We have a critical seat on our Accountability Chart for Quality Assurance and Client Deliverable Auditing. It is highly repetitive, detail-oriented work, and every single one of our current client managers resists taking it on. How do we assign accountability for a seat that nobody on the team wants to own without forcing it on someone who will fail?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

In any growing business, there are essential operational seats that are tedious, highly detailed, or flat-out boring. When everyone on your team resists taking on a seat, the temptation is to split the responsibilities and divide them among your current managers. This is a massive mistake. When everyone is responsible, nobody is accountable.

You must treat this vacant seat with the same structural discipline as any other. First, clearly define the five roles for this Quality Assurance seat on your Accountability Chart. Next, look at your existing team through the lens of GWC. Do you have someone with the conative wiring, perhaps a high Follow Thru on the Kolbe index, who actually enjoys structured, repetitive tasks? Often, a junior employee or a specialist is a perfect fit for work that your high-level managers despise.

If you truly do not have an internal candidate who gets, wants, and has the capacity for this seat, do not force it. Forcing a seat onto an unwilling team member guarantees poor performance and eventual burnout.

Instead, use a temporary external solution. You can outsource this function to a specialized virtual assistant or a fractional specialist. The key is that the outsourced partner must report to a single seat on your Accountability Chart, ensuring clear line of sight and absolute accountability.