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Strengthen Your Brand with a Culture of Accountability

 

Your brand is one of your most valuable assets, and a culture of accountability can help you protect it.

Your brand is one of your most valuable assets, and a culture of accountability is going to help you protect it. A brand is a promise, and you need to remember who you’re ultimately accountable to. Ignoring that bond of trust between you and that final accountable party, whether it’s a patient or a customer, is going to damage your brand.

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What Investors are REALLY Listening For

Keep these three things in mind when preparing your next pitch.

Today’s guest post is by Donna Griffit, author of Sticking To My Story: The Alchemy Of Storytelling For Startups (CLICK HERE to get your copy).

Startups spend A LOT of time tweaking their pitch, their numbers, and (they should be tweaking) their story before meeting investors. Often, though, they miss out on a huge opportunity – how to speak to what investors really listen for.

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How easily distracted are you and your team from pursuing key priorities?

Our reader poll today asks: How easily distracted are you and your team from pursuing key priorities?

Not at all — we consistently stay focused on top priorities and never get distracted 12.85%Somewhat — we generally stay focused and on task but get distracted occasionally 60.55%Very — distractions tend to be more frequent and hinder focusing on priorities 21.10%Exceedingly — we truly struggle to focus on what’s important 5.5%

Focus, focus, focus.

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Creating a Culture of Accountability

Learn how to create a culture of accountability by establishing a set of principles for how you want your teams to behave.

Once you understand your accountabilities as a leader and you’ve clearly defined them for the members of your team, you need to start thinking about the broader organization, and how you can create a culture of accountability.

Culture is nothing more than the sum of our daily actions. 

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Timing Is Key: When to Intervene in a Conflict

 

Learn how to address conflict in your organization to make it a net positive.

Today’s guest post is by Beth Fisher-Yoshida, Ph.D, author of New Story, New Power: A Woman’s Guide to Negotiation (CLICK HERE to get your copy).

Whether we like it or not, conflict is a part of life. It appears in our workplaces in a variety of ways, from slight disagreements to full-blown brawls.

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How deliberate are you about applying change management practices when your team faces a large change?

Our reader poll today asks: How deliberate are you about applying change management practices when your team faces a large change?

Very: I put a lot of effort into managing the change and dealing with change issues 46.47%Somewhat: I apply change management practices for big and important changes 46.46%Not very: I infrequently apply change management practices in the face of change 5.05%Not at all: I’m not sure what good change management practices even look like 2.02%

Change doesn’t happen on its own.

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Modeling the Right Behaviors for Your Team

Learn why modeling accountability is essential for leaders, and how it can strengthen team culture by creating a transparent and supportive environment.

As a leader, you need to model the behaviors that you want from your team members. People watch a leader’s every move. Setting that example is a critical element of modeling accountability and creating the right culture on your team. The words you use. When you say I versus we.

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When You’re Overwhelmed, I Want You to Picture Balloons

By talking through our day-to-day concerns, we can uncover the mechanisms at work behind our thoughts, actions, and patterns. When we gain internal clarity, the weather has a way of clearing up. 

Today’s guest post is by Rachel Rider, author of Who You Are is How You Lead (CLICK HERE to get your copy).

“Rachel, I don’t even know where to begin. I’m totally overwhelmed.”

This was the first thing out of my client Thalia’s mouth.

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Which of these approaches best describes how you develop your people?

Our reader poll today asks: Which of these approaches best describes how you develop your people?

I’m a coach: I guide them to coming up with their own answers 37.44%I’m a mentor: I share my experiences so they can learn from them 37.44%I’m a trainer: I walk them through skills step by step to help them grow 14.78%I’m a manager: I tell them the task and standards and correct as needed 7.39%I don’t use any of these approaches 2.95%

Coaches and Mentors First.

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From Accountable to Responsible

 

Learn why it’s important for your team to understand the difference between accountability and responsibility.

It’s important to understand the difference between accountability and responsibility. Accountability is an external force. It’s where a leader imposes consequences for failing to meet obligations or offers rewards if you do meet them. Responsibility is internal. It’s being able to be trusted to do what’s right when you’re not being watched. 

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