Book description
Step up, get tough, and commit to your decision to leadThe Leadership Contract provides the manual that leaders around the world need. With only seven percent of employees feeling confident in senior leadership, the problem is evident: disappointing, and often disgraceful leaders. Employees deserve better than that; organizations need better than that—and this book provides a robust framework for stepping up and making the decision to lead. This new third edition has been updated, featuring a new foreword by Adecco CEO Alain Dehaze, new findings from the Global Leadership Accountability Study, and more insights to help you chart your own path to build strong leadership accountability at a personal and organizational level.
Great leadership doesn’t happen by accident. It’s more than just being in charge; it’s a decision, an obligation and potentially your legacy. Mediocre is no longer good enough—in today’s business climate, organizations need stellar leadership. If you’re not exceptional, step up or step aside — this book helps you toughen up and put your commitment to great leadership in writing for yourself as much as everyone else.
- Learn how a leadership contract is vital for truly accountable leadership
- Discover the mindset and practices needed to be a deliberate and decisive leader
- Communicate to inspire, motivate, and drive high performance
- Become the leader your organization needs today and into the future
Leadership is not a birthright, not an accident, and not for everyone. It is the only differentiator between an organization’s success and failure, and it has been entrusted to you. Can you step up to the challenge? Can you execute strategy while inspiring peak performance, nurturing top talent, managing complexity, creating value, conquering uncertainty, and yes, developing new leaders? Put your name on the line—literally—by drawing up a contract for leadership accountability. The Leadership Contract provides a proven and practical framework used by companies and leaders around the world. Join them and take your leadership to next level.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: My Personal Leadership Story
- Chapter 2: What's Wrong with Leadership Today?
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Chapter 3: The Leadership Accountability Gap
- Understanding the Leadership Accountability Gap: Study Findings
- The Satisfaction with Leadership Accountability by Level of Leader
- The Relationship between Leadership Accountability and Company Performance
- The Three Dimensions of Leadership Accountability: Behaviors, Organizational Practices, and Culture
- The Behaviors of Truly Accountable Leaders
- The Organizational Practices to Build Strong Leadership Accountability
- The Attributes of Leadership Culture
- Final Thoughts—Building Strong Leadership Accountability: The Road Ahead
- Chapter 4: Why We Need a Leadership Contract
- Chapter 5: Leadership Is a Decision—Make It
- Chapter 6: Leadership Is an Obligation—Step Up
- Chapter 7: Leadership Is Hard Work—Get Tough
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Chapter 8: Leadership Is a Community—Connect
- The Missed Opportunity
- We Are Wired for Community
- A Rotting of Zombies
- A League of Heroes
- A Stable of Thoroughbreds
- It's Time to Build a Community of Leaders
- A Strong Community of Leaders—Clarity and Commitment
- Has Everyone Noticed the Change in the Room?
- Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Community Builder?
- Final Thoughts—Leadership Is a Community
- Chapter 9: Sign the Leadership Contract
- Chapter 10: The Turning Points of Leadership
- Chapter 11: Living the Four Terms of the Leadership Contract
- Chapter 12: Embed the Leadership Contract in Your Organization
- Afterword
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Commit to Great Leadership and Implement it Today
- Bring The Leadership Contract into Your Organization to Build Strong Leadership Accountability
- About The Adecco Group
- About Lee Hecht Harrison
- Index
- End User License Agreement
Product information
- Title: The Leadership Contract, 3rd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2017
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9781119440536
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