden falls on the only child or the one willing to take responsibility.

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Regarding the refugee question, the head of the Palestinian delegation said there has been considerable progress not only on the question of how to take historic responsibility for the refugee question, but also practical aspects of resolving it.

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In a recent poll by the Times and CBS News, only a quarter of respondents felt that the U.S. should take responsibility for Syria.

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Moreover, states have the choice to take responsibility for only one or both of those functions.

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The responsibility lies with the IT administrator to not only take control of corporate IT security, but also spearhead strategy and implementation in collaboration with leadership and employees.

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An act of this nature would speak volumes about Bud Selig not only as a commissioner, but as someone willing to take responsibility for the egregious acts that had occurred under his leadership.

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Then they can take responsibility for their personal utilization rate and not feel that the only way to seem efficient is to work without breaks.

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And that recipe of short-term investments in growth and jobs with a long-term path of fiscal responsibility is the right approach to take for, I think, not only the United States but also for Europe.

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