Understand why trust-building is key to a leader's ability to transform an organization and learn how build a positive relationship with your workforce and stakeholders.
SHORTLISTED: CMI Management Book of the Year 2017 - Commuter's Read Category (previous edition)
The Trusted Executive helps leaders deliver outstanding results, create inspiring relationships and provide a positive contribution through the power of trustworthy leadership.
In the shifting world of business, affected by trends involving robotics, AI, data privacy, the #metoo movement, climate crisis, employment rights and income inequality, trust and truthfulness have become the agenda. But how can business leaders and executives build trust in an untrusting world?
The Trusted Executive, gives leaders the tools to build trust by focusing on ability, integrity and benevolence. Providing a range of tools, exercises, examples and case studies, the fully updated edition will help readers:
- Understand the primary role of trust as a leadership skill
- Build trust around themselves as a leader, and develop role modelling behaviours
- Lead transformation change within their own organization
- Develop strategies to deal with unwanted violations of trust within their business
Helps leaders develop the key attributes of trust, ability, integrity and benevolence
Presents tools, models and case studies based on 15 years of coaching CEOs and their teams
Includes interviews from organizations such as Unilever, Financial Times, JLL, Jupiter Life Insurance, CBRE and BSI
New to this edition: Fully updated throughout including a new chapter on how to implement trust best practice into organizations
John Blakey
Dr John Blakey is the UK's leading executive coach for purpose-driven CEOs and the founder of The Trusted Executive. An authority on purpose-driven leadership, his expertise is sought-after by ambitious leaders aiming to be a force for good and achieve the triple bottom line - profit, people and planet. With a unique track record as a pioneering coach, global thought leader and former FTSE 100 international managing director, John has worked with over 130 CEOs around the globe, including the leaders of gold-medal-winning Team GB Olympic squads, title-winning premiership football clubs and England cricket. He is the author of The Trusted Executive, also published by Kogan Page.
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"This inspiring book sets out a leader's individual responsibility for driving the actions that create organizational trust. The measures John Blakey recommends are highly practical and well within the capability of all business leaders who are determined to leave a positive legacy."
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"What this bold and thought-provoking book shows is that there is an urgent need to re-build trust through developing leaders that don't just 'talk the talk', but who also 'walk the talk."
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"I've read many books on organizational trust and John's is one of the best - a welcome addition and a must-read."
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