How Accountability Relates To Professionalism In The Workplace

Ever wondered what truly keeps an organization from failing miserably? The accountability of all of its parts. This value has been known to play a powerful part in both the way any individual’s career can be shaped, but also the way in which an organization operates. Heightened accountability is what keeps employees working to their highest output possibilities and helping their organizations increase their bottom line. This post will detail the ways in which accountability can impact a business at large.

While an inherent sense of accountability is highly sought after in potential employees, the truth is every manager should possess the skills necessary to keep their employees accountable and maintaining maximum efficiency. The problem is, nearly 80% of managers a ‘limited” success rate in holding their employees and peers accountable. How has this impacted their employees? Well, nearly nine in every ten employees have indicated that their organizations need to do a better job of prioritizing ways to hold staff accountable in a more productive way.

The managers of any business are often tasked with this challenge, but the truth is accountability starts at an even higher level within a business. Any organization’s culture, including the accountability aspects of it, stems from the executives and leaders of that organization. When leaders of a company demonstrate the level of accountability they want managers and employees to operate with, it becomes much easier for these managers and employees to follow in line.

How can these leaders go about simplifying this process? The first step is clearly defining the organization’s goals and expectations. This means that as soon as employees are brought on to a team for a role, their expectations are made clear. When these employees understand their tasks, it’s the job of managers to keep them motivated enough to accomplish them. The more leaders and managers are willing to explain, the more likely these employees are to understand how their role supports the overall success of the organization. This can contribute to enhanced productivity and satisfaction in their time at the organization.

While this level of communication is often only viewed as something offer-able by managers and company leaders, the truth is employees should be just as invited to share and communicate between their managers and leaders openly. The more communication between each level of an organization, the easier it becomes to make sure obstacles are being overcome and employees are fitting well into their roles.

Accountability stretching across an entire organization requires a full commitment into changing the way an organization may operate. It also means keeping feedback channels open for each level of an organization to provide input as to how they believe any process can be improved. For more information on how to keep employees engaged with this level of accountability, in addition to strategies to help improve your company culture, be sure to continue reading on to the infographic paired alongside this post. Courtesy of Minute7.