Accountability

- The only way to ensure your initiatives get completed … is to hold people accountable. … Every single initiative on your prioritization list … should have a very clear initiative owner. … One person you can hold accountable … for delivering results on that project. … You'll need appropriate reporting and metrics … to be able to tell is the initiative on track or not. … If an initiative is scheduled to deliver say, … a million dollars by the end of the year, … and by June you're at 50,000, you should probably know that … as soon as possible … so you can take appropriate corrective action … to get that initiative back on track. … The reporting and metrics … are a critical element of driving accountability. … And those initiative owners must be held accountable … for managing the plans and delivering results. … If they're not delivering, you as their leader … need to find out why. … And if they need resources, your job is to provide them. … If they're not meeting expectations, … they need your guidance and coaching and counseling …