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“Trust is equal parts character and competence... You can look at any leadership failure, and it's always a failure of one or the other.”  Stephen Covey, The SPEED of Trust   A leader builds trust by aligning his actions with his words. Equally important is his perceived competence and capacity to provide clear direction with transparency and integrity. Not easy to accomplish in a digital age when market, environmental and technological developments are occurring so much faster than the annual business planning retreat. External regulators struggle to keep pace, and internal plans and policies are out of date as soon as they are drafted, exposing leaders and their companies to the risk of falling out of step with employee and…

Does your organisation struggle to remain responsive, flexible and competitive in the current environment? Perhaps you need look no further than the number of layers that have crept into your organisational structure over time (D Worrall, 2013, "Accountability Leadership"). Organisations with deeply hierarchical structures are often weighted down with superfluous layers of bureaucracy and decision making, unable to react quickly to changing demands. The power to make quick decisions is concentrated at a central point rather than being dispersed among frontline employees who have direct influence on customers and clients. There is a strong argument for flatter structures and cross-functional decision-making arrangements that are more aligned with today's customers who demand quick and effective responses from organisations. Those who are…

It's the final day of the Accountability Leadership Book Launch on Amazon, and I am thrilled to report that we have reached #1 in the US Amazon best sellers list for Kindle Leadership Books.   We also reached #1 in Canada and Germany.   Thankyou to everyone who has made this such a succesful campaign.