Accountable leader: developing effective leadership through managerial accountability

Leadership

November 2008

Brian Dive

Centered around three themes — leadership, accountability and organizational structure — this book explores what it means for managers to be held accountable at every level and argues that most leadership-related problems arise from the ineffectiveness of organizational structures that lack accountable jobs. You will learn in this summary:

• The 10 key management accountabilities
• Why organizations are so often lacking clear accountabilities
• How to develop leadership in an organization
• How the Decision Making Accountability (DMA) Solution Set provides the principles needed to address the accountability of leaders
• The Seven Elements of Decision Making Accountability
• How leaders are held accountable at the various Work Levels within an organization