Definite Dozen--Responsibility

Responsibility is a key characteristic of all successful teams and leaders. It has to be emphasized and cultivated daily. We always try to emphasize the various ways responsibility manifests itself in our daily lives. Here are a few thoughts on Responsibility:

• Time management
• Accountable for your own mistakes
• Separating various aspects of our lives
• Work ethic is your own responsibility
• Be mature and communicate
• Responsible for your own improvement
• Take time to get organized.
• Prepare and plan
• Getting paperwork turned in on time. What might be small to you could have a huge effect on someone else.
• Accountable for my role on and off the court
• To be successful you must accept full responsibility
• The more successful you are, the more responsibility you must assume.
• Responsibility never ends.
• None of us start out responsible. It's something that must be taught and it can be self-taught.
• You can't pick and choose the days you want to be responsible.
• The best way to handle responsibility is to break it down into smaller parts.
• The only effective way to teach responsibility is by making them responsible for the small things, day in and day out.
• Ask yourself everyday what your responsibilities are, and be accountable for them. When you've fulfilled those, ask for more.