Organizational Accountability

Are You Clear On The Value You Provide As A Leader?

Are You Clear on the Value You Provide as a Leader?

Note: A version of this was previously published on Forbes. Collaboration and teamwork are essential to the success of today’s companies. While these have always been important, modern businesses have more integrated strategies that demand leaders to work across departments, functions, and business units to achieve successful outcomes. However, many leaders struggle to work collaboratively, […]

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Gut Check for Leaders: Are You Neglecting Your Duty of Oversight as a Leader?

THE BIG IDEA: As a leader, you have five core leadership obligations – to yourself, your customers, your organization, your employees, and your community. Failure to grasp the importance of these obligations has far-reaching consequences and can negatively impact daily operations of your business. CASE IN POINT:    In a groundbreaking legal ruling, the Delaware Court

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Business is All About Community: The Lead the Future Podcast with Tom Peters

THE BIG IDEA: Caring for your team and your community is crucial to business success.   Tom Peters has spent 40 years talking about the connection between organizational culture and business success. His first book, In Search of Excellence, was a massive bestseller that stressed the importance of shared beliefs and values. But when he

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Learning From Leadership Accountability Audits

Note: A version of this was previously published on Forbes. “Let’s talk.” Two simple words can—in the right circumstances—lead to some critical conversations, particularly regarding business leadership accountability. Throughout my career, I’ve met with senior leaders who acknowledge shortcomings in their leadership culture but never seem to get around to doing anything about it. That

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The Strategy For Better Leadership Development: Measure Twice, Cut Once

Note: A version of this was previously published on Forbes. Many CHROs and heads of leadership development invest huge sums of money to build better leaders. However, research continually shows a high degree of disappointment with the outcomes. Let’s face it, even with billions of dollars being spent on leadership development, there are still far

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Why Mediocrity Can Be The Enemy Of Great Leadership

Note: A version of this article was originally published on Forbes Business Council. I call it the “moment of leadership truth.” I’ll be talking with a CEO, taking stock of the leadership culture in their organization. We’ll be comparing notes on the leaders they oversee and discussing how to navigate the challenges ahead. And then it

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Leadership Accountability Starts with the CEO

Note: A version of this article was originally published on Industry Week. Are your top people taking personal ownership, or waiting for permission to act? It’s all too common that the CEOs I work with experience a moment of dread—one where they realize that the leaders across their organizations aren’t ready to lead the company

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Leadership Accountability: What Board Members Should Be Asking Themselves and Their CEO

Note: This article originally appeared in Industry Week. Two-thirds of senior executives say they don’t have the leadership culture they need to drive their company’s success. A while back I was chatting with the director of a board of a global engineering company. She had served on the board when the company experienced a significant

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Are you embodying the 5 principles to build great teams?

“Some of the best executives are successful because they never take on work that doesn’t play to their strengths or their passions.” THE BIG IDEA:   Leaders must have self-awareness so they can have clarity around purpose and passion   In a career that has spanned three decades, Jim Reid has been a trusted advisor and

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