How will you hold people accountable for achieving superior results?

English translation: hold people responsible - give them consequences if they don't

04:23 Feb 2, 2005
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English term or phrase: How will you hold people accountable for achieving superior results?
- What coaching or framework will you provide to guide team problem solving and decision making?
- What other resources are necessary for success?
- How will you hold people accountable for achieving superior results?
- How will you reward people?
Those are the question a leader should ask himself/herself when he/she want to change behavior in his organization.
Viktoria Marinesko
Ukraine
Local time: 01:05
Selected answer:hold people responsible - give them consequences if they don't
Explanation:
#1 - give people consequences if they do not do what you want them to do
#2 is beside the point
#3 - encouraging is not as strong as holding people responsible

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Note added at 1 hr 38 mins (2005-02-02 06:02:31 GMT)
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examples of the expression \"to hold someone responsible for\" :

an employee makes no sales in first quarter (consequence: is put on probation but has 3 -6 months to improve)

a drunk driver is held responsible for killing someone with his car (consequence: he goes to prison)

a student brings home poor grades ( consequence: no watching TV on school nights)
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RHELLER
United States
Local time: 16:05
Grading comment
Thank you so much!
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +3hold people responsible - give them consequences if they don't
RHELLER
4how will you make sure that your subordinates/employees will perform extremely well?
Tsogt Gombosuren
4responsible
Maria Chmelarova
3ensure
Jeannie Graham


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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
how will you hold people accountable for achieving superior results?
how will you make sure that your subordinates/employees will perform extremely well?


Explanation:
IMO

Tsogt Gombosuren
Canada
Local time: 16:05
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Native speaker of: Native in MongolianMongolian
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
how will you hold people accountable for achieving superior results?
responsible


Explanation:
if that is a Q.!
how will you hold people responsible for.....

Maria Chmelarova
Local time: 18:05
Native speaker of: Slovak
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
how will you hold people accountable for achieving superior results?
hold people responsible - give them consequences if they don't


Explanation:
#1 - give people consequences if they do not do what you want them to do
#2 is beside the point
#3 - encouraging is not as strong as holding people responsible

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Note added at 1 hr 38 mins (2005-02-02 06:02:31 GMT)
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examples of the expression \"to hold someone responsible for\" :

an employee makes no sales in first quarter (consequence: is put on probation but has 3 -6 months to improve)

a drunk driver is held responsible for killing someone with his car (consequence: he goes to prison)

a student brings home poor grades ( consequence: no watching TV on school nights)

RHELLER
United States
Local time: 16:05
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 36
Grading comment
Thank you so much!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tegan Raleigh: yes- "I'm accountable for the success of the company" is pretty much the same as "I'm responsible for the success of the company," for example
32 mins
  -> thanks Tegan :-)

agree  Misiaczek
45 mins
  -> thanks!

agree  conejo: Yes. The idea of holding people accountable means that if they fail there has to be some kind of consequence
10 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
how will you hold people accountable for achieving superior results?
ensure


Explanation:
Perhaps you could just simplify it to:

How will you ensure people achieve superior results

Jeannie Graham
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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