Accountable Leaders. Vince Molinaro

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Figure I.2 The Dual Response to Build Strong Leadership Accountability

       The Individual Response

      At an individual level, you must do your part to step up and lead in a more accountable manner. You need to set the tone by living the four terms of the leadership contract. You can’t go around telling others to step up if you are not doing it yourself. To drive your personal success, you may want to review the ideas and activities in my books: The Leadership Contract (3rd ed.) and The Leadership Contract Field Guide. They include many foundational resources that will help you develop the mindset necessary to become the accountable leader your organization needs you to be. You can also go to the Apple and Google App Stores to download the Accountable Leaders App. Once you download the app, you can gain access to learning resources and courses, and be part of a community of like-minded accountable leaders committed to leading to a higher standard of behavior.

       The Organizational Response

      Your success will be accelerated and amplified if there is also an effective organizational response in place. By this, I mean you must go beyond yourself and strive to strengthen the leadership accountability across your entire organization. First, you must work hard to hold others accountable, build an accountable team, and help establish a strong community of leaders across your organization.

Second, as a CEO, senior executive, head of human resources, or board director, you must set the tone of strong leadership accountability for the rest of the organization. You must also put practices in place that will make leadership accountability a business priority in your organization. You must define clear leadership expectations, demonstrate resolve, and do the hard work that sustains momentum. You must also support leaders to act as a community and build a strong leadership culture.

In many ways, this book is part of what I call The Leadership Contract trilogy. The Leadership Contract (3rd ed.) presents the core ideas around leadership accountability. The Leadership Contract Field Guide provides 75 activities that you can use to put those ideas into action within your leadership role. This book explores what you must do as a leader to drive strong leadership accountability at an organizational level. The three books are designed to work together and provide an integrated approach for you to implement in your organization.