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Top-Down Accountability
Learn what it means to lead with accountabilityPreview the first lesson free — get full access to all 5 lessons.
Advanced Provider : Erin Shankie 5 Lessons · 11m in Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese
Course Description
Accountability is a necessary leadership skill that requires responsibility for your words, choices, and actions. As a leader within a business environment, it’s important to not only understand what accountability is, but how to practice it daily. Leading with accountability includes modeling accountability to your team members to assist in learning and developing accountability skills. This requires ongoing communication and feedback, as well as maintaining an accountable culture for your team. What methods can you use to get there?
In these lessons on Top-Down Accountability, you’ll learn how to imbue your organization with the shared value of responsibility. To adopt the right mindset for accountability, first you’ll learn what accountability looks like in a corporate leadership setting. You’ll discover how you can set an expectation of reliability by modeling positive habits in front of your employees, and how these attitudes can increase your team’s productivity.
What You'll Learn
- Describe what accountability looks like in a corporate leadership setting
- Demonstrate accountability by modeling positive, reliable habits in front of your team
- Adopt the right mindset for leading with accountability
- Build and maintain an accountable culture through ongoing communication and feedback
- Recognize the limits to accountability
Key Takeaways
- Accountability is a leadership skill that requires taking responsibility for your words, choices, and actions.
- Leading with accountability includes modeling accountability so team members can learn and develop the skill themselves.
- Maintaining an accountable culture relies on ongoing communication and feedback.
- Setting an expectation of reliability by modeling positive habits can increase a team's productivity.
- Accountability has limits that leaders should recognize.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this course for?
It is designed for leaders within a business environment who want to understand accountability and how to practice it daily, including modeling it for their team members.
What will I learn in Top-Down Accountability?
You will learn to describe accountability, demonstrate accountability, and recognize the limits to accountability, including what accountability looks like in a corporate leadership setting and how to set an expectation of reliability by modeling positive habits.
How is the course structured?
The course includes the lessons Introduction, The Accountable Mindset, Demonstrating Accountability, Limits to Accountability, and a Test Your Knowledge section.
What skills does this course cover?
It covers skills including Accountability, Cash Accountability, Motivational Leadership, Organizational Learning, the Principal Officials Accountability System, and Social Accountability.
