We just had a training with Skimmer last week with over 120 registrations called,
“How to Have Hard Conversations And Build Resilient Teams”

Because so many of you requested additional tips on how to increase employee follow through during your busy season… I decided to share 1 tip every couple of days to support you. 

Please respond to each post and let me know how these resonate for you… And to also share your thoughts on what IS working for you as well!

1 (out of 6) little known tips to boosting employee follow through
 

MANY LEADERS, from large organizations to small businesses, often feel uncomfortable holding their employees and team members accountable for results.

As a leader, I have discovered that to hold others accountable, I must also hold myself accountable. That means I am actively looking at my results, or lack thereof.

I view the world of results as a big mirror that reflects my own real intentions, both conscious and unconscious. Because I am highly committed to winning, I am keenly interested in my blind spots. I look at what’s working and what’s not, giving each due consideration.

When I’m being accountable, I am holding nothing back. I am living in the question, “In what way am I showing up that’s creating these results I’m seeing in my business?” In that question, I include everyone and everything in my business AND my life.

In other words, when results are not occurring in the way I wanted, I am looking at my own unconscious way of showing up and interacting in my business. I want to see how these beliefs, assumptions, assessments and attitudes are contributing to difficult situations or challenging individuals/employees.

Being accountable is taking ownership of difficult situations with people or circumstances, even though I may have had nothing to do with the origins. Claiming ownership lets me master and overcome situations with which I am confronted. LEARNED ABOUT BEING A POWERFUL LEAL OTHERS ACCOUNTABLE

1. FOCUS ON CLEANING UP YOUR OWN ACT FIRST.

I reflect and identify those areas in my business and personal life where I have broken agreements or promises. I make a list of relationships where I experience a loss of energy, where I haven’t claimed ownership over how I am contributing to the strained relationship or challenging situation.

For instance, when an employee says they’ll do something by a certain
time and I notice they didn’t, integrity is missing on my part — and I experience a loss of power as an owner, manager or team member. It’s then I realize my power comes from operating with integrity.

People’s lives are often run by their own reasonableness: “I was late because of the dog, the bridge or the traffic.” Integrity at its core means honoring one’s word and commitments. Integrity is the willingness to do what you said you would do. It includes communicating if I am not going to deliver on a promise; taking responsibility for the consequences of my broken promise; and helping clean up any mess I made because I did not honor my word.

Please share your thoughts and comments below… 
How might you integrate this tip?
What might hold you back from integrating it?
How might things change for the better during your busy season if you were to integrate this tip?

I’d love to hear from you!