The Trusted Executive: Nine Leadership Habits that Inspire Results, Relationships and Reputation

by John Blakey

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781789666458
Publisher:	Kogan Page, Ltd.
Publication date:	10/27/2020
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.06(w) x 9.17(h) x 0.51(d)

About the Author

Dr John Blakey is the founder of The Trusted Executive Foundation, which helps CEOs across all sectors around the globe deliver the triple bottom-line of outstanding results, inspiring relationships and a high integrity reputation using leadership development models. He has been named as a top 100 global thought leaders in trust by Trust Across America. His work has been featured in Forbes, BBC news, BBC 'Daily Politics', HuffPost and The Sunday Times.

Table of Contents

** Chapter - 00: Introduction - ‘You’re too nice, Blakey’; * Section - ONE: Trust lost and trust regained; ** Chapter - 01: A broken model - The blue pill vs the red pill; ** Chapter - 02: The three pillars that inspire trust; * Section - TWO: The nine habits that inspire results, relationships and reputation; ** Chapter - 03: Pillar 1 - Habits of ability; ** Chapter - 04: Pillar 2 - Habits of integrity; ** Chapter - 05: Pillar 3 - Habits of benevolence; ** Chapter - 06: Cracks in the pillars - What to do when things go wrong; * Section - THREE: Building a high-trust culture; ** Chapter - 07: Working with the Nine Habits of Trust; ** Chapter - 08: Conclusion - ‘Well done, Blakey’

Editorial Reviews

"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."

Paul Kehoe

"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."

Jane Frost CBE

"I've read many books on organizational trust and John's is one of the best - a welcome addition and a must-read."

Barbara Brooks Kimmel

"This is a well-researched and thought-provoking book on the concept of trustworthiness and its importance to modern organisations in a world of ever-increasing transparency. Most importantly, it asks searching questions of leaders and sets out a challenging, yet practical series of actions that can, if done together and with consistency, build genuine trust across and beyond an organisation. I would thoroughly recommend to leaders in all sectors - it's time to take the red pill."

Heath Monk

"The red pill moment represents the choice between living the status quo or embracing a new reality. Well written, thought provoking and practical - here's to the nice guys!"

Rob Edwards

"The Trusted Executive is an invaluable forward thinking handbook for every existing or aspiring leader. John clearly defines and develops key attributes for leaders the world deserves. The reader is coached through theoretical and practical exercises and examples which demonstrate both significant personal experience and considerable depth of research."

Gina Lodge

"John hits the mark with this book: the world is intuitively reaching out for leadership that behaves with integrity and appropriate humility, whilst exhibiting the necessary foresight and confidence to help their organisations and communities be successful with a wider responsible vision. John's practical and inspired approach offers a structured framework to help anyone succeed in this way - backed up by enough studies and evidence to show this approach is real. I can see this will reflect the defining behavioural style for leadership very quickly."

Martyn Proctor

"This is a thought-provoking, practical and inspiring book, which challenges staid approaches to leadership.  A must-read that will change the thoughts and approaches of all who read it, such that they can make a positive and lasting difference in their own businesses."

CEO, Optima Group - Larraine Boorman

"Filled with personal examples, coaching sessions and CEO interviews, The Trusted Executive is a must-read for any existing or aspiring executive in any industry.  Take the red pill now and develop the new habits of success."

CEO, Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust - Lance McCarthy

"In The Trusted Executive, John provides a provocative analysis of the skills that the forward-looking CEO needs to lead a firm through a world of disruptive and unsettling change."

CEO, Hermes Sourcecap - Andrew Parry

"Written with an energetic and accessible style, John combines his personal experience with insight from research and executive interviews to outline a path for building truly trustworthy organizations."

Vice President, Capgemini - Steve Larke

"The Trusted Executive is a must-read for every executive who is serious about growing their business with a long term vision.  Given recent headlines, this book has been launched at exactly the right time!"

Founder, Ganymede Advisory Partners - Kannan Ramaswamy

"You only get one reputation.  In The Trusted Executive John brilliantly guides and inspires us to build that reputation."

CEO, Arkessa - Andrew Orrock

"An excellent resource for leaders seeking to improve their practice."

Warwick Business School - Professor John Rudd

"We live in a time when businesses have an urgent responsibility to earn people's trust.  In The Trusted Executive, John expertly identifies the skills that every leader needs if they are to step up to this challenge."

UK CEO, JLL - Guy Grainger

"This book is a must-read for all business leaders who believe that trust is inherently right, strategic and necessary for success."

Viastage Board Chair - James Rouse

"John has set all CEOs a challenge! The examples given, the interviews presented and the insights provided made me think more deeply about trust as a fragile and critical key performance indicator.  John, thank you for a great book!"

CEO, Illustra - Alan Saunders

"A refreshing, thought-provoking and inspiring book that will appeal to all courageous leaders.  John challenges us to think differently to many traditional leadership norms."

Vistage Board Chair and Managing Director, Xl-erate - Kate Fletcher

"A compelling and inspirational book which presents a robust framework for a dramatically new style of leadership."

Chairman and CEO, Experior Group - Martin McKay

"With The Trusted Executive, John knocks it out of the park! Amazing insights that can be easily applied whether you are a corporate leader, captain of a team, a mum or a dad."

General Counsel, Microdynamics Group - Rick Schaltegger

"John has done a masterful job of describing the nine leadership habits of trustworthiness.  I was touched by his inclusion of kindness, humility and bravery."

Managing Partner, Executive Coaching Connections - Kathy Green

"Brutally honest, John opens up his own life experiences, as well as a lifetime of research, to deliver a clear set of principles defining modern business.  Trust him and you will fly.  I'm glad I don't take the blue pill."

Director, AStudio - Richard Hyams

"If you want to succeed as a leader, you must become a trusted executive.  John shows you how in this clearly written and highly practical gem of a book."

Former CEO of five companies and award-winning author - Bob Vanourek

"A highly enjoyable read."

CEO, Practicology - Martin Newman

"The Trusted Executive offers practical guidance and actions to help leaders get to where they need to be."

CEO, Crestawood - Jason Smith

"The Trusted Executive provides a fascinating glimpse into the pitfalls to avoid and the proactive steps required to achieve your goals."

Founder, Tala PR - Andrew Baud

"The Trusted Executive should be a mandatory read for all those who sit in the boardroom of power."

Founder and Chairman, Bench Events - Jonathan Worsley

"A book that challenges the fundamentals of leadership and the role that leaders and organizations can play in society.  Easy to read; it's a toolbox to help develop modern leaders."

Managing Director, Network Rail Property - David Biggs

"A powerful combination of well-researched theory and personal insight from first-hand experience.  As a former colleague of John, I recognize his character authentically shining through this book."

Chairman, First Derivatives plc and Mi-Pay Group plc - Seamus Keating

"With The Trusted Executive, John Blakey has delivered an accelerated course to give today's leaders the knowledge, methods and tools to thrive in a 21st-century context."

Sr. Director of Automation and Innovation, Virtustream - Frank Contrepois

"I read this book in a single sitting.  John's writing style drew me in and his practical examples are profoundly credible."

CEO, QDATRAINING - Ben Meehan

"The Trusted Executive is a myriad of timeless wisdom, practical examples and great models demonstrated beautifully through a personal narrative."

Vistage Board Chair and Executive Coach - Kate Marshall

"The management book I've been waiting for! I am excited about applying what I have learnt in our own business."

Managing Director, Postlethwaite Solictors - Robert Postlethwaite

"For this reviewer, the book was an interesting read but maybe it would not be fair to describe it as revolutionary but evolutionary. A good compendium of common sense that deserves wider distribution and implementation. We need more trust, genuine trust rather than meaningless corporate slogans and lip service. A book like this may yield some benefit to you. It might be transformational for the company that you work for – even though the pathway to total trust might be a rocky road."

Autamme.com - Darren Ingram

"The Trusted Executive will have significant value for leaders and aspiring leaders who need new perspectives and extra tools if they are to thrive in the coming years."

Senior Vice President, CGI - Steve Thorn

"The Trusted Executive is mindful, mind-bending and mind-expanding reading.  I thoroughly enjoyed the balanced use of theory, research, personal examples and practical tools."

CEO, Global Shared Services, Telenor - Ingrid Riddervold Lorange