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The Power of Accountability

Leaders must be accountable if they’re to earn respect, and nothing provides that accountability like proven execution of projects that are steeped in quality and delivered on deadline. This chapter provides simple strategies for achieving quality results that improve upon your organizational role and build your workplace reputation.

Excellence Starts with Execution

Accountability starts with results. Without results, you have nothing to be accountable for and no way to prove your effectiveness as a current—or future—leader. Talk is cheap, but results are priceless. That’s because results are a way to prove your potential and provide clear-cut, physical evidence of your excellence.

Execution—not just how fast you ...

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