Tag: accountability

How do I: deal with accountability

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Accountability is a two-way street.

At least one group is held accountable for deliverables and another group is following up and holding them accountable.

If you take responsibility or you are assigned responsibility, you need to own that responsibility and be accountable for it. No excuses.

When you begin, you ask as many questions that come to mind as you need answers to. The only reasons you will not get answers are if it is a test or if there are no answers yet.

If you are accountable to yourself, set smart goals, share your goals with other people so they hold you accountable for that goal. This will also help with follow up.

If you are ask/assign/hire/contract someone to do something and they accept, you can hold them accountable. Part of that acceptance should be a timeline of when deliverables are due. Deadlines can be set. It is not a matter of whether they hold themselves accountable or not.

See Extreme Ownership for more references on accountability:

How Do I: work remotely now and into the future

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Raju Panjwani interviewed Henrik de Gyor about remote work for his show: BOLD CONSCIOUS CONNECTIONS. We talk about some insights about remote work and address some elephants in the room like RTO.

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How do I: Start a mastermind group

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After reading Eric Moeller‘s book Levelling Up: The Complete Guide to Starting a Mastermind Group, I started several virtual masterminds:

Writers’ Mastermind Group

A group of writers who all have the common goal of completing their own book project and self-publishing it before Thanksgiving.

I had the idea of having a group of writers who want to complete a book and then pushed them forward (including myself as a peer) with:

  • Creating a daily habit of writing – a manageable 30 minutes every day
  • Holding weekly accountability sessions online for peer accountability and peer support over the summer. This changed to meeting twice a month in the Fall due to other meetings for the same group.
  • Setting realistic goals for each of us (example: write 1 page per day) and declare them
  • Share online resources for design, editing, layout, self-publishing, and other helpful tips to accomplish the ultimate mastermind group goals

Started with an online survey in June to have writers opt-in with qualifying questions.

Two weeks later, I followed up with a scheduled Q&A session via group Zoom call for those already committed and anyone on the fence. Locked in the group that night and we got started. No more procrastination.

We wrote during July, August, and September. Then we had the books edited in October. Pushed for cover designs, formatting, layout, and marketing.

Pushed to finish their book projects and ready to publish in late November.

Podcasting Mastermind Group

During the summer, I also started a mastermind for podcasting with a few podcasters.

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