{"id":11323,"date":"2019-09-26T08:57:28","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T12:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/?p=11323"},"modified":"2021-10-14T21:39:07","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T21:39:07","slug":"being-truly-accountable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/2019\/09\/26\/being-truly-accountable\/","title":{"rendered":"Being Truly Accountable"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.\u2014John Maxwell<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We all make mistakes; sadly, all too often that includes justifying why we did (or said) what we did. And to make us feel better, we self rationalize why we did it, and add &#8220;why&#8221; and &#8220;however&#8221; to what we\u2019re saying in hopes of lessening our error.\u00a0 Wrong!<\/p>\n<p>Why is being accountable so difficult? Maybe because we don\u2019t want to look bad? Because we fear others may lose their appreciation for us? That we\u2019re unable to be vulnerable since relationships and maybe even job security could be impacted?<\/p>\n<p>The reality is pretty much the opposite. We need to realize that the lack of accountability does not serve us well. We lose the trust of others, we sever relationships, we get avoided, we get labeled, and team morale is diminished when lack of accountability is not addressed.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t make excuses, don\u2019t ignore that an error has occurred (or that you dropped the ball), and don\u2019t point fingers. If you erred \u2013 own it and learn from it. This builds levels of trust, helps with integrity, and earns respect.<\/p>\n<p>Author John G. Miller shares what truly accountable people freely disclose:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>I did it.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>I was wrong.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>It\u2019s my fault.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>I shouldn\u2019t have said that.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>I shouldn\u2019t have done that.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>I&#8217;m sorry.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>I will change today.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Do you consider yourself truly accountable? Do you struggle using the phrases listed above?<\/p>\n<p>Owning up to our mistakes takes courage, it isn\u2019t easy, and our pride may suffer, but in the long run it will help us become stronger, more effective, and appreciated.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I just think we need more accountability and more transparency.<br \/>\n\u2014John Thune<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.\u2014John Maxwell We all make mistakes; sadly, all too often that includes justifying why we did (or said) what we did. And to make us feel better, we self rationalize why we did it, and add &#8220;why&#8221; and &#8220;however&#8221; to what we\u2019re saying in hopes of lessening our error.\u00a0[&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[80],"class_list":["post-11323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-leadership","tag-accountability"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11323\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peopletekcoaching.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}