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Trust Is At The Heart of Leadership Accountability
Great Leaders Build Trust Through Transparency and Honesty At the heart of Leadership Accountability is trust. Trust is more than the leader being held accountable for doing what they say they will do. Trust also means the leader will make decisions based on...
Leadership Accountability Means Being True to Purpose and Values
Failing to Meet the Duties of Leadership Accountability Results in Loss of Value, Reputation, Market Share, and Sustainable Success Leadership Accountability is not just about owning up to mistakes or ensuring that processes and procedures are followed...
Leaders: Accountability Is About More Than Results
Great Leaders Hold Themselves and Others Accountable for Behaviors, Decisions, and Ethical Decision Making When leaders talk about ensuring accountability they are usually referring to practices such as holding people accountable for results. Good leaders take this a...
A Leader’s Duty Is To Ensure Internal Collaboration
Great Leaders Break Down the Silos and Conflicts Hampering Collaboration As I wrote in the previous blog post on Great Leaders Excel At Creating Collaboration, collaboration works best when there are “big picture” results for customers and the organization. When...
Great Leaders Excel At Creating Collaboration
Great Leaders Hold Themselves and Others Accountable for Ensuring Collaboration As I wrote last week in the blog post on Why Strategic Plans Fail, great leaders will provide an overview of how to achieve a strategic objective, but leave the details of the “how” to...
Great Leadership Articles From August 2018
Best Articles on Leadership, Leadership Skills, and Leadership Development At the beginning of each month I share the best articles on leadership, leadership development, and general leadership skills that I have read during the previous month. Here are the articles...
Why Strategic Plans Fail
Leadership Mistakes In Executing Strategic Plans Research shows that over 70% of all change initiatives worldwide fail to achieve their intended results. Surprisingly, this figure has remained fairly constant for several decades. Why are organizations so poor at...
Tips For Setting Strategic Direction
Great leaders are those with strategies, execution plans, and resources in hand. A strategy is simply a vision of going from a current situation to a desired state, complete with actionable plans and identified resources. But while this may sound simple, in reality...
4 Leadership Skills That Drive Results
Leadership can be found at all levels of an organization Great leaders drive results by focusing on four key leadership skills and behaviors: Communicating as a leader. Ensuring individual and team accountability. Developing clear and concise strategy statements....
Leaders: Recognize Effort, Reward Results
The Twin Pillars of Employee Engagement: Appreciation and Recognition The combination of leadership and gratitude is extremely powerful. Yet expressing gratitude is one of the least-utilized skills in the leadership toolbox. A ten-year, groundbreaking study of 200,000...