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The Trusted Leader

The Trusted Leader

Book Review - Top Pick!

Who is The Trusted Leader?

Trust is an intangible asset, much the same as a quality culture is intangible – yet, it is also very useful to begin thinking of trust as an “outcome” that results from very tangible goals and actions.

There is no doubt that there are many concrete benefits to an organization from having trusted leadership at the helm and throughout its ranks.

When there is trust in leadership and among peer groups, a great deal of risk is eliminated.

For instance, when there is a culture of trust people more freely express themselves. With more open dialogue, the quality of the available information increases exponentially. When trust is present people are more likely to voice concern and participate in an open debate to come to the best conclusion, which benefits everyone involved as well as the organization.

When trust is lacking, there tends to be more meetings behind closed doors, which creates a sense of secrecy and even conspiracy among the team members.

The Trusted Leader is able to more quickly ignite passion into the workforce. People want to be a part of something bigger than themselves. They will go to great lengths to ensure success when they have fully committed themselves to a leader they trust.

A leader that has the trust of his workforce is able to keep the team more focused. We will each go to great lengths to never lose the respect from
someone we also respect. The reverse is also true.

Creativity will flourish in an organization where there is trust in leadership. When people no longer feel like they need to be extremely careful about what they say and how they say it; when they no longer worry over appearing too anxious or too much at ease in front of their supervisor, creativity is a natural by-product.

Best of all, trusted leadership is absolutely contagious, and you most definitely want everyone to catch this bug! Just as fear, worry, anxiety and self-doubt is highly destructive to a team, TRUST can be the best habit a team, and an entire organization, can acquire.

When you sit back and really think about it, so many additional benefits come from the existence of trust in leadership. In addition to making more money, because your people are more productive in a trusting environment, think of the money saved with higher employee retention rates. How much easier will it be to recruit and retain new employees to your team? How much better will the quality of your product improve with a highly experienced and engaged workforce?

Trust in leadership takes many forms: Strategic, Organizational and Personal. The Trusted Leader walks you step by step through the entire subject.

While trusted leadership may look a little different in every organization, there is no doubt that its many benefits are universal.

"After trust has been lost, employee morale erodes, customer loyalty declines, employees feel bereft, and at the same time, embarrassed that they were bamboozled, angry that they had been kept in the dark, and unsure of what to do or whom to trust next."
- Excerpt from The Trusted Leader

The authors provide a blueprint for regaining, developing and maintaining trust in leadership. Chapters in The Trusted Leader include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • What Is Trusted Leadership?
  • The Trusted Leader Self-Assessment
  • The Enemies Of Trusted Leadership
  • The Tools Of Building Personal Trust
  • In Times Of Change
  • When People Leave
  • In Times Of Crisis
  • Trust Lost, Trust Rebuilt
  • When You Leave: The Legacy Of Trust

Highly established leadership experts are giving praise to this wonderful book. They are quick to acknowledge how trust directly impacts the bottom line results of every organization.

"In this excellent and timely book, Galford and Drapeau show us how leaders consciously build and preserve the trust of their colleagues and subordinates. This book ought to be in the hands of every manager who is serious about driving the longer term success of their organization.”
- Jon Younger, SVP, Leadership Development, National City Corporation

"This is precisely the right book for precisely the right time.”
- George Colony, CEO, Forrester Research, Inc.

We encourage our readers to add this book to their personal leadership library.


Robert M. Galford, is a managing partner of the Center for Executive Development in Boston and has taught executive education programs at Columbia University, The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and Harvard University.

Anne Seibold Drapeau, is chief people officer of Boston-based Digitas and has held management positions at Pepsi, J.P.Morgan, and FTD.

For more information and ideas about The Trusted Leader, visit www.thetrustedleader.com.


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