Getting People to Commit to Doing Something

The American Society for Training and Development has shown the impact of personal accountability on the likelihood of achieving a goal as:

• Hear an idea 10%
• Consciously decide to adopt an idea 25%
• Decide when you will do it 40%
• Plan how you will do it 50%
• Commit to someone else that you'll do it 65%
• Have a specific accountability appointment with the person to whom you committed 95%