Author: Dave Guerra

YOU DO HAVE CONTROL ON HOW OTHERS HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE

As the main topic has been ACCOUNTABILITY, HOW TO HOLD YOURSELF ACCOUNTABLE, HOLDING OTHERS ACCOUNTABLE but there is another side to that coin. OTHERS WILL HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE & YOU WILL HAVE VERY LITTLE TO NO CONTROL OVER HOW OR WHY THEY DO SO. 

Knowing that you cannot change people (their behavior) you can change people (move them out of your life) because of their negativity, how they choose to treat you, or whatever the reason. What that reason may be, you have the ability to control that aspect of any relationship. 

If it is not working out then YES, you can make that change. While you can try to motivate them, inspiring them but you cannot dictate to them because they ARE holding you to a standard that they have not shared with you.

People will hold you accountable for an action or words spoken that you have absolutely NO CLUE (BECAUSE WE DO NOT READ MINDS) what that standard or expectation may be. Yet, they will hold you to and then blame you for not meeting their expectations or standard. How is that fair? It is not fair.

Therefore, you can change people. Remember, you are only as good as you tolerate. Stop tolerating their negative behavior and they will soon find someone else who will ignorantly accept that kind of behavior in their lives. Stop feeding the negative and soon they will go find someone else to feed off of and drain them of their positive energy. 

Current and Future Leaders, it is your responsibility to make things right in your life first. If others do not like it, well that’s on them. You can only control yourself, your actions, your words, and what you are willing to tolerate from others especially when they do NOT want to be held accountable but have absolutely no problem holding you to the perverted sense of what is accountability and what they expect of you all the while never communicating that expectation or standard.

Time to cast away the lines that have been holding you down and GOOD RIDDANCE!

REMEMBER: ACTION is ALWAYS greater than WORDS

Get to work,

David Guerra, MBA

author THE WALKING LEADER

Today, I am talking about BIAS.

Everyone has bias. Every single person on this planet has bias towards or against something or someone. If you say you do not then I am calling you a damn liar! Seriously, we all do. However, to become the leader we always wanted to follow, we must learn to control that bias.

Current and Future Leaders, we must work long and hard to ensure that they can make decisions that impact individuals and/or the entire team without letting the biases creep in. To be a fair, equitable, just and authentic leader you must control those biases and not let them influence your decision making.

It may be difficult to do so at first, but those leaders that care about others before they care about what  is in it for themselves will see minimizing the bias as what must be done. 

Sadly, those individuals that would rather half-ass their way towards a “position of power” will see minimizing the bias as an option. An option they would rather not utilize.

Thus taking the high road means controlling and curtailing your bias and your position as a fair and impartial leader not be too far behind.

REMEMBER: ACTION is ALWAYS greater than WORDS

Get to work,

David Guerra, MBA

author THE WALKING LEADER

HOLDING OTHERS ACCOUNTABLE

Long before you even consider holding others accountable for their actions, you must be the leader that knows, understands, and will do everything within their power to make certain others know the standard, understand the standard, and also know that others are NOT mind readers.

Until you set the standard and lead by example with the standard then share that standard and set the expectations based on that standard. 

Failing to do all three, you cannot under any circumstance truly hold anyone accountable because you have failed to either:

1. Clearly define the set standard/expectation

2. Followed up to ensure that the standard/expectation is 100% understood

3. Know they are not mind readers and even if it means repeating #1 & #2 over and over again you will do so

COLD, HARD TRUTH ALERT: If for any reason you are NOT holding yourself accountable to the same standard/expectation you are setting for others please know you are WRONG!

Remember: ACTION IS ALWAYS GREATER THAN WORDS!

Get to work,

David Guerra, MBA

author THE WALKING LEADER