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De-weaponized accountability for high-performing teams

Anne Petrik — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 22:00:00 +0000

Accountability is a term that routinely demoralizes, often confuses, and flat-out scares people these days. Accountability, as practiced in small and medium-sized businesses, sometimes means that someone will be called out, blamed, and maybe even shamed for work that isn’t...

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3 essential leadership accountability tips for CEOs

Vistage Staff — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 16:30:00 +0000

Leadership accountability can feel difficult for executives. This feeling is often based on a misconception that accountability is akin to punishment, according to Vistage speaker and Master Chair Greg Bustin. But accountability isn’t punishment, he said — leadership accountability is...

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6 behaviors a CEO should expect from their executive team

Sam Reese — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 16:58:50 +0000

It is clear when an executive team works well together. They embrace the same leadership expectations. You notice an absence of silos, territoriality, poor communication and pet projects. The team comes together in complete alignment toward the company’s mission, vision,...

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How to be an authentic and conscious leader

Cheryl McMillan — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 18:00:27 +0000

How easy or difficult is it to be yourself — your real self? Some leaders believe leadership is “showtime,” where you put on a mask to fit a particular situation. It’s not. Others sense whether or not you are authentic,...

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How a leader models accountability

Cheryl McMillan — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 18:00:00 +0000

Accountability is something you choose to exhibit – it is not assigned to you. CEOs often express frustration over the lack of accountability they see in their organizations. But great leaders understand they must model accountability, not just mandate it. In...

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Best of Vistage Research Center 2018

Joe Galvin — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 13:30:37 +0000

If you want to understand what kept small and midsize CEOs up at night during 2018, look back at these 8 top articles on the Vistage Research Center. They highlight some of the unforeseen plot shifts over the year, unexpected...

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Accountability starts at the top

Sam Reese — Thu, 01 Mar 2018 18:00:56 +0000

Accountability — that quality of personal responsibility and ownership — can be difficult to establish and easy to lose. It’s also more elusive than you might think in today’s business world. A Harvard Business Review survey shows almost 50 percent...

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5 resolutions for leaders in the new year

Joe Galvin — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 19:40:16 +0000

Great leaders continually refine their instincts, improve their judgement and expand their perspectives in order to optimize their decision-making prowess, constantly moving them closer to their goals. Great leadership is down to effective execution of a plan that moves toward a...

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Vistage peers weigh in: Accountability means acting with integrity and purpose

Joe Galvin — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 11:10:36 +0000

Accountability at every level The employee who goes above and beyond to get the job done well and on time is an invaluable asset to any organization. But what about the manager who inspires that employee to be accountable and...

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Cascading accountability throughout the organization

Marc Emmer — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 10:02:37 +0000

“Best-in-class organizations provide structure to enable employees to be the best versions of themselves.” In my travels as a professional strategic planning facilitator, I have worked with thousands of business executives. A common theme among them is a level of...

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