How well do you define accountabilities when the team is listing out all the work that needs to get done but no names are being put next to the tasks?

Our reader poll today asks: How well do you define accountabilities when the team is listing out all the work that needs to get done but no names are being put next to the tasks?

Extremely well: We don’t end the conversation until there’s a name next to every item 31.29%Very well: We resolve most accountabilities immediately but some slip by 27.61%Well: The important items have accountabilities identified but I let the smaller ones sort themselves out 22.70%Not well: Only the most important tasks get defined and others tend to languish without owners 15.34% Poorly: I have a really hard time assigning people’s names to tasks 3.06%

Naming names.

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