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, The Accountability Guy®, is the founder of TICK THOSE BOXES, a specialised accountability coaching practice. Darren is a formidable international accountability coach, business advisor, mentor, and author/speaker, fostering development and measurable results in entrepreneurship, leadership, and accountability. Darren’s tale is one of perseverance, self-reinvention, and resilience.
With compelling execution, Darren has empowered high-achieving individuals and teams from Australia and New Zealand to Latin America, Europe, Asia, the UK, and the US to embrace accountability; after all, it is your superpower.
Darren’s one-on-one and group coaching programs are based on his bestselling business book, “The Accountability Advantage – Play your best game” and the latest, release “NO’ – Building a life of choice without obligation”.
Darren has an impressive background in business, having held the role of “Manager of Commercial Markets” at Apple Australia during the Steve Jobs revolution.
He enthusiastically “walks the talk,” having also successfully sold and exited his lifestyle businesses, which served as the impetus for establishing his coaching and mentoring business.
Join Darren on this transformative quest to accomplish the remarkable.
Read Darren’s full bio here:
https://tickthoseboxes.com.au/about/
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I was excited to join Tia Harmer on The Work in Progress: The Personal Productivity Science Insights Podcast! We dive deep into the science of goal setting and the power of accountability—two cornerstones of business and personal success.
