I'd like to introduce you to a new blogger, Alan Mason. Alan with 2 others has a company called Goodratings Strategic Services and his main function is to be "a strategic advisor to successful radio stations across the nation".
Alan and I have crossed paths a number times in our careers and we began discussing a blog for his company after some good email exchange. Every day, Alan sends out an email to his database of clients and subscribers called "Mason's Minute".
I'd like to invite you to check out his newly developed blog here.
If you have a blog, you remember just getting started and the encouragement additional traffic, comments and emails bring. Also, I'm sharing August 24th's Morning Minute entitled "Being Accountable" because it is good and gives you an idea of what rattles around in Alan's head.
Being Accountable
To succeed as a team is to hold all of the members accountable for their expertise." Mitchell Caplan,
CEO, E*Trade Group Inc. The word accountable is a fascinating one. It means to be held to accounts for your work. Sounds simple, right?
Well, too bad it doesn't happen more where teamwork is concerned. Have you ever been on one of those "teams" where a couple of people do all the work, most of the people do some work, and a few do almost nothing? It's very frustrating and it's very unfair. Oh yeah, and it's probably your fault.
The "slackers" on a team have most likely been taught that slacking is OK, because there are no negative consequences to it. When we let them slide and not put their full talents into something, we'reteaching them to do it again. Most people don't like confrontations, and so they avoid them by picking up the slack from others.
If you've been reading the Morning Minute long enough you know I love to use questions as a weapon.
When I'm in those situations I'm likely to ask "And what part of this do you want to handle, Fred?" Next comes "And you'll have that completed by the 13th?" You might have something like that you use too. It's not such much the technique as it is that you find a way to get these people involved, and then work with the rest of the team to hold them accountable.
Otherwise you'll wind up doing all the work, and they'll never have the satisfaction of working on an exciting project with a team.
[link] to Alan Mason's Goodratings blog
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