From the course: Holding Yourself Accountable
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Create systems for accountability success
From the course: Holding Yourself Accountable
Create systems for accountability success
- We've been talking about holding yourself accountable and the critical word here is yourself. There aren't external enforcement mechanisms or someone peering over your shoulder. This is about you taking charge of your professional life. So you'll need to create your own structures to make accountability possible. Here are a few possibilities for you to consider. One particularly effective strategy is to leverage a forcing mechanism. Let's say your boss has told you that in order to advance, you really need to step up your public speaking skills. You've decided to take this on and conquer it. You are going to be accountable. So how do you do it? One way is to make yourself do a challenging activity by agreeing to something you really can't back out of, for instance, that you'll speak at a conference or lead your team's presentation next month or be interviewed on the company podcast. Having that commitment on the calendar…
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