Michael Colburn has built his career on performance improvement at the organization, team, and individual levels for a broad range of clients in the private and public sectors for more than 30 years. He recently retired as an associate professor of management at Ashland University where he taught organization development, operations management, strategic management, and self-management and accountability. Colburn has authored numerous papers in academic, professional, and trade publications. He is the author of Own Your Job: Five Tools for Self-management and Accountability in the Workplace.