Is your Team Gathering Wood or Longing for the Sea?
"...teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
You may recall in a prior
newsletter I focused on the topic of Positive Accountability and the QBQ (Question Behind the Question). I also included
a link to an infographic that seemed to resonate with clients, perhaps because so many organizations are still figuring out how to approach this new hybrid work environment.
This prompted a few to reach out to me to discuss their unique needs, especially regarding issues that had recently surfaced in their employee engagement survey results. Based on our conversations, I designed and facilitated a series of customized workshops. For one group of 30 leaders, we held the workshops virtually over two half-day sessions. For another client, I am currently conducting in-person sessions for two full days, with the participant group expanding from senior leadership for the first workshop to including the next level of managers for the second.
We took a different approach to accountability for these workshops. In advance of the session, the managers completed the online Herrmann Brain Dominance (HBDI) assessment. We debriefed their results in the session, with each manager identifying their individual areas of strength and opportunities for development, specifically as it related to our topic of accountability.
It was important that we first focused these leaders on the positive impact of helping their team members to fully understand the purpose of their work - as
Simon Sinek says..."Finding their Why". With this as our foundation, we engaged these managers in learning and practicing the skills needed to successfully set clear expectations for their team - and then how to effectively hold them accountable. In HBDI language, we used a "Whole Brain" approach to accountability.
Do you need a little more information on accountability? I have written several blogs over the years on this topic, and I’d like to share just a few of them with you here:
FireFly's Links to Great Information on Accountability!
Is it time to look at how leadership and employee accountability is working in your organization? I invite you to reach out to me to discuss your needs - and let's explore together customizing a workshop for your unique situation.
It's always great to hear from you,
Kimberly
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