The balancing act of control can be elusive. One of my favorite articles read this year was Lori Deshene’s “50 Things You Can Control Right Now”. It was a rare gem I found on the Tiny Buddha Website. While there is much in the world out of our control, there are many things we can …
There are 3 Important Pillars in Teamwork: An Excerpt from The Serenity of Accountability by Tom Bandy “Remember teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability” ~Patrick Lencioni~ Teamwork Having a culture of accountability implies an organization that works together. Teamwork is the mechanism …
Simplifying management yields better results. Simple is better. Clarity with goals and current performance is a key to great results. Management is tasked to drive desired results. Management if full of challenges. By have a clear understanding of performance toward goal, the area of focus is easy to find. Finding and solving problems is time-consuming. …
The 6 Rights of Accountability make it easy and effective to get the results you want. Even better, teams respond well and enjoy their work. Great accountability occurs when a company is able to get it right. 1. Vision / Mission – Visions do not change very often, but the mission may change more often …
Accountability – Six Things to Get Right – Start with Vision. Your vision is the picture of your preferred future. Establishing the right vision for your company is the first of six critical ‘getting it right’ steps to achieve great accountability. Establishing the vision draws a clear picture that empowers a team to make decisions …
Accountability – Six Things to Get Right – 2. People. The Right Seat on the Bus is key to getting things right. How do you put the right person in the right seat? Everyone that hires and manages wants to have the perfect fit. There are two parts to it: the right people and the …
Accountability – Six Things to Get Right – 3. Process is one thing that everyone knows is important for someone else to do. It may be the most unglamorous part of business that gets more bang for the glory than anything else. Most business people know that creating a process is very important, but writing …
Accountability – Six Things to Get Right – 4. Begin with the End in Mind. When a company has the right vision, team and process, success is kinetically charged. This success can be many things but typically means increased sales, higher quality or higher profits. Defining that success specifically with dates and assignments is the …
Accountability – Six Things to Get Right – 5. Teamwork. Having a culture of accountability implies an organization that works together. Accountability while positive and productive is not the natural state of work. Teamwork is the mechanism that enables it to overcome individual limitations and fears to produce results that cannot be achieved otherwise. It …
Accountability – Six Things to Get Right – 6 – Tracking. Tracking is last of the six items. It measure progress towards goals. Goals are measured to determine success. They expose actions and results. The assessment of goals judges the level of success. It tells us where we are and where we need to go. …
Preliminary results regarding how long companies have been tracking their KPI’s are in. The BandyWorks Tracking Key Performance Indicators survey is still active. This survey will collect information on how companies are using KPI’s for tracking and accountability. Please spend 2-3 minutes to take the survey and see the full results! This survey has closed. …
With Accountability, consequence versus punishment is the key to success. The toughest part about accountability is applying consequences when performance is not as desired. There comes a point when there has to be a negative consequence. If done correctly, such a point only comes when shared expectations were not met and the responsible party had …