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Trouble-shooting Your Accountability Partnership

Guest post by: Denise Griffitts

Article Overview: Is there a problem with your accountability partnership? Even if you do your best to select a great partner and set specific ground rules, you can still run into issues. Don't feel like you're the only one to ever have problems with your accountability partner! It's actually not at all unusual, particularly when you're working with someone you don't know very well.

Trouble-shooting Your Accountability Partnership

Is there a problem with your accountability partnership? Even if you do your best to select a great partner and set specific ground rules, you can still run into issues. Don't feel like you're the only one to ever have problems with your accountability partner! It's actually not at all unusual, particularly when you're working with someone you don't know very well.

Here are some common issues and what you can do to address them:

Your partner takes but doesn't give. You find that your weekly check-ins involve a 30-minute soliloquy by your partner, leaving you no time to discuss your own issues. You don't mind pulling your weight and helping where you can, but you'd like to have some time to discuss your business goals and roadblocks, too.

Solution: Set an agenda and stick to it. If you meet for an hour, divide the time equally and START with you.

Your partner isn't very helpful. Your accountability partner is a great listener, but doesn't have much to add to your discussions. You feel like you're talking to a therapist who constantly mirrors the discussion back to you, saying, "What do you think?"

Solution: The lack of response may be the sign of a lack of confidence, so ask your partner directly to add input. He or she could just be hesitant, thinking you already know what you're doing.

Your partner is stealing your ideas. You had a great idea for a special report and mentioned it to your partner to get his input at your last meeting. You were more than a little surprised when you got an email from him, announcing his new special report - on your topic! When you called him on it, he said, "Oh, I didn't know you were going to do that - I thought the idea was up for grabs!"

Solution: Run away. Far away. Someone who steals one of your ideas will have no qualms about doing it again. Even if it was an honest mistake, the risk is too high - you'll never feel comfortable sharing details of your business with this person again.

Your partner is out of your league. Your partner brings up strategies you've never heard of and seems to implement at the speed of light. You are still figuring out what SEO means while she's teaching classes on it.

Solution: Ask your partner if she thinks you're providing value to her. You may have skills in areas she's weak, like accounting or finance, so don't sell yourself short. If you truly believe you're not bringing anything to the partnership, ask her. She may just be happy to help you out at this point in time, or she may be ready to move on, too. You won't know until you ask.

Your partner gives you advice you don't agree with. You asked for input on your latest idea, and your partner came up with 47 different ideas - all of which you hate. Or he feels certain that you should approach an issue a certain way, but you disagree.

Solution: Remember you're in charge of your own business! Keep an open mind, then do what you think is best. While you want to do your partner the courtesy of listening to his ideas, you're the one who lives with the consequences of your decision. Thank him for his input, then make your decision.

Stay tuned for the rest of this article which has of necessity been broken into a series:

• 1. Accountability Partners For Internet Marketers
• 2. Setting up An Accountability Partnership
• 3. Live and In Person: Setting up an "IRL" Accountability Partner
• 4. Virtual Accountability Partners
• 5. Mentoring Partnerships
• 6. The More the Merrier? Partners versus Groups
• 7. Five Tips for Great Accountability Partnerships
• 8. Trouble-shooting Your Accountability Partners
• 9. Online Resources For Accountability Partners
• 10.Next Steps In Your Accountability Partnership
• 11.Conclusion

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