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Create Commitment: 12 Habits to Build Agreement and Accountability

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Hold Others Accountable: Practice peer-to-peer check-ins and closure Habit: When people don’t follow through, I follow up with them. Look at the research about high-performing teams and one universal characteristic jumps out. Related Article: Great Teams Hold One Another Accountable (You Can Too). They work at it.

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How to Build a High-Performing Team: Ten Vital Conversations

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Invest One Hour a Month to Help Your Team Perform Even Better. Every truly high-performing team has one thing in common: They spend time in candid conversation talking about what’s working and consistently look for ways to improve. Here are ten important questions to start with when building a high-performing team.

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How to Be a Better Manager of Managers (let’s talk about accountability)

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If your managers of managers are struggling to hold their teams accountable, dig a level deeper into the root cause This Asking for a Friend question came in from a manager of managers in one of our executive development programs. How do I get Sue to hold her team accountable, without micromanaging? But she’s got a weak team.

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Why So Many Managers Tolerate Poor Performance (and what to do instead)

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Do You Tolerate Poor Performance or Let the Slackers Slide? Have you ever found yourself reluctant to hold an employee accountable because you worry they will leave or quiet quit? Or you let a performance issue fester for fear of not being liked? How to Be Okay When It’s Time to Fire a Poor Performer 3.

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How to Reset Performance Expectations for Better Results

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The start of the year is the perfect time to reset and refresh performance expectations. Outstanding performance starts with clear performance expectations —a shared understanding of what success looks like. The new year is the perfect time to reset and refresh performance expectations. “But they SHOULD know better!”

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Maximizing Teams Performance and Collaboration

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Team’s Performance and Collaboration. He mentioned, “The bigger the team, the better performance”. As a result, he dedicates himself to searching for a solution to improve the team’s performance. When the team was reduced to four members, he observed that the amount of communication within the team increased.

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Ten Common Mistakes New Managers Make

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Here are the common mistakes new managers make: Avoid Accountability Conversations. Avoid accountability conversations. In the meantime, poor performance or toxic behavior continues and becomes the norm. What to do: Address poor performance and disruptive behavior as soon as it happens. Favor Friends and Former Peers.