From the course: Getting Things Done with Commitment Conversations

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Scenario: Holding someone accountable to commitments

Scenario: Holding someone accountable to commitments

From the course: Getting Things Done with Commitment Conversations

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Scenario: Holding someone accountable to commitments

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- Commitments are not always met, but having covered who is going to do what by when, what if, and what's next can help avoid arguments and excuses. Check out how Alana uses the agreement as the standard by which she holds Elijah accountable. - That little girl has changed my life. - Aww, I love that. So you wanted to see me? - Yeah. You know, it's November 24th, so we're a few days past the deadline and I haven't seen your readiness review for our plastics tooling supplier, so I just wanted to to check in and see what was going on. - Well, to be honest, I've been really distracted by the escalation we have with the electronics supplier and I've been on the phone trying to get that sorted out and just haven't been able to continue my review. - So I understand another problem caused a delay in your review, affecting the timeline you and I agreed to? - Yep, and the purchasing guys didn't step in to help me with that…

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