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# How Today’s Leaders Can Become Stewards of Change with Kate Adams
[Planning Alternatives](https://planningalt.com/insights/author/planning-alternatives) June 1, 2026
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We sit down with [Kate Adams](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kateeadams/), Fractional Chief Impact Officer of [Conscious Capitalism, Inc.](https://www.linkedin.com/company/consciouscapitalism/), to explore what accountable leadership looks like in a world demanding more from business. Kate has spent her career helping CEOs, boards, and senior leaders understand their organizations as both economic and societal forces. Her new book, “[Accountability Under Fire,](https://www.linkedin.com/company/accountability-under-fire/)” argues that great leadership is fundamentally a matter of stewardship, not just performance.
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- 00:00 Introduction.
- 03:00 “Accountability Under Fire” explores the stewardship role every business leader must own.
- 05:01 Technology leaders must ask what their decisions cost the people around them.
- 11:12 Kate’s brother and the Paralympics shape her belief in unrealized human potential.
- 15:18 Leadership is a privilege, and influence demands honest reflection on its use.
- 16:01 Great leaders want to do better, and the environment is the real obstacle. 18:30 What is true accountability?
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> “It’s a privilege to lead. There’s this sense of — I have the ability to have great influence and impact. How do I want to use that?”
>
> \- Kate Adams
Resources Mentioned:
- [Conscious Capitalism website](https://www.consciouscapitalism.org/)
- [Accountability Under Fire” by Kate Adams](https://www.amazon.com/Accountability-Under-Fire-demanding-business/dp/1788607988)
- [“Seat for Society” podcast](https://www.seatforsociety.com/)
- #ConsciousCapitalism #AccountableLeadership #SocietalImpact
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LinkedIn: [Kate Adams](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kateeadams/)
LinkedIn: [Conscious Capitalism, Inc.](https://www.linkedin.com/company/consciouscapitalism/)
LinkedIn: [Accountability Under Fire](https://www.linkedin.com/company/accountability-under-fire/)
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