Smart Trust

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

For fans of Radical Candor , Leaders Eat Last , and Covey's original bestseller, The Speed of Trust .

Unleash the hidden power of trust, change lives, and influence your organization with proven, patented techniques.

When Stephen M.R. Covey wrote The Speed of Trust in 2006, he had no idea the book would sell over 2 million copies in twenty-two languages and become a worldwide phenomenon. His belief in the hidden power of trust to change lives and impact organizations is now expanded in Smart Trust: Creating Prosperity, Energy, and Joy in a Low-Trust World.

Trust in the modern workplace cannot be overstated. Trusted people are more likely to be hired and promoted, get the best projects and bigger budgets, and are typically the last group to be laid off. In an increasingly unpredictable marketplace, understanding and applying the tenets of Smart Trust will increase your probability of thriving personally and professionally. Additionally, your sound judgment and ability to trust in this low-trust world will give you a tremendous competitive advantage--and the capacity to navigate the organizational uncertainty that low trust creates.

In a compelling and readable style, Covey and his long-time business partner Greg Link share enlightening principles and anecdotes of people and organizations that are not only achieving unprecedented prosperity from high-trust relationships but--even more inspiring--also attaining elevated levels of energy and joy.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Foreword (p. xvii)
• Our Intent (p. xxi)
• Part I The Paradox and the Promise
• Chapter 1 The Great Paradox (p. 5)
• Chapter 2 Blind Trust or Distrust: Which Glasses Are You Wearing? (p. 37)
• Chapter 3 The Third Alternative: "Smart Trust" (p. 52)
• Part II The 5 Actions of Smart Trust
• Chapter 4 Smart Trust Action 1: Choose to Believe in Trust (p. 85)
• Chapter 5 Smart Trust Action 2: Start with Self (p. 109)
• Chapter 6 Smart Trust Action 3: Declare Your Intent... and Assume Positive Intent in Others (p. 142)
• Chapter 7 Smart Trust Action 4: Do What You Say You're Going to Do (p. 176)
• Chapter 8 Smart Trust Action 5: Lead Out in Extending Trust to Others (p. 206)
• Part III What Can You Do?
• Chapter 9 Creating Your Own Renaissance of Trust (p. 247)
• About the Authors (p. 259)
• Notes (p. 265)
• Index (p. 287)