Leader's Covenant from Toastmaster

1. I will lead this team

2. I will provide you with a mission statement and clarify it as needed to achieve full team understanding of our goal

3. To achieve this mission, I pledge you my energy, my intelligence, my empathy and my commitment. My personal goal is earn and maintain your respect, spark your enthusiasm and inspire your creative energy as we work together on this mission.

4. I will provide you with a document identifying the initial structure of this team. It will include members' names and contact information, identification and definitions for all individual roles, and clear expectations of what those roles require in terms of responsibility and accountability. This document will serve as a starting point for our discussion of team structure. 

5. I will acknowledge and respect the team's importance and role in achieving a successful result and will consult you prior to making and client commitments that would alter our mission

6. I will communicate all matters of importance it the team and/or to individual team members fully and in a timely manner, using whatever communication system the team deems appropriate

7. I will engage with you and involve you as we work with our clients to solve problems, come to decisions and ultimately achieve our mission

8. I will be open to and actively seek individual suggestions for improving the team's process, the work to be done, and the finla deliverables

9. I will respond immediately to team concerns and actively work to remove barriers to team progress

10. I will respond immediately to any concerns you may have about my leadership behaviours as expressed here, If, at any time, you feel that  I am not living up to my commitments to the team, I expect you to bring it to my attention before it gets in the way of our success.