How Leaders Can Inspire Accountability: Three Habits That Make or Break Leaders and Elevate Organizational Performance

by Michael Timms

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.

Genres: Nonfiction, Business

270 pages, Paperback

Published November 25, 2022

About the author

Michael Timms is an internationally sought-after speaker, consultant and best-selling author who teaches leaders how to inspire greatness in their teams. Michael is the author of the book How Leaders Can Inspire Accountability which the world’s #1 leadership coach, Marshall Goldsmith, called “the ultimate guide for embracing accountability as a leader” and is the basis of his renowned TEDx talk. His first book, Succession Planning That Works, received critical acclaim as “an invaluable guide for identifying, and taking advantage of, talent within organizations.”

Reviews

[Josh Trice · Rating 2 out of 5]

If you enjoy leadership books, you'll probably get something out of this worth your while. The biggest flaw of the book is that I felt the latter 2/3rds loses sight of "accountability" (the author almost entirely abandons the word for quite a few chapters at a time).
There's some good stuff here (the standout chapters being 8 and 11) about blame and self-awareness. But I am not a huge fan of business oriented leadership (etc.) books.
At times it felt compelling, it is a book about oranizational accountability, but falls victim to a self help spiral of individual striving.
I just think leadership is more than "striving to acheive results."

[Malissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Definite a book worthy of a reread. So much information in this book, you could even just focus on digesting a chapter at a time. Made me think and reflect.

[Peter Peters · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book great principles worth the read