Accountability and You: Are You Meeting the
Challenge?
What exactly does it
mean to be accountable?
Accountable: adj. – The obligation
of an individual to account for his/her activities, accept responsibility for
them and to disclose the results in a transparent manner – (www.businessdictionary.com)
In simple terms, being
accountable involves:
> Accepting responsibility for your actions
> Being answerable for the outcomes
> Taking ownership of your mistakes
Being accountable usually
doesn’t come easy for anyone and it takes practice. However, learning to be
accountable is highly beneficial and with time anyone can improve. Consider the
following:
Accountability is closely
linked with enhancing the following positive life benefits:
Trust
Successful
relationships
Security
Teamwork
Leadership
Confidence
Achievement
of goals
To put it in perspective,
think of the kind of person who you would want as a leader – Wouldn’t you want
that person to be accountable for his or her actions? If you were assembling a
team of some kind, wouldn’t you desire the members of that team to all be
accountable? Accountability leads to
success
Avoiding accountability by making
excuses, blaming, lying, etc. is taking the short term easy way out when a
problem arises. Facing your problems, mistakes, and challenges by being
accountable is a path toward long term success.
Opening thoughts for self-examination:
Which way do you lean when it comes to accountability?
> Point fingers or provide
answers?
> Work hard or whine?
> Accept or accuse?
> Face the facts or flee?
> Confront challenges or
criticize?
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Also view: Accountability Self Examination Worksheet
Also view: Accountability Self Examination Worksheet
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