Title: Why Is Accountability Important in the Workplace?
Headings: Why Is Accountability Important in the Workplace?
Why Is Accountability Important in the Workplace?
Article highlights
Definition of Accountability
Barriers to Accountability in the Workplace
Benefits of Accountability
Builds trust
Improved performance
Strengthens culture
Better compliance
Getting Started
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Content: It’s just as important to recognize and reward employees who follow guidelines, act appropriately, and meet or exceed expectations. As the Forbes article points out, “Clear expectations for everyone on the team coupled with an understanding of accountability for their performance are the key ingredients to improving confidence, morale, and production within the team.” It helps to look at employee accountability as two sides of the same coin. It takes everyone to achieve organizational accountability and it also belongs to everyone in the organization. This accountability mentality boosts performance at the individual, team, and organizational levels. Strengthens culture
According to an article in Forbes, a lack of accountability “can have a snowball effect throughout the team.” When you embed accountability into the fabric of your company, you make accountability everyone’s responsibility by “establishing meaningful goals and team buy-in, building trust through support and encouragement, empowering everyone on the team and celebrating successes together.” Author Pete Lowe echoes this point in HRD Connect, writing, “When an organization’s culture is embedded in honesty and integrity it enables people to acknowledge mistakes without fear of blame and to work with the team to reflect, learn and move forward positively.” It takes a consistent effort, starting from the top, to strengthen company culture. And it requires an honest assessment of what’s working and what’s not.