Hey leaders! You’re listening to the Crazy Big Dream Podcast. This is episode 68. The Key To Accountability.
If you have accountability groups, if you help pair team members up as accountability partners, if you do anything to offer accountability to your team this episode is for you. Stick around for the key points I’m sharing with you today.
You can find the full transcript at crazybigdreams.biz/68.
Ok. Accountability. It’s a necessary evil. Well, if you’re looking to grow and build and succeed it is.
If you’re looking to dabble, casually take whatever level of success comes your way, well then accountability is optional.
And this distinction is important. Which is accountability key point #1 of 3 today that I’m sharing with you.
This distinction is important because sometimes we let anyone and everyone join in for the accountability strategies we offer. Don’t we? And there is a place for this, for sure. Because you never know when someone’s going to take it and run with it. Right?
The intentional approach every so often is to offer an exclusive group that you tell everybody about but that you pre-screen, filter, interview, or be choosy regarding who you let into the accountability group or program that you may offer.
How do you do this? This could be as simple as posing a few key questions to help her identify if she is ready or not, right now.
You could also offer something like a Google form or a social media poll, whatever your style is or whatever you find most helpful.
This extra step alone is sometimes enough to weed out those that simply aren’t ready right now. They’re not willing to take the time to make that extra step to do the form or take a poll.
This helps attract and keep those who are serious about results in a timely fashion. Will everyone do everything the group has to offer and embrace accountability? No. Certainly not.
But it will help you save time and headache around those that jump into groups because they want the results, but simply aren’t ready for the accountability. You know the ones. Do not give up on them! This can be difficult to recognize within ourselves. It’s your opportunity as her mentor to help her identify this.
Key #1 is to recognize the distinction and opportunity around someone who self-proclaims she is ready for accountability, ready to grow, to build, and to succeed in a timely fashion and the team members who think they are but maybe need help recognizing if now is the time.
Key #2 is about matching team members as accountability partners. The common misstep here is that many leaders match team members that want to advance to the same level or rank or have something similar in common as individuals.
The problem with this is that the level of drive someone has can easily and quickly fluctuate. Life happens. It happens to all of us. The odds of two people sticking it out when life happens can vary greatly. I’m not saying don’t pair accountability partners.
Key #2 is to always ensure you’re overseeing the partnership. You have to stay involved at some level. You have to have some level of involvement in the accountability, in the relationship, and in the progress.
For all three key points on leading with accountability go to crazybigdreams.biz/68.
