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What Makes An Accountability Coach Good?
Small businesses, independent companies, and corporations need to be able to address issues and problems that arise. Issues that appear through time due to the dynamic nature of the business landscape. Often, businesses lack the proper skillset amongst their employees and leadership that can actively identify and resolve versatile business requirements as they emerge. In such a case, an accountability coach’s services can help your business immensely. Helping your leadership and staff cultivate the right attitude and mindset. Furthermore, helping with the knowledge base and strategic expertise required to meet challenges and opportunities.
Our previous articles have defined the responsibilities of an accountability coach. These articles list the services they can provide for your business or company at an individual and team level. Now I’ll share some of the characteristics of a successful accountability coach. Characteristics that can help you identify whether an accountability coach you are prospecting is the right person for the job.

1. Industry Knowledge

Good accountability coaches don’t necessarily need to possess the insider knowledge of your specific industry or niche to be successful. It’s natural for each sector to have a diverse range of aspects. Aspects that only those involved with the industry for long periods can know. In the case of an accountability coach, someone who has direct, first-hand knowledge of your specific industry is a bonus.
When it comes to accountability, there is no one-size-fits-all approach. Although specific methods may be conserved and applicable across all industries. Most specific niches require a customized approach to accountability. An approach that can only be meted by an individual who is well versed with the intricacies and complexities of your particular industry niche. Your coach should understand the business, ideally having ‘walked the talk’ themselves, this is a real plus. If you get some solid business advice from a person who’s walked your entrepreneurial journey, then why not take it.
This sense of “I have a lot of time” and “I can do it whenever I want” never lets you lift your business off the ground. It keeps you interested enough, but you never get to define a course of action to achieve those dreams. There’s always a tomorrow, right?

2. Flexibility and Experience

The right accountability coach for your company will have the ability to adapt. They can apply their knowledge and experience to the unique requirements of your objectives and goals. Such an accountability coach can help you build a healthy, proactive attitude and strategy to address the common problems. Problems faced by your company, along with the unique needs of your endeavours. An accountability coach who is unable to understand and adapt to your specific requirements will not be much use to your company. They will be unable to connect with you and your staff. Furthermore, an accountability coach who has experience in dealing with similar companies such as yours will be able to inherently understand your requirements. Someone like this can save your company a lot of time and effort. Helping you bring tried and tested techniques and strategies into practice for immediate and more significant results.

3. Communication and Clarity

A good accountability coach’s characteristics include the ability to listen (one of the most important skills we can possess). The ability to communicate effectively with you and your team. To understand your opinions and requirements to create a picture of direction towards which you want to take your company. Without proper, effective and clear communication, the knowledge that your accountability coach may possess can get lost to gaps, and the result is a fruitless endeavor that cannot achieve the objectives you have set for your company.

An accountability coach who can effectively communicate and deliver a clear and concise picture of the actions and strategies required to address your requirements is a valuable resource for your business. Such an accountability coach can help your employees and leadership express the points they think require attention and enables you to better understand some of the shortfalls that your business may be experiencing.

Conclusion

If you’ve decided to obtain the services of an accountability coach to help smooth out and optimize your business’s functioning. You may need to be critical of the potential individuals under consideration for this role. Choosing the person right for the job is essential to ensuring real progress and results. The wrong person can end up creating confusion that may harm your development and chances of success in the long run.

Darren Finkelstein

Author – Who is this bloke?


Darren Finkelstein – The Accountability Guy® is an Accountability Coach, Business Advisor, Mentor & Author/Speaker.

Darren works with high-performing individuals and teams to get results, achieve their wildest dreams and smash their goals by leveraging over 30-years of experience both in the corporate world and in small business.

Darren is a successful entrepreneur, winning the Australian Entrepreneur of the year award for Dent Global. He built a wonderful lifestyle business which he successfully sold and exited after 15-years.

Before all of this, Darren worked for Apple for 10-years as ‘Manager of Commercial Markets’, during the inspirational Steve Jobs era and was awarded the prestigious Golden Apple Award during his time there.

Darren offers accountability at all levels, there are no excuses just action and results. 

  • Read his newest book: The Accountability Advantage – Play your best game
  • Complete Darren’s D.I.Y online program called: Accountability Made Easy
  • Engage Darren privately, through his popular One-On-One Sessions where he works with you and/or your team to implement and execute your plans to hit your goals. These private client sessions can be conducted via Zoom or face-to-face (subject to his travel policy) and COVID.
  • For groups of 3-7 px, Darren offers Group Accountability Forums for your team(s), networking group, alumni or project team. This is a shared learning environment and the strength of group accountability is very powerful indeed.
  • Darren is a great Speaker to hire him for your next event, workshop or conference. Face-to-face or virtually, he's truly engaging.

What Do You Need Help With?

  • Are you working hard but still not achieving your goals?
  • Are you feeling so overwhelmed, it’s overwhelming?
  • Do you need some direction on how to get your business to the next stage?
  • Perhaps, you are high-performing and successful and want to juggle more balls in the air at once?

Accountability is the superpower that you must harness.

You have so much to gain and nothing to lose! There is NO downside for you whatsoever by taking action. If you do nothing, it’s exactly the same as sticking your head in the sand and hoping it goes away. HOPE will not fix the situation, in fact, doing nothing just makes it worse, but you knew that...

You must take action now, otherwise, tomorrow’s result will be exactly the same as today’s. Implementation and execution are key and I’ll ensure you follow the plan and you meet your deadlines. After all, that is what true accountability is all about. Together, we can achieve your goals; you’ll meet your commitments and promises that you’ve made to others and most importantly, to yourself. You can’t do it alone.

Maintaining your current status quo, only means that you’ll miss important opportunities to make money. You’ll let people down, especially those that are important people to you, and that just pisses people off.

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Question
After reading this, how likely are you to achieve your GOALS, promises, obligations and commitments alone?
Unlikely I suspect.... without assistance.

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Book your FREE Unboxing Session with
Darren Finkelstein – The Accountability Guy®

Together we’ll examine exactly where you’re at, what’s worked and what hasn’t. We’ll take a look at your priorities to set the path moving forward.


Each Unboxing Session includes
  • 45-60 min obligation-free Zoom call to discuss your goals, promises and commitments
  • Examine your priorities
  • Review your ‘To-Do List’ and we’ll dig-in to how you will implement
  • Together, we will create a plan and set timelines

Click here to book your free session.

 

Book your FREE Unboxing Session with
Darren Finkelstein – The Accountability Guy®

Together we’ll examine exactly where you’re at, what’s worked and what hasn’t. We’ll take a look at your priorities to set the path moving forward.


Each Unboxing Session includes
  • 45-60 min obligation-free Zoom call to discuss your goals, promises and commitments
  • Examine your priorities
  • Review your ‘To-Do List’ and we’ll dig-in to how you will implement
  • Together, we will create a plan and set timelines

Click here to book your free session.

 

Darren Finkelstein

Author – Who is this bloke?

Darren Finkelstein – The Accountability Guy® is an Accountability Coach, Business Advisor, Mentor & Author/Speaker.

Darren works with high-performing individuals and teams to get results, achieve their wildest dreams and smash their goals by leveraging over 30-years of experience both in the corporate world and in small business.

Darren is a successful entrepreneur, winning the Australian Entrepreneur of the year award for Dent Global. He built a wonderful lifestyle business which he successfully sold and exited after 15-years.

Before all of this, Darren worked for Apple for 10-years as ‘Manager of Commercial Markets’, during the inspirational Steve Jobs era and was awarded the prestigious Golden Apple Award during his time there.

Darren offers accountability at all levels, there are no excuses just action and results. 

  • Read his newest book: The Accountability Advantage – Play your best game
  • Complete Darren’s D.I.Y online program called: Accountability Made Easy
  • Engage Darren privately, through his popular One-On-One Sessions where he works with you and/or your team to implement and execute your plans to hit your goals. These private client sessions can be conducted via Zoom or face-to-face (subject to his travel policy) and COVID.
  • For groups of 3-7 px, Darren offers Group Accountability Forums for your team(s), networking group, alumni or project team. This is a shared learning environment and the strength of group accountability is very powerful indeed.
  • Darren is a great Speaker to hire him for your next event, workshop or conference. Face-to-face or virtually, he's truly engaging.

What Do You Need Help With?

  • Are you working hard but still not achieving your goals?
  • Are you feeling so overwhelmed, it’s overwhelming?
  • Do you need some direction on how to get your business to the next stage?
  • Perhaps, you are high-performing and successful and want to juggle more balls in the air at once?

Accountability is the superpower that you must harness.

You have so much to gain and nothing to lose! There is NO downside for you whatsoever by taking action. If you do nothing, it’s exactly the same as sticking your head in the sand and hoping it goes away. HOPE will not fix the situation, in fact, doing nothing just makes it worse, but you knew that...

You must take action now, otherwise, tomorrow’s result will be exactly the same as today’s. Implementation and execution are key and I’ll ensure you follow the plan and you meet your deadlines. After all, that is what true accountability is all about. Together, we can achieve your goals; you’ll meet your commitments and promises that you’ve made to others and most importantly, to yourself. You can’t do it alone.

Maintaining your current status quo, only means that you’ll miss important opportunities to make money. You’ll let people down, especially those that are important people to you, and that just pisses people off.

-----------------------------------------

Question
After reading this, how likely are you to achieve your GOALS, promises, obligations and commitments alone?
Unlikely I suspect.... without assistance.

Categories

Tags

2020 accountability at work accountability coach accountability coaches Accountability in business Accountability Partner accountability principles accountability tips accountable achieving goals achieving objectives anxiety anxious entrepreneur being accountable business accountability business advisor business advisory business coach business coaching Coaching COVID19 End of month reporting entrepreneur EOM reporting exceed sales goals financial reporting fixing mistakes how to meet my goals leadership management mentoring motivation partners Podcast Principles of accountability responsibility sales goals sales management self improvement small business success The Accountability Guy™ Top 10 accountability coaches in Australia workplace Workplace Efficiency
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