Key Traits for Professional Accountability and Humility

Job titles don‘t make you a leader. Here‘s what does: 1. Emotional Intelligence: Great leaders use their emotional intelligence to build strong connections, have tough conversations with empathy, and create an environment where people feel heard and valued. 2. Leading by Example: Leaders inspire the qualities they want to see in their team members, such as hard work, dedication, and integrity, by demonstrating these qualities. 3. Owning Mistakes: Great leaders take full accountability when things go wrong instead of deflecting blame. They own their mistakes, apologize, and focus on finding solutions. It encourages a culture of transparency and continuous improvement. 4. Providing Mentorship: They share their knowledge and experience to help others grow. They take the time to coach, provide feedback, and help others grow their skills and reach their potential. 5. Gratitude: It’s about showing thankfulness and valuing the work of your team. It helps build a positive work environment and strengthens relationships. 6. Integrity: Leaders with integrity tell the truth, honor their word, and uphold values over politics or personal gain. It involves doing the right thing, even when no one is watching. 7. Humility: They recognize that they don’t have all the answers and are open to learning from others. Recognizing that you don't have all the answers and being open to feedback and criticism is essential for growth and improvement as a leader. 8. Accountability: Accountability means taking ownership of your team's results, whether they are positive or negative. It fosters a culture of reliability and trust. 9. Empowering Others: Real leaders enable their people by delegating important work, setting clear responsibilities, and getting out of the way. 10. Empathy: The best leaders can put themselves in someone else's shoes. They see things from other perspectives and make efforts to understand the whole context of a situation before judging or reacting. ♻️ Too many people deal with bad managers, please help them by sharing this post!

You do not have to be the smartest person in the room to be a top performer. Here is the recipe for success: 🥘 I’ve become a top performer in every professional environment I’ve worked in, and it’s not from raw intellect. It is down to 12 essential behaviors - here’s how you can show them: 1/ Get Things Done ↳ Focus on your most important 1-2 tasks each day. ↳ At the end of each day, look at your output. Ask yourself, how much did you get done? Repeat. 2/ Listen Before Speaking ↳ After someone speaks, check you understand what they meant before responding. ↳ People will like you more for it and there will be less miscommunication. 3/ Take Accountability ↳ When you make a mistake, own it. “That was my mistake, I’m sorry” ↳ Then discuss what you learnt from it and what you’ll do differently next time. 4/ Build Relationships with your Colleagues ↳ You will annoy your colleagues at times. Build up goodwill with them by taking an interest in their personal lives. ↳ Make them laugh. Grab coffee. You’re spending more than 50% of your life with these people. 5/ Be Solution Oriented ↳ Don't come to your manager with problems. ↳ Come with your proposed solution and let them react (it makes their life easier). 6/ Think Team Before “Me” ↳ Put the team's goals first. You'll get credit for it. ↳ Help your colleagues. Mentor others. 7/ Manage Upwards ↳ If you are busy, your manager should know. The key is to communicate without sounding complainy. 8/ Show High Integrity ↳ Set the standard for behavior among your colleagues. You will stand out as a leader before you are one. 9/ Be Open Minded ↳ Be willing to change your mind with new information. 10/ Show Humility ↳ Give credit generously to others. ↳ Be willing to be wrong, change your mind, and take feedback. 11/ Love Upskilling ↳ Learn new skills (e.g. using AI) to make you better at your job. ↳ Take online courses to improve your strengths and mitigate weaknesses. 12/ Communicate with Radical Candor ↳ Don't shy away from difficult conversations. ↳ Ask for and give feedback regularly. Be direct and kind. Focus feedback on actions and the consequences. Use these simple behavioral changes to become a world-class performer and level up your career. --- ♻️ Repost this to help your network become top performers. 📌 Want a high-resolution PDF of this? 1. Just follow me Will McTighe 2. Sign up for my free Level Up Community at https://lnkd.in/gKzZUq-b

Acknowledging mistakes and offering sincere apologies are essential components of personal and professional growth. It takes humility and courage to admit when we've erred, but doing so fosters trust, respect, and accountability. By owning up to our mistakes, we demonstrate integrity and a commitment to continuous improvement. Moreover, apologizing allows us to repair relationships, restore trust, and move forward constructively. Beyond mere acknowledgment, learning from our mistakes is equally crucial. Each misstep presents an opportunity for reflection and learning, enabling us to refine our skills, refine our strategies, and avoid similar errors in the future. Ultimately, the ability to acknowledge mistakes, apologize, and extract valuable lessons from setbacks is integral to fostering personal and professional development, building resilience, and cultivating a culture of excellence. #PersonalGrowth #ProfessionalDevelopment #Accountability #CompassionUnleashed #CU #UnleashYourCompassion

“The first test of a truly great [person] is [their] humility.” — John Ruskin Professional humility, the core of authentic #ServantLeadership, is often overlooked in hiring and leadership-development decisions. While I can’t speak for all leadership functions, this skill is particularly important for #Analytics leaders. Our entire job is to help our partners reach further and get their faster. We work on their behalf, and our success is realized only through their success. The best analytical solution is meaningless without business adoption so our only hope of impact is through collaborative partnership. There is no place for ego in what we do, and we would do well to list #ProfessionalHumility as an explicit leadership requirement.