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The Leadership Contract: The Fine Print to Becoming a Great Leader

The Leadership Contract: The Fine Print to Becoming a Great Leader

Author: Vince Molinaro
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9781118635575
Published In: July 2013
Format: Hardback , 224 pages
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Establish the terms and conditions of a "Leadership Contract" to ensure the success of your company

Recent studies show that only 7 percent of employees have trust and confidence in their senior leaders. How can we ever get our organizations to succeed if so few employees believe in their senior leaders? The Leadership Contract explains why leadership, and specifically leadership culture, is the only real differentiator between the organizations that thrive and those that fall behind. This book explains how to establish a leadership contract that is fully understood and agreed upon by business leaders to ensure the success of their company.

The book lays out the four terms and conditions of the leadership contract and enlists leaders in making a conscious decision to lead, including the understanding that leadership is a decision, entails an obligation, is difficult, and requires a community.

Designed for top-level executives, mid-level managers, front-line leaders, and emerging leaders, the book identifies the shortcomings of current leadership methods and explains how to adopt new policies and mentalities to make you a better leader and ensure business success
Author Vince Molinaro, Ph.D., CMC is the author of two successful books, Leadership Solutions and The Leadership Gap and is also a Certified Management Consultant

Create the contract that ensures your leadership will take your organization to new heights.

Introduction 1

Redefining How You Lead 4

The Leadership Contract 5

A Word of Warning 8

Chapter 1 My Personal Leadership Story 9

Is Leadership Worth Dying For? 12
Why Are Some Leaders Such Jerks? 19
Why Are Many Leaders So Lame? 21
Has Anyone Noticed That We’ve Stopped
Talking about Our Values? 24
How Do You Create a Vibrant Culture? 25
Reflect—Your Personal Leadership Story 29

Chapter 2 What’s Wrong with Leadership Today? 31

When Organizations Let Us Down 33
Leadership Is Disconnected 36
Leadership Is Disappointing 38
Leadership Is Disgraceful 41
How Did We Get Here? 42
It’s Time We Stop Settling—and Start
Expecting More 48
Reflect—What’s Wrong with Leadership Today? 49

Chapter 3 Why We Need a Leadership Contract 51

The Leadership Contract and Its Four Terms 53
Reflect—Why We Need a
Leadership Contract 57

Chapter 4 Leadership Is a Decision—Make It 59

Why Doesn’t Anyone Want to Be a
Leader Anymore? 62
Why You Need to Make the Leadership Decision 64
The Two Kinds of Leadership Decisions 66
Big D and Small d Leadership Decisions—
Clarity and Commitment 72
A Real Leadership Decision Is Visceral 75
Deciding Not to Lead Is an Important
Leadership Decision 78
Final Thoughts—Get Your Act Together 80
Reflect—Leadership Is a Decision 81

Chapter 5 Leadership Is an Obligation—Step Up 83

The Iron Ring Ceremony 86
What’s It Going to Take? 94
The Five Core Obligations of Leadership 96
The Five Core Obligations in Action 106
Revisiting the Iron Ring Ceremony and What
It Means for Leaders 108
Final Thoughts—Leadership Is an Obligation 109
Reflect—Leadership Is an Obligation 109

Chapter 6 Leadership Is Hard Work—Get Tough 111

Do We Have Wimps or Leaders in Our
Organizations? 113
The Hard Rule of Leadership 114
Final Thoughts—It’s Time to Get Tough 129
Reflect—Leadership Is Hard Work 130

Chapter 7 Leadership Is a Community—Connect 131

The Missed Opportunity 134
We Are Wired for Community 134
A Rotting of Zombies 135
A League of Heroes 137
A Stable of Thoroughbreds 138
It’s Time to Build a Community of Leaders 141
A Strong Community of Leaders—Clarity
and Commitment 142
Has Everyone Noticed the Change in the Room? 145
Final Thoughts—How Is Help Defined in
Your Organization? 147
Reflect—Leadership Is a Community 148

Chapter 8 Signing the Leadership Contract 149

It’s Time to Sign the Leadership Contract 152
The One Thing You Cannot Do 154
Signing the Document 156
Create Your Own Leadership Contract 158
Final Thoughts—Signing the Leadership Contract 158
Reflect—Signing the Leadership
Contract 159

Chapter 9 The Turning Points of Leadership 161

Revisiting the Turning Points
of Leadership 163
Final Thoughts—The Turning Points of
Leadership 176
Reflect—The Turning Points of Leadership 177

Chapter 10 Putting the Leadership Contract into Action 179

Foundational Strategies for Putting the
Leadership Contract into Action 185
Regular Practices to Put the Leadership
Contract into Action 188
Putting the Leadership Contract into Action
within Your Organization 191
Create Your Own Organization’s Leadership
Contract 194
Final Thoughts—Redefining How We Lead 197

Notes 199

Acknowledgments 201

About the Author 203

About Knightsbridge Human Capital Solutions 205

Index 207

VINCE MOLINARO, PhD, is the Global Managing Director of the Leadership Practice within Knightsbridge Human Capital Solutions, a firm dedicated to helping organizations seamlessly execute their business strategies through their people. Vince advises senior executives and boards on how to make leadership culture their ultimate business differentiator. He has worked with organizations in the energy, financial services, technology, professional services, and public sectors. An engaging speaker, he conducts keynote presentations for corporations and conferences. He is the author of Leadership SolutionsandThe Leadership Gap, both published by Wiley.