"The ultimate guide for embracing
accountability as a leader!"
~ Marshall Goldsmith
Michael Timms has dedicated his career to making leadership easier and to helping leaders and organizations reach their potential. As a leadership consultant, author, and speaker, he has taught thousands of people in leadership positions how to harness the principles of accountability to transform virtually every aspect of their operations.
For a brief summary of the book, download the FREE white paper How to Create a Culture of Accountability & Excellence. It contains additional insights and new case studies and is a great introduction to the book, How Leaders Can Inspire Accountability.
Every leader dreams of inspiring a team of individuals to unite around a common purpose, care deeply about achieving the team’s goals, and work together to produce exceptional results. But in their quest to lead such a team, many leaders don’t realize how they frequently encourage the opposite behavior.
When leaders blame other people or circumstances for problems, or fail to acknowledge how they may have contributed to undesirable outcomes, or try to “fix” people instead of fixing the systems within which their people work, they end up producing team members who are more concerned with passing the buck than solving problems and achieving results. Many people in leadership positions are missing something fundamental about leadership: leadership begins with modeling personal accountability. However, most leaders can set a much higher standard of accountability, they just don’t realize it. How, then, can leaders develop accountability in themselves and in their organizations?
Leadership development consultant, Michael Timms, has discovered three powerful habits that not only make one a better leader, but also encourage those they lead to take greater accountability themselves. Using a compelling combination of teaching principles and illustrations backed by loads of scientific studies, Timms reveals three habits of personal accountability that are easy to implement and which can instantly begin transforming positional leaders into true leaders who inspire everyone to take more accountability for results.
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Michael Timms
Michael Timms is a best-selling author and sought-after speaker and consultant who teaches leaders how to inspire greatness in those they lead. Michael offers a wide range of leadership services and resources through his company Avail Leadership Inc.
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