How to Hold Your Teams Accountable Without Demotivating Them

January
15
2026 (Thursday)
Time 10:00 AM PST | 01:00 PM EST
Duration: 60 Minutes
45 Days Left To REGISTER
Id: 210723
Instructor
Yoke Van Dam 
Live
Recorded
Live + Recorded

Overview

Are you finding yourself constantly checking in on your team, even after hours? Do you feel uneasy when you're not in control of every task, deadline, or decision? Many well-intentioned leaders fall into the trap of over-managing not because they don't trust their teams, but because they care deeply about performance, quality, and results.

But here's the truth: micromanagement doesn't lead to higher standards it leads to stress, disengagement, and burnout for both you and your team.

This 60-minute high-impact webinar is designed for leaders who want to build accountability, confidence, and ownership in their teams without falling into the micromanagement trap. If you've ever felt torn between maintaining control and empowering your people, this session will show you how to achieve both.

You'll discover how to create a culture of trust and accountability, where your team takes initiative, solves problems, and consistently delivers results while feeling motivated and valued.

Why you should Attend

Do these sound familiar?

  • You check in on your team after hours or during weekends
  • You find it hard to delegate without hovering
  • You struggle to switch off, worrying that things will fall apart
  • You end up solving problems your team should be solving themselves
  • You fear that giving too much freedom will lead to mistakes

This webinar will help you:

  • Build trust and accountability without losing control
  • Empower your team to take initiative and deliver consistently
  • Create a motivating environment that encourages ownership and responsibility
  • Reduce your own stress while improving your team’s engagement and results

You’ll leave with practical, no-fluff strategies to hold your team accountable while inspiring them to perform at their best.

Areas Covered in the Session

  • Understanding the Roots of Micromanagement
    • Why even strong leaders can fall into control-based behaviours
    • The fears and beliefs that drive micromanagement (and how to overcome them)
    • How to spot the early warning signs before they damage trust and engagement
  • The Hidden Costs of Micromanagement
    • How micromanaging impacts team morale, innovation, and long-term performance
    • Why over-control undermines the very results you’re trying to achieve
    • How to shift from "doing it all" to enabling others to succeed
  • Building Motivation and Ownership
    • The four intrinsic motivators of accountability: Purpose, Autonomy, Mastery, and Ownership
    • How to foster genuine engagement and initiative from your team
    • Real examples of how empowered teams outperform controlled ones
  • The Art of Letting Go Without Losing Control
    • How to set clear expectations that drive accountability and independence
    • The difference between oversight and overreach
    • A framework for delegating with confidence and trust
  • From Manager to Coach: Inspiring Accountability Through Feedback
    • How to have powerful accountability conversations without blame or defensiveness
    • Coaching techniques that turn mistakes into learning moments
    • How to build a feedback culture that motivates performance and growth

Who Will Benefit

  • Corporate Leaders & Executives - who set the tone for leadership culture in their organizations
  • Middle Managers & Team Leaders - who want to balance accountability with empowerment
  • HR Professionals - who support leaders in creating trust-based, high-performance teams
  • Entrepreneurs & Small Business Owners - who are scaling teams and want to build a culture of ownership
  • Leadership & OD Practitioners - who coach, train, or develop leaders to perform at their best

If you influence team culture, motivation, or engagement this session is for you.

Speaker Profile

Yoke van Dam has been called the Kintsugi queen™ because of her ability to join, repair and transform teams into something quite wonderful. Her work is like Kintsugi, the Japanese art form that mends broken pottery with gold. Yoke works with teams that may have become disjointed, to reconnect and -find their flow again. This approach helps leaders stay optimistic when they encounter flaws and missteps in their organizations leading them to the gold at the 'end of the rainbow.’ As a qualified behavioral change coach with veri-fiable in-the-eld experience (2000+ team members, 2 300+ hours training, and 350+ coaching hours) she’s eminently suited to uncover the real issues holding teams back. Her hard-won experience (15 years) and tried and tested high-performance processes have seen even the most under-performing and fractured teams join together and become stronger and more remarkable. She works with leaders who want to effectively articulate and communicate their vision so that their teams buy into it and are prepared to follow them to hell and back to make sure that vision is achieved, as well as new, untested leaders who need a strong foundational roadmap of how to work with and lead teams to successful outcomes. Her advisory, speaking and coaching work empowers leaders and teams to create meaningful workspaces by tapping into their purpose and enhancing human connection. She empowers leaders and teams with confidence and influence, to find their flow and develop a growth mindset. The specific areas she focuses on are Leadership development, Culture, Emotional intelligence, Time-management, Negotiation, Communication, and Presentation skills. Her clients have been as diverse as sales executives, business leaders and owners, customer service agents, marketers, lawyers, engineers, and accountants. The industries she has covered range from automotive, retail, manufacturing, and engineering to advertising, publishing, legal, and academic. She is the founder of Y-Connect and a Professional member of the Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa (PSASA). Her Emotional Intelligence program, and Women in Leadership for Executives have been offered in Canada, Dubai, Egypt, South Africa and is scheduled for Malaysia.
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