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Trust is central to human interaction. The search for trustworthiness extends to many areas of life, including career choices, romantic partners, political affiliation, and leadership. Despite the centrality of trust to our existence, it is generally viewed as an issue that is not quite rational.

This book examines trust and trustworthiness from a perspective of business leadership. It strives to be comprehensible to both left- and right-brainers. It clarifies the mechanics of trust and to what extent it affects the bottom line. It outlines how you, as a CEO or member of the management team, can leverage trust in order to increase the benefit to all your stakeholders.
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Testimonials

     
 

“If you are on reasonably friendly terms with yourself and your intuition, here is a creative primer on what it means to be a leader who is trusted and trusts himself. Cogent, powerful, creative and highly practical.”

Raymond Aaron
NY Times Bestselling Author and Author of “Branding Small Businesses for Dummies”

 
     
 
     
 

“Sometimes CEO can be a lonely job in medium-sized companies. Compared to larger companies, all is more personal and people are less likely to offer necessary criticism to improve one’s leadership. This book is a new approach, easy to understand and profound at the same time.”

Kristin Lindauer
SME turnaround specialist, Basel

 
     
     
 

“It feels liberating to read this book. There is an accelerating demand for clarity and value-based leadership in companies and organizations. If you wish to run your business with authenticity, wisdom and real customer benefits, this book will help you to productively influence (and be influenced by) owners, employees and customers alike.”

Marcus Kanewoff
CEO Roth Nordic, Frederikssund

 
     

 

Free online assessment for book readers

Do your own TrustEstimator assessment. If you use the information on page 77 of the book, you will have access to a free TrustEstimator self-assessment for you or a member of your management team. This will allow you to get a fairly accurate picture of your standing in the eyes of your stakeholders and how that affects the bottom line. The assessment is complementary and license-free for buyers of the book.

 
 

Free delegation checklist

Delegation is one of the key tasks of an effective leader. Whether you’re managing a family business or a shareholder business, there are always dozens of minor details to consider when you delegate. Time after time, you need to answer the questions Why? What? To whom? And how?

If you have a checklist to refer to, this can speed up the process and make it more efficient. As a reader of the book, you can download a free delegation checklist using the access information on page 31. If you apply this checklist, you will hone the accuracy of your delegation. You will delegate so that it makes sense to you and everybody else, and will avoid the boomerang effect, where issues are constantly returning to your desk. An effective ability to delegate will increase your overall influence with all your stakeholders.

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The Author

Thomas Bothe is a former CEO and self-employed consultant with a focus on strategy and leadership communication. Often acting on behalf of consultant companies and networks throughout Europe, his typical clients are CEOs and management teams of medium-sized companies looking for improved internal coherence and ways to move into more viable markets.