So you are an accountable leader? Pretty cool! But what does it mean? Below you will find other accountable leaders, what they say about accountability and ways that you can amplify your superpower. You will also find some common pitfalls accountable leaders fall into.
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Accountable Business Leaders include:
- Elon Musk – Founder & CEO SpaceX & Tesla Motors
- Mark Zuckerberg – Co-Founder & CEO of Facebook
- Mary Barra CEO General Motors
- Stewart Butterfield – Co-Founder & CEO of Slack
- Brian Chesky – Founder CEO AirBNB
- Marillyn Hewson – Chairman, President & CEO of Lockheed Martin
- Dr. Stephen Covey – Author, Leadership Expert
- Brie Larson – Actor, Director, Singer
- Jennifer Granholm – Attorney, Author
- Conan O’Brien – Television Personality
- Jim Rohn – Leadership Expert
- Alexander Graham Bell – Inventor, Author
- Michael Jordan – NBA Basketball Player
- Darren Hardy – Success Expert
Fictional Characters with Accountable Leadership Abilities
- Superman (Clark Kent)
- Yoda (Star Wars)
- Jason Bourne (Bourne Trilogy)
Keys to Develop your Superpower
Set deadlines: Establish team and individual objectives
Create expectations for your team
Model behavior of other successful accountable leaders
Clarity: Get clear on what you need to accomplish
Focus: follow one course until success
Potential Pitfalls for Accountable Leaders
No activity: getting stuck in planning stage and not executing
Over analytical: reading into situations that doesn’t exist
Performance obsessed: misunderstanding when deadlines are missed or beyond control
Assume responsibility: taking the blame for things that you are not responsible for
Flexibility: not being adaptable to changing circumstances
Books to Amplify Your Superpower
- The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy
- The Slight Edge: Turning Simple Disciplines into Massive Success and Happiness by Jeff Olson
- Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
Quotes
[shareable cite=”Elon Musk”]It’s OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket[/shareable]
[shareable cite=”Elon Musk”]If you’re trying to create a company, it’s like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion[/shareable]
[shareable cite=”Elon Musk”]I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself[/shareable]
[shareable cite=”Mark Zuckerberg”]A simple rule of business is, if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress[/shareable]
[shareable cite=”Mark Zuckerberg”]I wear the same outfit or, at least, a different copy of it almost every day[/shareable]
[shareable cite=”Mary Barra”]What I always say is, ‘Do every job you’re in like you’re going to do it for the rest of your life, and demonstrate that ownership of it'[/shareable][shareable cite=”Mary Barra”]A car is thirty thousand parts you’re putting together[/shareable]
[shareable cite=”Stewart Butterfield”]What motivates me is just to do a really, really good job at something[/shareable]
[shareable cite=”Stewart Butterfield”]Life is too short to do mediocre work and it is definitely too short to build worthless things[/shareable]
[shareable cite=”Brian Chesky”]If you want to create a great product, just focus on one person. Make that person have the most amazing experience ever[/shareable]
[shareable cite=”Marillyn Hewson”]I like to know whether you’re the kind of person who can set priorities, take initiative and drive results right from the beginning[/shareable]
[shareable cite=”Dr. Stephen Covey”]Accountability breeds response-ability[/shareable]
[shareable cite=”Brie Larson”]Maybe you’re not perfect, but you’re willing to actually look at yourself and take some kind of accountability. That’s a change. It might not mean that you can turn everything around, but I think there’s something incredibly hopeful about that[/shareable]
[shareable cite=”Jennifer Granholm”]We need, first of all, for there to be accountability, for there to be somebody who is responsible for enforcing standards and holding people’s feet to the fire[/shareable]
[shareable cite=”Conan O’Brien”]The beauty is that through disappointment you can gain clarity, and with clarity comes conviction and true originality[/shareable]
[shareable cite=”Jim Rohn”]Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment[/shareable]
[shareable cite=”Jim Rohn”]We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment[/shareable]
[shareable cite=”Alexander Graham Bell”]Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus[/shareable]
[shareable cite=”Michael Jordan”]The game has its ups and downs, but you can never lose focus of your individual goals and you can’t let yourself be beat because of lack of effort[/shareable]