Hold Your Team Accountable Without Being a Helicopter Manager
Everyone is accountable, not just a leader.
Do you feel like you have to hover over your team?
Leading a team is sometimes a work for a herding dog. You need to gather, herd, and protect your team.
On top, you need to monitor almost every detail of their work, and frequently intervene in tasks or decisions because otherwise, the needle does not move.
Exhausting.
When the lack of accountability creeps into your team, someone has to do it. Sadly, people quickly get used to it and let leaders make decisions and count them for mistakes.
You don’t want that.
People should feel accountable and not rely on managers as the go-to problem-solvers. You get four strategies to do something about it.
1. Define clear roles and responsibilities
Do you know this saying: “When everyone is responsible, no one is accountable?”
I often think about it when multiple people work on the same thing. Personalities clash. Roles in team clash. Who makes decisions?
Imagine your work is a pool. To enjoy swimming, you want clear and clean water and lines. So, you can do your routine without…
