The Accountability Guy®
Accountability is when you take responsibility for your and your team’s actions at the workplace. You are responsible for the results and answerable for the tasks your team has performed. Accountability is something that is assigned to a single entity who can be a manager, leader, or project manager.
Accountability helps reduce the blame game and is crucial to improve the work environment. So, you must wonder how to show accountability at work. Recognizing your mistakes or your team’s mistake and owning it is the main way to show accountability at work.
Read on to know more about how to show accountability at work.
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Showing accountability at work is a mark of a good leader or manager. When you show accountability at work, it makes things easier. It empowers your team, fosters trustworthiness, improves performance, and boosts learning.
So, here are the ways to show accountability at work:
When you are accountable and responsible for a task, you need to take pride in it. You, doing the work wholeheartedly, enthusiastically, and in a driven manner, is important. You must put your 100% effort into getting the best results possible. Holding yourself to the highest standards is one of the keys to showing accountability.
Ensure you don’t make excuses and know the difference between valid reasons and excuses. Showing accountability means being true to yourself, your work, and your actions. You must be truthful with your team and yourself. Only when you are true to yourself will you be able to be true to your team.
Showing accountability at work is logically explaining your results without making any flimsy excuses.
This is the most obvious way of showing accountability in the workplace. Admitting you’ve made a mistake without blaming others shows tremendous accountability. When you are willing to show that you have made a mistake, you show courage, trustworthiness, and willingness to accept the consequences.
Showing accountability at work means a willingness to accept the consequences.
Transparency is also a key to showing accountability. You must be transparent and ask for help when you require it., Communicating that some tasks are difficult for you, show your willingness to learn and ensure the company’s success. Plus, when you are unable to meet a deadline, communicating will help create backup plans.
Plus, being transparent ensures your strengths and weaknesses are clearly communicated to your team. Being transparent will also help you feel like you aren’t hiding anything, and it helps you toe the line.
If you are a leader or manager with a team, ensure you clearly communicate the goals and expectations. Your team must know what to do when and adhere to your instructions carefully to ensure success at the workplace.
Also, when your team knows what is expected, they will find it easier to hold themselves accountable for their individual tasks. When goals and expectations are clear, your team members will willingly accept responsibility and hold themselves responsible for their work.
Showing accountability also comes from contributing to your work wholeheartedly. You must represent your company well and contribute to the company in a way that goes beyond your job description. This also shows a willingness to accept responsibility and accountability
You must try to be more involved in the workplace. Bring in more suggestions, give feedback, bring ideas to the table, and more to show your enthusiasm to the workplace. This will help you show accountability at the workplace and increase the chances of success for your company.
Being upfront is also part of being transparent. You must be upfront and truthful at the workplace to ensure the smooth running of the organization. If you have a problem, you need to consult the right people to alleviate your problem and ensure you have solutions.
You show accountability by being upfront because it shows your willingness to accept responsibility for the results of your action. Tackling problems, issues, and more show that you can be calm, accountable, responsible, and a great leader.
Showing accountability at the workplace is important to foster a comfortable and successful work culture. As a leader, project manager, or person assigned accountability, you must show it when required.
As an organization, if you are stuck on developing an accountability program, you can consult Tick Those Boxes. This company is one of the best accountability coaches. They will help you develop an accountability plan and set timelines to help you achieve your goals.
Moreover, they will ensure you get measurable results for your company’s success and help you and your team show accountability. Plus, they are the best business advisors too.
So, hire the best accountability coach and start showing accountability at work with tips given in this blog.
Darren Finkelstein is The Accountability Guy®. This involves being an International Accountability Coach, Business Advisor, Mentor, Author, and Speaker.
Darren works with high-performing teams and individuals across Australia/NZ, UK, USA, Latin America, Europe and Asia to help get results, achieve their wildest dreams, and smash goals. He does this by leveraging over 30 years of experience working in the corporate world and small businesses.
A successful business owner himself, Darren won the Australian Entrepreneur of the Year award for Dent Global after building a wonderful lifestyle business, successfully sold and exited after 15 years.
Before this, Darren worked for over 10 years at Apple Inc. as ‘Manager of Commercial Markets’ during the inspirational Steve Jobs era. While there, he was awarded the prestigious Golden Apple Award.
Darren’s lessons in accountability can help individuals and teams at all levels of a business or organisation across the globe, and are based on actions and results:
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