Monday, March 13, 2023

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From top-down to bottom-up, the chain of accountabilities needs to be reinforced, to improve collective problem-solving competency.

Accountability goes hand in hand with the delegation of authority or power, be accountable for what you do and produce tangible results. True accountability focuses on learning, practicing, improving. 

Accountability can be harnessed by motivating people to achieve higher than expected results, and build a culture of learning, trust, and professionalism.

Accountability is a part of professional integrity: Contemporary professionals today need to take responsibility for what they decide, do, and be accountable to produce quality results. It is not uncommon to confuse accountability with blame; they are in fact, opposites. True accountability focuses on learning to do things differently, and being resilient to improve professional competency.

Most problems are systemic and require systemic solutions where people take accountability for their part in describing and solving them. The management specifies the rules and procedures for making decisions in corporate affairs, and enforces good policies to improve transparency and culture of accountability.

Accountability goes hand in hand with the delegation of authority or power, and it’s harnessed by autonomy: Shared accountability or collective accountability involves shared ownership, empathetic communication. The better the leadership team assigns accountability and empowers the individual/team, the better are the chances it will be at the least, accepted.

The true measure of accountability is about resilience, consistency, and autonomy. Accountability needs to be well embedded in the organizational culture, to encourage responsible communication, decision-making, and action, with the intention to build on morale and real productivity; advocating open leadership.

It’s critical to cultivate a culture of accountability and respect: People are accountable to what they say and what they do; and inspiration is the “pull” factor for the continuum of motivation. Accountability can be harnessed by motivating employees to achieve higher than expected results and building the culture of learning.

The true measure of accountability is- about resilience. Accountability is determined not by whether someone or a team makes a mistake or not, but on how quickly they can recover so that customers, teammates, and others aren't negatively affected by the breakdown.

Lack of accountability is often one of the biggest obstacles in the organization to get things done and accelerate performance. Cross the organizational hierarchy, from top-down to bottom-up, the chain of accountabilities needs to be reinforced, to improve collective problem-solving competency and achieve higher than expected business results.


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