Vince Molinaro
{{Short description|Business strategist}}
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Venanzio "Vince" Molinaro (born 1962) is a business strategist and leadership adviser. He is the author of several books, including Accountable Leaders. Molinaro is the reference founder and CEO of Leadership Contract Inc.
Education and career
Molinaro has degrees from Brock University and McMaster University and received his doctorate from the Department of Education, University of Toronto.{{cite web
|url = http://www.knightsbridge.com/AboutUs/OurPeople/Bio/VinceMolinaro.aspx
|title = Vince Molinaro: Official bio
|access-date = September 1, 2013
|work = Knightsbridge Human Capital Solutions
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131005005439/http://www.knightsbridge.com/AboutUs/OurPeople/Bio/VinceMolinaro.aspx
|archive-date = October 5, 2013
|url-status = dead
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}} For doctoral research he interviewed four employees and their co-workers about an approach to work which was based not on materialism but on substance, spirituality, reflective practice, and on building strong relationships with others. The resulting doctoral thesis was entitled Holism at work, exploring the experiences of individuals creating a new holistic story of work.{{cite thesis
| url = https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/handle/1807/11001
| title = Holism at work, exploring the experiences of individuals creating a new holistic story of work
| author = Venanzio Molinaro
| date = 1997
| publisher = National Library of Canada
| access-date = September 1, 2013
| type = Thesis
}}
Authorship
Molinaro's first two books, The Leadership Gap and Leadership Solutions, were co-authored with David S. Weiss and Liane Davey.{{cite book
|author1=David S. Weiss
|author2=Vince Molinaro
|title=The Leadership Gap: Building Leadership Capacity for Competitive Advantage
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kut7N-8KLDsC
|date=April 29, 2005
|publisher=John Wiley & Sons
|isbn=978-0-470-67815-2}}{{cite book
|author1=David S. Weiss
|author2=Vince Molinaro
|author3=Liane Davey
|title=Leadership Solutions: The Pathway to Bridge the Leadership Gap
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wU_8-NHCh2cC
|date=October 15, 2007
|publisher=Jossey-Bass, John Wiley & Sons
|isbn=978-0-470-67562-5}}The Leadership Gap ranked #3 on list of best selling business books by the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail in May 2011.{{Cite news
|url = http://investdb2.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/GAM.20110524.RBDAYBOOK0524BOOKLISTATL/GIStory/
|title = The List / Bestselling Business Books
|date = May 24, 2011
|work = The Globe and Mail
|access-date = May 18, 2014
}} It claims that the growth of an organization can outstrip its capacity to cultivate a sufficient quantity of leaders, and that this "leadership gap" can be corrosive. The book proposes a system for identifying high priority gaps and filling them. Reviewing the book in the Journal of Organizational Excellence, LaRoi Lawton said, "The highly motivated, self-directed reader can gain a great deal of learning and other results from using the guidelines and materials in this timely book."{{Cite journal
| title = Currents: Books in brief
| author = LaRoi Lawton
| journal = Journal of Organizational Excellence
| volume = 25
| issue = 2
| pages = 103–107
| date = 2006-02-09
| quote = The highly motivated, self-directed reader can gain a great deal of learning and other results from using the guidelines and materials in this timely book.
| doi = 10.1002/joe.20094
}} Writing about the book in CMA Management magazine, Robert Coleman stated "Building leadership capacity for the future can be a challenge, and pundits have started to jump into the fray."{{Cite journal
| title = Editorial: Fostering leaders
| first = Robert
| last = Coleman
| newspaper = CMA Management magazine
|via=HighBeam Research
| date = August 1, 2005
| access-date = 2015-01-03
| url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-136512596.html
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140629122624/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-136512596.html
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = June 29, 2014
| quote = Building leadership capacity for the future can be a challenge, and pundits have started to jump into the fray... David S. Weiss and Vince Molinaro are two such pundits...
}} The book review in the same issue comments that "The Leadership Gap provides a road map for creating such an [leadership development] environment."{{Cite journal
| title = The Leadership Gap: Filling the gaps
| newspaper = CMA Management magazine|via=HighBeam Research
| date = August 1, 2005
| access-date = 2015-01-03
| url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-136512598.html
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140629122518/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-136512598.html
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = June 29, 2014
| quote = The authors recommend a long-term strategy for leadership development, integrated into the day-to-day business of the company. The Leadership Gap provides a road map for creating such an environment.
}}
His book, The Leadership Contract, claims the majority of employees accept leadership positions without "reading the fine print." He draws on an analogy to web site users who accept the terms of service of the site without ever reading them.{{cite book
|author=Vince Molinaro
|title=The Leadership Contract: The Fine Print to Becoming a Great Leader
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NQMeAAAAQBAJ
|date=July 16, 2013
|publisher=John Wiley & Sons
|isbn=978-1-118-71478-2}}{{rp|6}} He advocates that an employee who wants to cut through bureaucratic sclerosis and make changes in their organizations instead make a conscious decision to lead, going so far as to write down, sign, and date an explicit "leadership contract" with herself or himself.{{rp|155}}
The book ranked #4 on The New York Times Best Seller list in the Hard cover business books category for the month of September 2013{{cite news
|url = https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2013-09-01/hardcover-business-books/list.html
|title = The New York Times Best Sellers: Hard Cover Business Books: September, 2013
|work=The New York Times
|date=September 1, 2013
|access-date=September 1, 2013
}} and #3 in the Advice, how-to, & miscellaneous category for August 2013.{{cite news
|url = https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2013-08-18/advice-how-to-and-miscellaneous/list.html
|title = The New York Times Best Sellers: Advice, How-to, & Miscellaneous: August, 2013
|work=The New York Times
|date=August 1, 2013
|access-date=May 19, 2013
}} In a five-star review at Goodreads, Carolyn Kost found the book inspiring.{{Cite web
| title = Review of The Leadership Contract: The Fine Print to Becoming a Great Leader
| author = Carolyn Kost
| work = Goodreads
| date = 2014-06-04
| access-date = 2015-01-02
| url = http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/957523660
| quote = This book ... will inspire you to never stop challenging yourself...
}} Writing for Inc. magazine, Minda Zetlin comments that making these four commitments may determine effectiveness.{{Cite web
| title = 4 Commitments Every Great Leader Makes
| author = Minda Zetlin
| work = Inc.com
| date = 2014-01-28
| access-date = 2015-01-02
| url = http://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/4-commitments-every-great-leader-makes.html
| quote = What commitments are you making when you take on a leadership role? Your answer may determine how effective you really are.
}} In a review for a Colorado State University magazine, Sara Daubert says the book "offers practical suggestions" but cautions that some of the examples are "more remedial" in nature and that some are "lengthy and lack relevance."{{Cite web
| title = Great Reads
| author = Sara Daubert
| work = The Difference: Magazine for alumni of the College of Business of Colorado State University
| date = Spring 2014
| access-date = 2015-01-02
| url = http://difference.biz.colostate.edu/pages/great-reads-spring14.aspx
| quote = The book ... offers practical suggestions about adopting new leadership policies ... some of the leadership examples are more remedial ... tend to be lengthy and lack relevance; .. beneficial ... to engage in a deeper level of self-reflection going forward with their own leadership goals.
}}
Molinaro contributed three articles for the book The Trainer's Portable Mentor edited by Terrence L. Gargiulo, namely "The Synergy of Co-Facilitation: Creating Powerful Learning Experiences", "The Integrated Approach to Leadership Development" (with David Weiss), and "The Trainer as a CAPABLE Leader" (also with Weiss).{{cite book
|author1=Terrence L. Gargiulo
|author2=Ajay Pangarkar
|author3=Teresa Kirkwood
|title=The Trainer's Portable Mentor
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=va8gIJGG_fgC
|date=August 25, 2008
|publisher=John Wiley & Sons
|isbn=978-0-470-27841-3}} For the Banff Centre, he wrote "Driving Employee Engagement", again with Weiss.{{Cite web|url = http://www.banffcentre.ca/leadership/library/pdf/driving_employee_engagement_Weiss-Molinaro.pdf|title = Driving Employee Engagement|date = May 12, 2013|access-date = May 18, 2014|website = Banff Centre|publisher = Banff Centre|last1 = Molinaro|first1 = Vince|last2 = Weiss|first2 = Alan}} Nick Morgan, reviewing Molinaro's blog for Forbes, observed: "Vince's blog will make any leader stop and think about the predominant model of leadership that still exists today."{{Cite web
| title = How Leaders Communicate
| last = Morgan | first = Nick
| work = Forbes
| date = 27 August 2012
| access-date = 2015-01-03
| url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/nickmorgan/2012/08/27/how-leaders-communicate/
}} He has authored two articles for Harvard Business Review, namely, "Do Millennials Really Want Their Bosses to Call Their Parents?"{{Cite journal
| title = Do Millennials Really Want Their Bosses to Call Their Parents?
| author = Vince Molinaro
| journal = Harvard Business Review
| date = 2014-04-14
| access-date = 2015-03-01
| url = https://hbr.org/2014/04/do-millennials-really-want-their-bosses-to-call-their-parents
}} and "Why a Corporate Scandal Will Follow You Even If You Weren’t Involved."{{Cite journal
| title = Why a Corporate Scandal Will Follow You Even If You Weren't Involved
| author = Vince Molinaro
| journal = Harvard Business Review
| date = 2014-12-04
| access-date = 2015-03-01
| url = https://hbr.org/2014/12/why-a-corporate-scandal-will-follow-you-even-if-you-werent-involved
}}
In Molinaro's most recent book Accountable leaders, he seeks to address the problem of mediocre leadership by holding leaders accountable. The book was inspired in part by a revered co-worker claiming that her illness was the result of a toxic work environment. He claims accountability is what differentiates great leaders from mediocre ones. He identifies five attributes and five key drivers.
Awards
References
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| title = Why There Are Too Many Mediocre Bosses — And What To Do About It
| last = Trapp | first = Roger
| work = Forbes
| date = 2020-11-27
| access-date = 2021-06-10
| url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogertrapp/2020/11/27/why-there-are-too-many-mediocre-bosses---and-what-to-do-about-it/
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| title = Award Recipients - ACEC CONFERENCE
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| work = ACEC CONFERENCE
| date =
| access-date = 2021-06-10
| url = https://acec-conference.org/award-recipients/
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| title = A New Era of Leadership
| author = Brandon Ling
| work = Experience Beedie, Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada
| date = 2014-10-28
| access-date = 2022-06-13
| url = https://beedie.sfu.ca/experience/a-new-era-of-leadership/
| quote = To me, the most important idea that Dr. Molinaro spoke about was accountability
}}
| title = Building a Brand That Will Last: Intentional Integrity and Accountability
| author = Terri Williams
| work = The Economist, Executive Education Navigator
| date = 2021-04-09
| access-date = 2022-06-13
| url = https://execed.economist.com/blog/industry-trends/building-brand-will-last-intentional-integrity-and-accountability
| quote = believes that integrity is the currency of an organisation.
}}
| title = How to Tell a Great Story
| author = Carolyn O'Hara
| journal = Harvard Business Review
| date = 2014-07-30
| access-date = 2022-06-13
| url = https://hbr.org/2014/07/how-to-tell-a-great-story
| language =
| quote = she was convinced that her disease was a direct function of putting up with a toxic work environment for so long
}}
| title = Accountability Eats Mediocrity For Breakfast
| last = Pontefract | first = Dan
| work = Forbes
| date = 2020-07-20
| access-date = 2022-06-13
| url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/danpontefract/2020/07/20/accountability-eats-mediocrity-for-breakfast/?sh=2ea6cd62f17c
| quote = accountability is what differentiates great leaders from mediocre ones
}}
|author=Vince Molinaro
|title=Accountable Leaders: Inspire a Culture Where Everyone Steps Up, Takes Ownership, and Delivers Results
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=563UDwAAQBAJ
|date=2020-06-10
|publisher=John Wiley & Sons
|isbn=9781119550112}}
}}
| title = The New Rules of Leadership: 5 Forces Shaping Expectations of CEOs
| author = Katie Jones
| work = Visual Capitalist
| date = 2020-09-23
| access-date = 2022-07-27
| url = https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-new-rules-of-leadership-5-forces-shaping-expectations-of-ceos/
| quote = This infographic from bestselling author Vince Molinaro explores five drivers reshaping our world that leaders must pay attention to in order to bring about real change.
}}
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuEBVsDuYUSlFPjc7yQmbrA Official channel on YouTube]
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