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Introduction vii

• You want to optimize organizational efficiency and effective-
ness, and you know much more can be achieved.
• You are frustrated with the slow pace of organizational change
and the lack of sustainability: nothing seems to stick.
• You have noticed that your level of enthusiasm and passion
are not what they used to be, and this is unacceptable to you.
• You are frustrated by ineffective teamwork, unproductive meet-
ings, lack of collaboration, and a negative work environment.
• You are concerned about the low level of employee engagement
in spite of numerous attempts to raise it.
• You want to build a team, business, or organization that is best
of breed.

Perhaps you have encountered a roadblock or hit an impasse in your
personal leadership effectiveness. Nothing has changed in your commit-
ment and you continue to put in long hours, but something is missing—
something is holding you back. Your mind may be wandering to the land
of “what if?” “What if I change my job, change my organization, change
profession, change location, change career, change my boss, change com-
panies?” You have been asking every “what if” question except one:
What if you discover that behavioral blind spots are the barrier and
change that first?
That’s why I’ve written this book—to help you with that very question,
before you change anything else. Fearless Leadership provides you with a
proven methodology for expanding your capacity to achieve maximum
effectiveness in any circumstance. This book is for leaders who have the inner
strength and courage to demand the highest level of accountability and
integrity from themselves and others. This is leadership in its truest sense.
I have spent my career surrounded by fearless leaders, and I cannot
imagine a world without them. They have inspired and moved me. Over
the years we have worked with courageous leaders to take on the most
daunting challenges, and have triumphed. We have helped them expand
their effectiveness and accelerate long-term organizational success with the
methodology described in this book: 100% Accountability™. This method-
ology engages people to turn fundamental values into a uniform behav-
ioral framework that raises the level of performance and results.