This document discusses the importance of accountability in leadership. It defines leadership as positively influencing people and systems to have meaningful impact and achieve results. Accountability involves taking responsibility for one's actions and being open about thoughts and deeds to receive encouragement and feedback. The document states that developing true maturity and making disciples requires some form of accountability, like tracks are needed for a train. Leaders are accountable to God, their leader/pastor, the people they lead, themselves, and the wider community. Developing accountability is important for effective building, growth, teamwork, honesty, protection of people and organizations, nurturing reflection, and eliminating an "answerable to no one" attitude.

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2. What is Leadership?
• The ability to positively
influence people and
systems
• To have a meaningful
impact and achieve
results

3. What is Accountability ?
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Accountability is about responsibilities
and relationships
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It is a check and balance system to
protect us from harm from ourselves
and others. We do this by being open
to what we are thinking and doing so
we can receive encouragement and
reproof, when needed. Christian
accountability is accounting for
what...why… who…. When…

4. Developing Leadership
Accountability
To believe you can make disciples or
develop true maturity in others without
some form of accountability is like believing
that you can raise children without
discipline, run a company without rules, or
lead an army without authority.
Accountability is to the Great Commission
what tracks are to a train.
(Bill Hull The Disciple Making Pastor)

5. Accountability in Leadership
Accountability starts with seeking and
accepting advice from others. Most
wrong actions come about because if
a failure to input clear boundaries of
roles and responsibilities.

6. Why is it Important to Develop
Accountability in Leadership?
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In order to build effectively
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To encourage personal growth
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To develop effective team work
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To enable honesty and transparency
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For personal and corporate protection
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To build and sustain trust and confidence with:
 Leadership
 Colleagues
 Congregants
 Community
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To nurture reflective practice
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To eradicate the “answerable to no one” attitude

7. Who Are Leaders
Accountable to?
• To God (Rom 14:10 -12; Matt
12:36)
• To the Leader/Pastor (Heb 13:17)
• To the flock (1 Pet. 5:2)
• To themselves (1 Cor 9:25 -27)
• To the wider community

8. The Enemy to Leadership
Accountability

9. How to Develop
Leadership Accountability

10. Developing Christian Leadership
Accountability

11. Scriptures on Accountability

12. THANK YOU
Pastor Davis-Lawrence
Vision Leadership Academy
E:nharvest@ymail.com