How Life & Business May Look Without Accountability

It is essential that when setting up accountability you cover these 3 simple, yet powerful questions:

1. What are you going to accomplish?
Make sure to get very specific.

2. By when will you complete this?
Date and Time.

3. What actions will you take to complete this?
You need to use your judgment here in terms of how specific this needs to be to ensure success.

4. How will I know it was completed?
There needs to be some follow-up process in place. What will the communication look like when the task/goal is completed? Email? Phone? A Report? Get specific.

These are questions you should ask yourself as well when setting any new task or goal!

How do you hold yourself accountable in your life or in your business?  What is accountability to you?  Where is it present and where does it not exist?  What is the impact in your life or your business if there is no accountability?

From my coaching perspective on accountability with my clients, it does not include judgement or blame.  If someone does not follow-through, I ask them what they took away from the experience and what they learned about themselves.  I help them uncover what prevented them from accomplishing a goal, so they can move forward more effectively next time. 

I help them learn to hold themselves accountable so that they can learn to self-manage.  I do help to hold my clients accountabile to their visions and goals, but I realize that the learning that takes place from the experience is what is most valuable.  Sometimes we uncover a new action that needs to take place to reach their commitments, or we find something that works great, and apply it to other areas of their business or life. 

It is also important to mention that with each client I partner with, we custuom design how much accountability is needed, and tweak it along the way for maximum results.

Think about ways that you can hold yourself accountable.  When you don’t complete a task or a goal, think about what stopped you or slowed you down.  Come up with solutions, so that going forward you can experience better results.

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Jeremy J. Ulmer, Professional Coach, Sales Coach, Sales Mentor, Business Coach, Life Coach