The most underrated and overlooked aspect of achieving your business goal…
A LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY.
Even if you THINK you’re a highly accountable leader, consider this…
According to the ASTD, you have a 65% chance of completing a goal if you commit to someone.
If you add in a regular accountability appointment with someone, you increase your chance of success by up to 95%.
But accountability is not just about writing down goals & sharing them with someone else.
The goal is the WHAT.
HOW you achieve that goal and WHO you are in the process are equally important.
Accountability also includes WHO and HOW you are BEING as a leader, which gives others permission to be or not be that way.
For example…
-Are you taking 100% responsibility/ownership for your results, the team results (or lack thereof)?
-Do you consistently provide positive & constructive feedback?
-Are you exhibiting courage to hold yourself & your team to performance AND agreed upon behavior standards?
-Do you follow through on what we say we will do?
Many leaders don’t even realize they unknowingly step out of accountability.
Accountability (and understanding what ‘accountability’ really entails) directly impacts the results you can achieve as a leader, a team & a company.
Accountability is about eliminating things that sabotage you or the team achieving goals (like blaming, complaining, whining, making excuses – either you doing it or allowing others to get away with it)…
This is one of the main reasons why many leadership development programs fail.
At Executive Impact, we do things differently. Accountability is baked into everything we do. The ingredients and the order of ingredients DO matter.
In Phase 01 of our Coach Approach to Leadership, we:
- Increase accountability & get leaders more invested in development & growth by uncovering the WHO behind each leader
- Uncover blind spots where accountability is being violated individually & collectively
- Teach leaders how to play the blame game the right way
- Create team accountability through facilitated monthly group learning & coaching
- Coach leaders 1:1 to remove barriers and elevate success
Accountability is important for not only WHAT we are trying to ACHIEVE but ‘HOW WE ARE & WHO WE ARE’ along the way.
Elevating accountability impacts:
-How your leaders & teams work together
-The results they can achieve
-The positive work environment that results from it
And the benefits go far beyond the workplace.
When we take higher levels of ownership at work, it flows into our personal life, the way we show up and the results we get in our relationships, health and life.
A lack of accountability is one of the 7 reasons why leadership development programs fail.