In January 2016, the National Hockey League’s Chicago Blackhawks won a franchise-record 12th consecutive game and in 2015 won their third Stanley Cup in five years. That’s a remarkable feat for a team that, in 2007, was ranked 118 of 122 fan-favorite sports franchises in the United States by ESPN Magazine. The Blackhawks have built a high-performance, winning culture based upon a foundation of talent management, constancy of purpose, and standards of teamwork and accountability. Patrick Sharp, who has been part of the Blackhawks teams that won the Stanley Cup in 2010 and 2013, has said that accountability played a big part in building the team’s culture of performance excellence and consistency in execution. Sharp told ESPN.com in May 2015: “It’s being held accountable, whether it’s from a coaching staff, whether it’s from the president of the team, whether it’s from the captain of the team or just another teammate. You want to come to the rink every day not only play your best individually, but you don’t want to let your teammates down.”