The Accountability Guy®
In the world of business, accountability is the most important soft skill. Businesses can’t survive without accountability. I don’t need to tell you this but if a team doesn’t deliver according to their promise and also their claims, then the business suffers as a whole.
So, how do you develop this skill? I will teach you today!
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Firstly, accountability has a statistically proven impact on businesses. While it ensures that necessary efforts are made to achieve the predefined goal. It also empowers employees to improve their workflow and reach targets faster than ever before. Accountability brings a sense of ownership necessary for delivering on promises.
Employers look for the skill of personal accountability when appointing new candidates. Every employee should be capable of doing their personal accountability to make sure they are achieving the right goals.
I will tell you the important points you need to keep in your mind to improve your personal accountability below:
Accountability depends on your ability to judge and evaluate yourself. For that to happen, your thoughts should be aligned with your goals. You need to keep telling yourself that you must account for your actions and choices. They must be made for the betterment of your pace and should also be goal oriented too.
Walking the talk isn’t easy for everybody. People say they’re going to do something and then immediately start walking in the opposite direction. You must develop an accountable behaviour which you can be proud of. All of your actions should be goal-oriented and you must always have a positive behaviour of falling back and correcting your mistake.
Finally, you must take initiative today. I have seen so many entrepreneurs who say that they will start being accountable in the next moment. Unfortunately, that moment never arrives.
Procrastination kills any potential entrepreneur. So, to attain success, you must start right now. This very moment is the best time there ever will be to initiate your personal accountability and develop the skill of successful people. Begin by measuring your present rate of accountability. Then build on from there.
Accountability is a self-driven skill. It is the skill that makes you a champion at management. You will feel accomplished, positive vibes will flow through your body. Accountability boosts confidence in your abilities since you know what you are capable of doing. So, you will better trust your capabilities and previous boundaries will be minor obstacles for you. Your employer will be satisfied with your results.
Accountable people spread the essence of accountability between all of their peers. By this endeavour, the entire organisation starts acquiring this skill from you.
Furthermore, I am so confident in saying this because I also love teaching others how to be accountable. Trust me when I say that it’s one of the most beautiful feelings in the world, the feeling of knowing yourself and your capabilities. The power of judging your decisions makes you successful at every phase of life.
When you have the skill of accountability, employers trust your ability to bring valuable results. So you become a valuable asset to them because you have the ability to judge yourself and correcting your mistakes. Also, employers trust employees that keep their word.
Accountability makes sure you develop the integrity of keeping your words.
Through this skill, problems can be averted, and action can be taken to swiftly control a dire situation. It also helps in forming long-lasting relationships with your colleagues and employers, factors which in turn lead to a more positive lifestyle.
In the end, let me be clear that success is not measured by your actions, it’s measured by how you got through the problems and came out successful.
So get your team together, learn and equip this skill together and achieve the goals you set out to attain.
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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1. Take the Accountability Scorecard
How accountable are you? Discover your accountability score and increase the probability of smashing your goals and Getting Sh!t Done. Take the quiz
2. Read my book "The Accountability Advantage - Play Your Best Game"
Eliminate procrastination and overwhelm and start playing your best game.
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3. Book a complimentary Accountability Assessment
Invest 15 minutes now and avoid months or years of struggle. If you genuinely need help becoming more accountable, it can’t hurt to find out. Book here.
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