Keynote speaker, author, C-suite consultant and educator, Linda Galindo teaches leaders how to bring accountability into their organizations to significantly improve performance. Galindo inspires leaders to empower themselves, and those that follow them, to speak the truth, focus on what matters and be fully accountable for the results they produce. Galindo specializes in working in healthcare and government – bringing the principles of accountability to organizations where it is truly needed – at the leadership level. She also consults to clients in a variety of verticals including energy, financial, medical devices, transportation, insurance and the arts. Galindo has written over one hundred articles on the topic of accountability. Galindo speaks nationally on the topics of accountable leadership and creating the culture change to bring about an accountable organization. She serves as faculty for the Governance Institute (serving boards of directors and C-suite healthcare executives) and the Institute for Management Studies. She speaks to leadership conferences nationally. A former journalist and radio news personality, Galindo made the shift to consulting, speaking and writing about accountability 20 years ago. Galindo noticed that news stories were about people, especially leaders in business and government, who were not accountable. “I wanted to put the topic of accountability in our national conversation before crises and problems arose,” says Galindo. “I got tired of reporting on situations in which accountability was not present but should have been. Rather than talking about accountability after the fact – often when it was already too late to make an impact – I have made it my life’s work to bring accountability proactively into organizations at the leadership level where it is really needed. The business case to do so is compelling. Real leaders understand The Straight Truth®: ‘Accountability starts with me.’”