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The Importance of Accountability In Leadership
Right now, there is a serious need for accountable leaders in all aspects of the world and at all levels of life.
Accountable leaders are responsible for their team and organization.
In reality, accountability goes beyond responsibility.
Accountable leaders have a sense of ownership that has been developed for tasks, decisions and actions. It is intrinsic to each leader and is independent of the outcomes of said tasks, decisions and actions.
Wondering why accountability is so important and how leaders can develop a sense of accountability?
Accountability is important, hard to define and even harder to implement.
1. Get To Know Yourself
I will never cease to repeat that to lead others, you must first lead yourself.
Before you become a leader or an accountable leader, it is also important to know your why.
2. Become Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable
You are going to experience the unexpected, be constantly reviewed under a microscope and have to handle an extreme amount of pressure.
You have to develop enough resilience and determination to seek discomfort and be comfortable with being uncomfortable.
3. Acknowledge Failure
There is no room for victim mentality or the blame game.
Accountable leaders are not victims of their circumstances.
Accountable leaders are willing to acknowledge their past failures. They know when, how and why they failed in the past. Most importantly, they know how to repair their mistakes, forgive themselves and move forward.
4. Understand Your Impact
Accountable leaders know the influence they have on their team and in their organization.
That is why, most of the time, they will need to demonstrate strong leadership skills, a lot of professionalism, a high level of maturity and self-awareness.
5. Look Out For Temptations
There are so many temptations that come with the money and power of leadership.
Accountable leaders know their shortcomings. They are humble, ethical and disciplined enough to control themselves.
To avoid temptations, it can be helpful to have a strong support system and a healthy work-life balance.
6. Create A Culture Of Accountability
To create a culture of accountability, leaders need to:
- Increase employee commitment and engagement.
- Allow employees to make decisions for themselves.
- Build long term trust.
Last Words Of Advice!
You have to be accountable to yourself first before demanding that others are.
Being a mediocre leader is no longer acceptable. You don’t have to stay in a bad situation under bad leadership.
Hope that I’ve helped you get it together on your way to leadership!
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9 Tips To Lead Employees Working Remotely
Working from home has become the norm in the last few weeks, and has allowed companies to remain competitive and productive.
Employees can now get work done, tend to personal obligations and spend more time with their families.
That being said, leaders have to maintain their objectives and keep an eye on their teams.
Wondering how to help establish remote working and lead your team from afar?
There are amazing benefits to having remote workers: you save money and office space, workers save time and energy from the commute.
It will certainly improve employee engagement and boost morale.
There are different ways that you can help establish remote working.
1. Make a general assessment
Each company has unique needs. Therefore, you first need to assess the needs and the equipments of your company.
Secondly, you need to assess the position and responsibility of the employee. The position needs to be suited for remote work. You may want to understand with whom they confer with, how long they work and what do they need to get work done.
2. Get to know your team
Should all employees be allowed to work remotely?
To allow employees to work from home, you have to know how well they produce work and how serious, disciplined, mature and autonomous they are.
Some employees may be new to the company, may need a lot of supervision, may have difficulty communicating from a distance or may not know how to balance their work and life.
You can put remote under a trial period to test their ability to produce quality work remotely.
3. Make sure you trust your team
Before sending them out to work remotely, you must be able to trust your team and know that they will be pulling their weight.
Remote workers are not that hard to supervise but it all depends on your level of trust.
4. Invest in new technology
In order for you to keep up with your remote team, you may need to invest in digital workspaces.
These workspaces will allow you to schedule meetings, share documents, set deadlines, give instructions, train your team, communicate securely with your team and track their individual progress.
5. Clarify goals
Information can easily get lost when you are working remotely.
It becomes important for you to clarify your objectives and ensure that your team understands what needs to be done.
This will make it easier for them to stay on task, for you to track their progress and to address any issues.
6. Create a structure around your team
Let your team know at what time and for which activities they need to be available.
Working from home provides great flexibility but remote workers may have to also obey a code of conduct, a dress code and fixed hours to keep them engaged and far from burning out.
7. Plan in person meetups
Remote workers can get lonely and lose touch with their organization.
They will even have more difficulty keeping up and communicating with your team in the office.
Therefore, it becomes detrimental to make yourself available to them, keep them in the loop, encourage communication and include them in meetings and all meetups.
8. Deal with the legal aspects
You have to make sure that your team agrees with requirements and conditions of working from home.
Their information and data must be protected and they have to be safe, insured and properly equipped.
9. Equip your team
Your team may need a computer, a dedicated office space, a better and protected internet connection.Overall, keep in mind that working remotely reduces the cost of operation.
Last Words Of Advice!
Productivity and work life balance have somewhat improved thanks to remote working. Employees are more and more looking for companies that can provide them with enough telecommuting.
However, just like working in a cubicle, remote working is not made for everybody and should not be imposed.
Some people enjoy human contact and others may want a better work-life balance but may suffer the consequences of working alone.
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