{"id":629,"date":"2008-03-26T04:06:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-26T04:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/why-leaders-mus\/"},"modified":"2008-03-26T04:06:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-26T04:06:00","slug":"why-leaders-mus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/why-leaders-mus\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Leaders Must Hold Their Followers Accountable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier we spoke of how leaders must love people.&nbsp; It&#8217;s a very true statement.&nbsp; Leaders must also hold their followers accountable.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Holding another human being accountable (expecting an outcome and carrying out a consequence for the behavior manifested) is tough.&nbsp; Many leaders avoid this like a plague.&nbsp; The best leaders see accountability as an integral part of wanting the best for those that follow.&nbsp; They also know the follower won&#8217;t grow without accountability.<\/p>\n<p>As I outline some solid reasons for holding followers, in career and out, accountable, please remember that motivations are everything.&nbsp; If you&#8217;re not really for the person, then don&#8217;t bother with this.&nbsp; Maybe you should ask whether you and\/or the person you&#8217;re not for should be in the position they&#8217;re in.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a brief list of why leaders must hold their followers accountable:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assuming a bond has been formed, it will increase the chances that the follower will desire to hit the mark of what has been asked of them. <\/li>\n<li>True growth (financial, mental, innovation) occurs where some one is lovingly checking to see how things went. <\/li>\n<li>See the subprime mess to get an example of an accountability vacuum. <\/li>\n<li>No accountability will lead to a lack of respect from your most faithful followers.&nbsp; By the way, these folks might not say a word to you about a loss of respect. <\/li>\n<li>Committed people want and need accountability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier we spoke of how leaders must love people.&nbsp; It&#8217;s a very true statement.&nbsp; Leaders must also hold their followers accountable.&nbsp; Holding another human being accountable (expecting an outcome and carrying out a consequence for the behavior manifested) is tough.&nbsp; Many leaders avoid this like a plague.&nbsp; The best leaders see accountability as an integral&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[123,170],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-leadership-development","category-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}