What Are the Benefits of An Accountability Group?

Wondering if an accountability is for you? Following are some of the benefits of an accountability group to help your decision-making process.

What Are the Benefits of An Accountability Group?

The benefits of an Accountability Group vary from one person to another. It depends on what your goals and intentions are for joining the group. Following are some of the benefits of joining an accountability group.

1. Exclusive Community –

When you join an accountability group, you will be part of an exclusive community of like-minded individuals. Your Circle is an instant and valuable professional support network that helps you focus and grow professionally. You get to build relationships and maybe partner with other individuals who are in a similar professional position to you and learn from their experiences, skills, knowledge and expertise.

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead

2. Energy –

There may be days (or weeks) in your profession or business when you do not have very much energy. However, when you connect with a group of like-minded people who are following their dreams. something happens and this energy can stay with you.

3. Set-up and Achieve Your Goals –

One of the benefits of the accountability group is about accountability. It is easy as an individual (especially as an executive, solo entrepreneur or professional) to put off setting goals/intentions or make excuses as to why you have not achieved your goals/intentions and subsequently lose any form of accountability to yourself. In an Accountability Group, you will be setting up, focusing on and tracking your goals. You will find yourself more inspired to take action when you have a support system cheering you on. No longer will you feel like you are trying to do it all by yourself! According to the American Society of Training and Development (ASTD), when you have a regular accountability appointment with a coach you’ve committed to, you are 95% more likely to achieve the goal.

4. Safe and Supportive Environment –

Your Accountability Group Facilitator will create a safe and supportive environment for the Accountability Group, so you can explore your professional goals/intentions openly and confidentially.

5. Personal Growth –

As you participate in the Accountability Group on a regular basis and learn you have as much to GIVE as you have to gain and you will acquire additional self-worth and evolve as a person. It is not about how much confidence you come in to the Accountability Group with, meeting with a group of like-minded individuals in a group can bring you a tremendous amount of personal and professional growth.

“A ship in a harbor is safe, but that’s not what a ship is built for” – Unknown

6. Resources –

If the accountability group is set-up by a coach, you have the benefits of their knowledge and skillset of achieving goals. Within the group you can also share other resources. As you get to know other members and build trust and strong relationships, quite often you will find yourself on the receiving end of a range of resources (from contacts to books to key information). Everyone in the accountability group will have a different skillset and access to a range of people.

7. Encouragement –

Within an accountability group, you will have the encouragement of fellow accountability members. When was the last time someone gave you genuine encouragement and celebrated your successes with you? Within an accountability group, the facilitator will more than like ask you to share, so make sure you are willing to share your successes, no matter how small they may seem!.

Over to You…

I hope this post has give you some insight in to what the benefits are of an accountability group. If you have any questions, please leave them below.

Also, if you are ready to reclaim your courage and take the next step towards freedom and opening your heart, why not join our Toolkit or if you want to cultivate your accountability, feel free to join our Lead from Within commUnity.