CULTURE MOMENT: 8 Ways to Improve Accountability in Your Team

Managing a team is difficult, although building a high performing team is even harder. One key skill that high performing teams have in common is that they hold themselves accountable, both as individuals and as a team. Great managers should know how to build a culture of accountability. Here are eight team accountability exercises to start now:

1. Set clear expectations, and document them
2. Make everyone responsible for team meeting agendas
3. Assign tasks to individuals
4. Follow up
5. Adopt an “embrace mistakes” mantra– own mistakes and move on
6. Make sure to articulate the consequences when something doesn’t get done
7. Reward wins
8. Practice what you preach

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