A leader argues personal accountability is a learnable skill, not an inborn trait. Even when facing tough market conditions or circumstances beyond your control, taking responsibility for finding a way forward matters. The speaker coaches candidates who lack it, seeing accountability as essential for personal and team success.
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I'm a big believer in people can grow, develop, adapt as well. So I think if it's not something that comes naturally to you, you absolutely can learn to be more personally accountable. As a leader, I've always tried to paint in the picture for people as to, you know, this is the world that we live in, you know, absolutely all this stuff goes on. It's, you know, a tough market. There's things that might have been done to you that aren't your fault, but it's still your responsibility to, you know, find a way through that. I think, yeah, that's something that I definitely look for when I'm interviewing people for my team and for the business. And if it's not something that comes naturally to them, then I absolutely try and, you know, give them that guidance and, you know, show them the reasons why it's better to have that mindset. And, you know, what's the benefit going to be to them of having that mindset or cultivating that mindset?