Activity 2.1 | ECE Leadership: Role & Characteristics

Professional Accountability

Impact of Leadership Styles

Leadership styles play a crucial role in shaping professional accountability and ethical practices within any organization or program. Regardless of your leadership style at any given moment, you are accountable for your actions as a leader. Furthermore, being professionally accountable means accepting responsibility when things go wrong and giving credit where it's due when things go right. Leaders who hold themselves accountable for their actions show that they are willing to take responsibility for mistakes, not just successes.

Taking accountability demonstrates a commitment to your program, the children, the families and your staff and can serve as a reminder that everyone is accountable for their actions and decisions. 

You will read a short account of professional accountability in action on the next page of this activity.