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Personal Accountability

The Power of Building Accountable Teams for Excellent Performance

April 18, 2022 By EMI

This is a guest post by Jeff Perry, MBA

When executives are asked what leadership skills they wish their leaders were better at, one of the most common responses is the ability to hold their people accountable. This indicates a red flag, as it is an indicator that the organization as a whole is not very accountable. Rather than a focus on holding others accountable, we should instead be making the shift toward developing people who are accountable.

accountable teams

Wait, What Do You Mean?

Let me explain myself by asking a few simple questions for you to ponder:

  • How would you describe someone who is accountable?
  • How do we hold someone else accountable?
  • How do we hold ourselves accountable?

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Filed Under: Blog, Leadership/Management Tagged With: Building Accountable Teams, collective success, developing people who are accountable, Excellent Performance, hold ourselves accountable, holding others accountable, Jeff Perry, leadership skills, Make assignments, Personal Accountability, Publicize team goals, team achievement, understand the goals of others, what accountability looks like

Personal Accountability is the Foundation of all Success

April 10, 2018 By EMI

Personal Accountability“John, you cannot speak and train on ‘ personal accountability.’ It’s not a topic.” I was told that in April 1995. After a decade of selling and implementing leadership and sales training systems in the corporate world, though, I knew this:

Personal accountability is the foundation of all success.

Period.

So I began marketing myself as a speaker on “Personal Accountability and the QBQ!” What is QBQ!? Well, it’s a book that’s sold 1.5 million copies, but more critically, it’s a methodology for eliminating some very human traps:

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Filed Under: Blog, Personal Development and Professionalism Tagged With: Blame and finger-pointing, communication, human traps, John G. Miller, mistakes, negativity, Personal Accountability, procrastination, QBQ, Success, Victim and entitlement thinking

TECC 168: Personal Accountability Starts with the Question Behind the Question

February 6, 2018 By EMI

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Personal Accountability Starts with the Question Behind the Question

TECC 168: Personal Accountability Starts with the Question Behind the Question

In this episode, I talk with John G. Miller about Personal Accountability and his bestselling book entitled QBQ! The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability at Work and in Life.  Miller has spent many years speaking to thousands of professionals on how they can become more accountable in their careers and lives.

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Filed Under: Personal Development and Professionalism, TECC Podcast-The Engineering Career Coach Podcast Tagged With: Accountability, blame, finger pointing, John Miller, myths of accountability, Organizations, Personal Accountability, procrastination, QBQ, Question Behind the Question, victim thinking

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