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If you want more accountability as a leader, you don't have to be a drill sergeant.
Clients often get frustrated with their teams asking for stuff, asking again, and getting it late or not at the quality they wanted.
But accountability is not being tough, it's being clear.
Start with the five Ws: who is the primary owner, what does a good job look like, when is it due and when will you follow up, where can they get support, and why does it matter.
Once things are clear, it takes courage to follow up, and pairing the five Ws with quality feedback makes accountability go up.
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"When the level of anxiety rises, the task becomes managing the anxiety."
Psychologist Wilfred Bion found that groups have two things happening: the task itself, and the anxiety around it.
This works at the individual level too.
If I have a keynote and I'm rehearsing, I'm okay.
If I'm putting it off, it gets scarier and scarier.
Ask yourself: am I focused on the task, or is my task to manage my anxiety about the task?
Watch the full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvxiTfa0u_I
"Bodies in motion, mouths in gear, things start to tumble out a little bit."
I started executive coaching while running because a client had no time but was training for a marathon.
What I discovered was unexpected.
When people are moving, deeper conversations naturally unfold.
Movement has a way of breaking down barriers that traditional coaching environments can't always reach.
Watch the full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvxiTfa0u_I
Imagine getting into an ATV, blindfolding the driver, and telling them to go.
That is the exercise Mike runs with leaders to show them what delegation actually feels like from the inside.
Most leaders think delegation means assigning tasks and stepping in when things go wrong.
But that is not delegation.
That is control with extra steps.
Real delegation requires something far more uncomfortable - giving up visibility.
Not knowing exactly what is happening at every moment.
Not being the one with their hands on the wheel.
When leaders go through this exercise, they experience firsthand what it feels like to lose that sense of control.
They have to learn how to offer micro-corrections instead of directives.
They have to trust that progress is possible even when they cannot see every move being made.
It is unsettling.
It is challenging.
And it is a little bit frustrating.
Which is exactly the point.
Because that is what real delegation feels like for the people you lead too.
The leaders who scale are not the ones who do the most.
They are the ones who have learned to make progress toward a target without keeping their hands on every part of the wheel.
Where in your leadership are you still afraid to let go Share your thoughts in the comments 👇
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