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APRIL 21, 2023

If your managers of managers are struggling to hold their teams accountable, dig a level deeper into the root cause This Asking for a Friend question came in from a manager of managers in one of our executive development programs. How do I get Sue to hold her team accountable, without micromanaging? But she’s got a weak team.

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MAY 5, 2025

Before you make a request or recommendation, ask yourself: What results is my manager accountable for? What does my manager seem most accountable for? This approach, called two-level thinking , helps you align your communication with organizational priorities. What is their manager focused on? What goals do they need to achieve?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 23, 2023

Compassionate Accountability: A Key Ingredient of Human-Centered Leadership Today on #AskingforaFriend I talk with Nate Regier, Ph.D. How do we provide compassionate accountability? Nate shares some of his practical leadership advice from his new book Compassionate Accountability. I wonder, have you ever felt this way?

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Are we closing the loop with both celebration and accountability ? Do we practice direct, timely accountability? During these sessions, be prepared to either celebrate success or have an accountability conversation. But commitment isnt simply an act of willpower. Either way, focus on lessons learned for the future.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 21, 2025

The importance of follow-through: using celebration and accountability to reinforce trust and keep momentum. 10:35) The episode introduces two powerful strategies for reinforcing a trust culture: celebration and accountability. 12:43) David concludes with advice on practicing accountability in building a trust culture.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 17, 2025

A proven feedback and accountability system to celebrate wins, improve teamwork, and sustain momentum over time. Building Momentum Through Habits and Accountability [00:13:08] – The Power of Habits for Long-Term Success Habits drive consistent performance. Dont waitstart promoting productivity today!

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 11, 2025

Plus, have the right conversations to inspire trust, productivity, and accountability. David explains how leaders must embrace accountability even when it risks relationships. [04:40] A new peer group offers perspective, guidance, and accountability. Protecting the team dynamic is key to boosting teamwork long-term. [13:50]

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Key takeaway: Asking the right questions to verify understanding fosters clarity, accountability, and trust. This episode resonated by providing a straightforward, transformative toolchecking for understandingthat helps eliminate communication gaps, ensuring alignment and productivity. Thank you for being part of our community this year.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Ensure every executive team member team has a practical plan to model, communicate, and build a cadence of accountability and celebration around those habits. Encourage them to notice and celebrate the habits and behaviors in one another (and to hold one another accountable when they don’t). Ensure that they notice you noticing.

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International Coach Academy

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Use accountability partners to maintain focus S Style: “Others vs. Self” Trap : Neglecting personal priorities in favor of others, leading to burnout. Consider pairing them with accountability buddies to enhance commitment. Shift Strategy : Develop a “Finish First” mindset by prioritizing one task at a time and setting deadlines.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 7, 2025

Thats not politicsits accountability. Since Im accountable for this piece, Id love to be more involved earlierwhats the best way to make that easier for you? But heres the truth: if youre responsible for delivering a part of the work, you need visibility into the decisions that shape it.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 15, 2022

A-Accountability. Take accountability. ” When giving your boss bad news, we encourage you to “ditch the diaper genie,” disclose the situation, take accountability and work to make it right. It’s WAY better for your boss to hear the bad news from you FIRST. Not from their boss. Not from social media.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

How will we hold one another accountable (with compassion)? How will we hold one another accountable (with compassion)? It’s easy to think about accountability as your job as the manager. But the truth is, the highest-performing teams hold one another accountable. . How can we build deeper trust and connection?

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 28, 2021

Accountability Czar. Fostering a sense of accountability isn’t just about holding your employees accountable. It starts with you acting like an owner and holding yourself accountable, as well as holding senior managers accountable. Intrapreneur.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 13, 2022

Lack of accountability. For example, if you’re an ace at coaching and accountability conversations, and you tend to see everything through that lens, you will miss opportunities to help a low-confidence team build their belief in their own ability. Lack of Accountability. Unclear definition of success. Be a chokepoint.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

They don’t set the strategic priorities, but they’re accountable for getting it done—often without the influence to ensure they have all the resources they need. Middle managers lead in a precarious situation. And, every day, their teams look to them for support, […].

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Close the Loop with Celebration and Accountability. For example, in a particular role, you might have categories like: document accounts, respond to inquiries, and complete research for proposals. Close the Loop with Celebration and Accountability. Respond with Proportion. Identify Routine Tasks to Schedule the Finish.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Bonus networking points if you find an accountability partner you did not know before and schedule a 15 and 30-day check-in to talk about how it’s going. You will be able to measure how it worked. Then make a plan. What’s the experiment, what will you do, how will you measure? Your turn. I would love to hear from you.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Reinforce success through consistent messaging, accountability, and celebration. 12:05] – Why Celebration and Accountability Go Hand in Hand One of the most overlooked leadership challenges? Learn how to balance celebration and accountability to keep your team engaged and motivated. [14:22] Failing to follow through.

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International Coach Academy

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Public servants work in highly complex and regulated environments, often characterized by bureaucratic hurdles, politically sensitive minefields, and accountability-driven structures that can be quite challenging. Government officials (target market) face more issues than a broken photocopier on deadline day. What was happening here?

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 21, 2025

Who will be held accountable for outcomes even if they werent consulted? Others move forward without the context they need, and collaboration gets replaced by cleanup. Who needs to know it? Connection + Commitment) Think beyond your immediate team. Whos connected to this work? Example: Suppose your product team finalizes a feature change.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 4, 2024

You might make the mistake I (David) made when I was so grateful for volunteers that I didn’t hold them accountable for their work. Commitment Commitment and accountability tell your volunteers that their work matters. When you schedule the finish, you bake accountability into the team’s work from the start. That’s risky too.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 18, 2024

14:22] Addressing Intentional Misunderstandings Some team members may intentionally avoid understanding to escape accountability. This summary explains how to use communication skills to address and coach through these scenarios, ensuring accountability across the board. [15:23]

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 9, 2025

Watch a vague great conversation become a concrete, scheduled taskcomplete with accountability. Youll learn how to build clarity, feasibility, and follow-through into every action. [06:11] 06:11] Example: from fuzzy idea to calendar event. How to Apply Work-Life Balance in Your Real Leadership Moments [06:56] Competing priorities?

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 2, 2025

This accountability checkpoint leads to significantly improved productivity across teams. [12:56] Setting a finish line brings focus and urgency, directly fueling improved productivity. [10:16] 10:16] Schedule the Finish One of the most powerful tools: schedule a meeting to receive the completed task. 14:24] Replace Hows It Going?

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International Coach Academy

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Public servants work in highly complex and regulated environments, often characterized by bureaucratic hurdles, politically sensitive minefields, and accountability-driven structures that can be quite challenging. Government officials (target market) face more issues than a broken photocopier on deadline day. What was happening here?

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 17, 2025

Think about communication, responsiveness, meeting etiquette, and accountability. Brainstorm Key Habits List the most important professional habits and behaviors that will help your team thrive.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 3, 2022

In a recent Asking for a Friend interview about compassionate accountability, Dr. Nate Regier takes us back to the root of the word compassion: “to struggle with.” Hold accountability conversations. So today, we’re sharing practical ways to nurture these leadership values on your team. Compassion.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 28, 2025

This ensures accountability and real follow-through. Clarify who owns the decision Clearly state how the decision will be made (e.g., one person decides, group consensus, or vote) to avoid frustration and confusion. End with commitments and next steps Close every meeting by answering three questions: Who will do what? And how will we know?

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 27, 2024

This collaborative approach ensures mutual accountability and a clear path forward. [13:07] help leaders avoid assumptions and find real solutions. [11:16] 11:16] – Addressing Complaints Together Learn when and how to bring multiple parties together to resolve conflict.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Operational tactics (looking at the ground beneath your feet) include clear communication, a shared understanding of success, healthy professional relationships, and consistent accountability. Do you and your team hold one another accountable for commitments? Do you acknowledge and celebrate success?

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 27, 2025

And once youve talked them through, you can teach them, reinforce them, and hold each other accountable. Whats our process when emotions are running high? These are the kinds of norms that make it into your Couth Code.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 21, 2023

If you’re reading this, it sounds like you’re feeling a bit frustrated and stuck, because your well-intentioned accountability conversations aren’t fixing a repeated issue. Method of Advanced Accountability is a popular technique in our foundational leadership development programs. Here’s how.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Practice Celebration and Accountability. Practice celebration and accountability. The answer to this question comes through both celebration and accountability. And practice accountability. Accountability tells everyone that their work matters. Start with Shared Purpose. Be Real and Transparent.

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