In recent years the world has been rocked by catastrophic business failures. The problem isn’t so much obsolete factories, backward technology, complicated logistics, or an indifferent workforce. The problem is leaders who don’t follow the principles proven to build success.
In Trust Me: Developing a Leadership Style People Will Follow, two expert business leaders call today’s emerging leaders–including you–back to the basics. They focus on the timeless principles derived from the teaching of the greatest leader of all time. You’ll become a better leader as you rediscover the time-tested, positive principles that will work in any leadership situation–in a major corporation, a small business, a volunteer situation, or a church group…any context in which you are asked to lead.
Following the principles outlined in this book will enable you to develop trust in yourself, trust in other people, and trust within your team. The result: healthy organizations that grow future leaders.
And it all starts with you.
Building trust with yourself, your co-workers, your organization, and your team will set you on the path to great leadership and a growing, sustainable business. The eight simple yet powerful Trust Me principles will give you a direct path to becoming a leader people will follow. Trust Me: Developing A Leadership Style People Will Follow will help you:
- Understand your leadership style and how it affects performance
- Develop a sense of passion and focus for your teammates and the organization
- Apply the Spiral of Change to the organization
- Embrace the importance of helping others succeed
- Realize the importance of becoming an enduring leader
- Dissolve fear and progress forward as a Trust Me leader
The 8 Trust Me Principles
Qualities of a Trust Me Leadership Style
- Humility
“Favored are those not full of themselves”— the leaders who are open and teachable…and invite the same qualities in others.
- Developer
“Favored are the realists”— the leaders who accept the truth and know how to train others to seize the benefits of adversity, loss, and change.
- Commitment
“Favored are the steadfast”— the leaders who know that reaching a greater good requires a firm grip on the right values, causes, and goals.
- Focus
“Favored are the desperate for excellence” — the leaders who do the right things, at the right time, in the right way.
- Compassion
“Favored are the caring”— the leaders who serve the needs of everyone in their organization.
- Integrity
“Favored are those with good motives”— the leaders who hold high moral values regardless of personal cost.
- Peace Making
“Favored are those calming the waters”— the leaders who stay steady in storms and build teams that stick together.
- Endurance
“Favored are the graceful when under attack”— the leaders who overcome personal doubts and setbacks to courageously stay the course.
