Fueling Personal Accountability

Maximize Results through Motivated People

A major responsibility of leaders in organizations has always been to develop plans and lead their people in successful execution. Today’s business environment presents additional challenges to leaders in that change happens faster and more continuously than ever before! This means an increased need for effective and frequent planning, and a smaller margin of error for plans that fail to produce results. We all realize this is a given in today’s business environment.

In addition, have you noticed that the people who make your plans work have also changed? For example, their interpretation of ‘following the leader’ has taken a new direction. In our workplace today, dictatorial leadership and micro management are being shunned by people who view multiple career moves as a normal part of working life. People now produce results for leaders who recognize and value their talents.

More and more people accomplish their jobs through networked teams, creative collaboration, flexible work arrangements, outsourcing contracts, and a ‘results only’ focus – all of which emphasize the prized talent of personal accountability.

Achieving success in our modern work environment now depends largely on your people being personally responsible for results.

What can you do, as a leader, to fuel personal accountability in your organization? The answers may be easier than you anticipate.

1. Hire people to work for you who already have demonstrated a high level of personal accountability. You can achieve this through a combination of effective talent assessments, reference checking, and behavioral interviewing.
2. Become aware of the additional, unique personal strengths and talents your key people bring to their work. Get to know each of them and what they do well, which is the best indicator of what they will most naturally be personally accountable for achieving.
3. Regularly seek input, suggestions and commitment from each of your key people to create and support the success of your organization’s plans. People who play a role in formulating a plan are more committed to personal accountability in achieving the targeted results.
4. Give feedback, recognition and rewards to people for demonstrating personal accountability in support of your organization’s success. People who are duly recognized for their contributions feel increased motivation to achieve further success.

Make a concerted effort to maximize and reward the level of personal accountability in your organization starting today – and achieve increased success through people!

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