ABSTRACT
In a Third Generation Leadership world the issue relates to differences in how this accountability occurs when the traditional power and authority inherent in a hierarchical organisation no longer exists. To understand Third Generation Leadership accountability one need to return to the concepts developed by Clare Graves and Elliott Jaques. There appears to be some consensus that values are emotionally loaded attitudes or beliefs. As Andrew Mowat made clear in his comparison between First Generation Leadership, Second Generation Leadership and Third Generation Leadership, only a Third Generation Leadership approach a 3G Leader has the mindset to be able to effectively lead both those who are able to live with Third Generation Leadership accountability and with those who find themselves unable or unwilling to move beyond First Generation Leadership and/or Second Generation Leadership accountability. In the early research and experimental stages of developing the Third Generation Leadership concept a variety of commercial organisations tried various aspects of the approach.
