Encore Episode: Why Accountability Is Vital for Leaders [Podcast]

In this episode, Michele Cushatt and I discuss the topic of accountability in leadership. Most leaders avoid it. Real leaders embrace it.

The reason is that taking responsibility for your attitudes, actions, and overall results is tremendously liberating. Attempting to avoid accountability—playing the victim—keeps you stuck.

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Identify to whom are you accountable?

Use the pronoun I and own your results.

Be specific about your decisions and the outcomes.

Don’t wallow in remorse or self-pity.

Take actions to correct problems you create.

As a leader, when you make a mistake, own it. It will restore people’s confidence and increase your influence.

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Book: Love and Respect by Emerson Eggerichs

About Us

Michael Hyatt is the author of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller, Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World. Recognized by magazines like Forbes and Inc as an important online marketing and leadership expert, he’s also the founder of Platform University and 5 Days to Your Best Year Ever. Read more about him here.

Michele Cushatt is a popular speaker and author. Follow her on Facebook, Twitter, or her blog. She’s a three-time cancer survivor with a powerful, personal story. Listen to it here or read about it in her memoir, Undone: A Story of Making Peace with an Imperfect Life.

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