From the course: Building High-Performance Teams
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Giving authority and responsibility
From the course: Building High-Performance Teams
Giving authority and responsibility
- Members of high performing teams are going to be the most satisfied when they feel like they can have an impact on the outcome of their work. And to get to that point you need to understand the difference between accountability and responsibility and then how authority interplays with both of them. Accountability is an external force. That's where somebody tells you, you are responsible for these results and I am going to hold you accountable to meeting them and if you meet them, there are benefits and if you fail to, there are consequences. Responsibility is when we as individuals hold ourselves accountable. We find that inside and say here's the standard and I'm going to make sure that I achieve that goal. Now making sure that people are able to be satisfied in performing those activities requires you, as the leader, to give them authority. Authority is the power to make decisions. It requires you to delegate and accept risk if someone makes a mistake. It empowers people to give…
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