Responsibility is recognizing what belongs to this School to carry, decide, repair or act upon.
Inside the School
Responsibility supports agency when it remains connected to actual influence. It becomes overload when the School assumes responsibility for every outcome or every other person's feelings.
In everyday life
Your partner is disappointed by a decision. You can listen, explain and repair what belongs to you, but you cannot manufacture the feeling you want them to have.
At work, taking responsibility may mean naming a mistake without turning it into a permanent identity or volunteering to carry every consequence alone.
System connections under load
Responsibility connects PURPOSE with CONNECTION and boundaries. Under load it can become blame, over-control or avoidance. Self-leadership separates influence from total control, then chooses the part that can honestly be addressed.
Important nuance
The Principal can ask what is mine, what is shared and what is outside my control. Connected paths: The Principal · Boundaries · Guilt · Connection
Responsibility is ownership of what is ours, not ownership of everything.