Inspiring Trust: Strategies for Effective Leadership

What are the secrets of all great leaders―the individuals who effortlessly persuade and gain the confidence of others? This book offers actionable practical advice explaining ten pivotal ways for leaders to foster and engender trust.Trust in the leaders of organizations―whether large or small for-profit or non-profit government or private―is of critical importance. Highlighting the centrality of trust to leadership Inspiring Trust: Strategies for Effective Leadership presents ten proven methods that will enable readers to quickly gain the trust of those they lead. Written by a management consultant who has studied a wide variety of organizations the book presents the authors findings from observing and working with some of Americas best enterprises. The author explains how effective leadership involves enrolling and enfranchising others which only occurs as a result of trusting the leaders competence and character; and offers specific practical advice on what to do to enhance trust―as well as what not to do. The chapters outline in detail specific techniques that have proved effective for getting others on board with a leaders vision mission goals strategies and tactics. The text also explains the five key drivers of high performance and the five core dimensions of interpersonal effectiveness. Aimed at aspiring managers of any age this book explains how to move potential followers from superficial compliance to genuine alignment resulting in internalization of the executive manager or supervisors vision mission and goals.Identifies exactly what good leaders do in order to persuade and gain the confidence of their followersExplains why effective leadership requires much more than brains and drive aloneCovers which decision-making mode to use under what circumstances as well as when to rely on analysis and when to rely on intuitionSupplies leadership advice for specific situations such as how to ask for feedback that provides actionable information rather than flattery or reassurance and ways to persuade others to make sacrifices they might not otherwise makeProvides ten illuminating profiles of the characteristics of good and bad leaders...See More