Accountability is one of those often used buzzwords in business. It shows up in mission statements and organizational values. It creeps into dialog when you're accusing a teammate of missing his or her financial targets or other goals. What does accountability really mean? In business, it's about taking responsibility for action or lack of action.

Yesterday, Promotional Consultant Today shared five key strategies to make yourself more personally accountable. Today we share five more.

1. Do one task at a time. How many job postings include the line "must be able to multi-task"? In today's wired world, it is impossible not to multi-task most of the time. You can manage yourself by striving to do one thing at a time, and not stop until it is completed.

Working on one thing at a time is easier said than done, but the harder you concentrate on completing one task, the faster you will get it done— even if you are interrupted. Get in the habit or checking email only two or three times a day and decide to either respond immediately or delete the message. Close your door, mute your phone or work from home when you need to get through significant projects.

2. Emphasize your strengths, improve your weaknesses. Nobody is born to do everything. We all have natural talents and abilities in some areas, and we all struggle in others. Good managers want to help their employees shine, and also develop their skills. To manage yourself, take every opportunity to show off your strengths, and actively seek out ways to improve in weaker areas.

3. Value your time. Do you know how much an hour of your time is worth? When you divide your salary by all that time spent on things related to work, your hourly rate is probably a lot less than you think. Now, think about your free time— however much of it you may have. What is it worth to you? Manage yourself by learning to maximize your productivity during the hours you are actually working, and by maximizing your personal time by ignoring your cell phone, tablet and laptop, and focusing on the things you enjoy.

4. Seek feedback. Good managers will seek other opinions of employees— opinions from coworkers, friends and customers. Such feedback will provide valuable insight into the employee's competencies and weaknesses, and will help managers give employees tools to grow and succeed. As your own manager, how you see yourself may be radically different from how others see you. Don't be afraid to ask others how you're doing.

5. Review yourself. Going back to holding yourself accountable, every manager provides formal feedback to employees at regular intervals in the form of a performance review. Whether quarterly, semi-annually or annually, make a habit of managing yourself by taking an hour to perform a self-review.

Ask yourself: what have I accomplished in the last year? Have I met my goals? Have I met my micro-goals? Have I built upon strengths and improved my weaknesses? Have I grown as a person? Even this simple, infrequent habit can transform your productivity, attitude and success.

Source: David Weliver is a nationally cited authority on Millennials and money. His website, Money Under 30, provides approachable, non-judgmental financial advice to more than 500,000 young professionals every month.