Radical Trust: How today's great leaders convert people to partners - Hardcover

Healey, J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470128321 ISBN 13: 9780470128329

Publisher: Wiley, 2007

Synopsis

Radical Trust produces results

"Healey brings to the forefront the importance of trust to business effectiveness in a new and fresh way. It takes the alignment of 'what we do,' 'what we say,' and 'who we are' to build trust with others. Business relationships founded on trust may be the single biggest employee retention tool available. Healey shows us how to build those kinds of relationships. Any leader would benefit from the insights he shares in Radical Trust."
-Doug McMillon, President and CEO, Sam's Club

"Healey is right on target. His book is a clear explanation of how instilling loyalty in a company becomes the differentiator in building an extraordinary culture. Having the chance to experience the loyalty factor from both sides at CiCi's Pizza, mentored by Joe Croce (featured in this book) as his employee and now in my current role as President, I know that the head of any organization will learn great lessons from Healey's work."
-Craig Moore, President, CiCi's Pizza

"Healey shows an organization how to set itself apart with service excellence, financial success, and employee loyalty. For progressive leaders who seek a comprehensive how-to, this book provides not only the framework, but also the proof that it works. Even after twenty years of experience, I learned things that will provide invaluable assistance for many more to come."
-Loriann Putzier, Principal and COO, IntegraCare Corporation

"Radical Trust is not a book of theory, but a hands-on, how-to book of practical ideas to help leaders establish radical trust that will change their relationships, their workplaces, and ultimately, their lives. Buy this book if you want to be a long-lived, successful, and well-loved leader."
-Barbara A. Glanz, author of Handle with CARE: Motivating and Retaining Employees and coauthor of The Simple Truths of Service

"Healey's model is an invaluable tool for leaders who want to harness the forward momentum that trust can bring to an organization. This book captures and describes the role that trust plays as an intrinsic value that people of all ages, genders, and cultures must have with their leaders."
-Genien Carlson, former first Vice President, Mellon Bank

"Radical Trust is entertaining reading. Healey shares his insight through useful, real-life, everyday examples. Trust is the key building block of successful leadership, and this book is your blueprint."
-Ronald L. Hrebinko, MD, Associate Professor, Urologic/Surgical Oncology,University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

About this title

From the Inside Flap

In this engaging and hard-hitting guide to leadership, Joe Healey reveals a simple, yet powerful method for teaching the four competencies necessary to build performance-enhancing trust. Using inspiring case studies and stories of real leaders, Healey shows how these four competencies form the foundation of financial success in this age of global competition. While recent books make the case for why trust is important, Radical Trust is a practical, proven guide that actually shows managers how to create the kind of trust that makes a difference. In today's business landscape, radical trust is the vital key to successfully:

• Attracting and retaining talent

• Spurring innovation and risk-taking

• Repairing broken trust

• Preparing managers to better navigate changeand growth

• Forging partnerships and collaboration

• Bridging generational and diversity divides

• Changing conflict into creative dialogue

Once you discover the four competencies inside, you'll know how to engage the full potential of all your people. Whether you're a senior-, middle-, or supervisory-level manager, the practical ideas and examples will enable you to quickly modify and expand the way you lead so you can produce tangible results.

Based on the personal stories of successful leaders of small and large companies—and an innovative founder of a nonprofit youth program—you'll learn to build a foundation of trust capable of unleashing the full capacity and talent of the diverse members of your team. You'll learn to generate a radical trust that fuels passion and creates energizing focus. People simply work harder and better for people they trust and admire. Mastery of this book's four competencies will build a radical trust that will give your company—and you—a powerful, sustainable advantage over the competition.

About the Author

Joe Healey, since starting a consulting practice in 1989, has worked with banks and technology companies in Australia, hotels in Thailand, manufacturers in Germany, telecommunication companies in Ireland, healthcare, law, and accounting firms throughout North America, and some of the largest retail operations in the world. His experience as a corporate banker and managing partner of a rapid-growth retail chain ensures that his innovative ideas relate to readers in ways that are relevant in a busy and competitive world. Voted "World's Best Presenter" by journalists in 2000, his unique message and inspiring style have made him a sought-after speaker on change, leadership, and growth. His life and work have been profiled in the Wall Street Journal. He lives in Virginia Beach, Virginia, with his wife, Jill, and three children, Joe, Jen, and Josh.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0470128321
• ISBN 13: 9780470128329
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224