Start With Humility: Lessons from America's Quiet CEOs on How to Build Trust and Inspire Followers

After working with some of the greatest leaders across the globe, authors Merwyn A. Hayes and Michael D. Comer began to notice patterns among effective leaders—and the habits of ineffective ones. Time and time again, those who failed to inspire their followers led with arrogance, poor listening skills, and a lack of respect. This prompted the authors to search for and unearth the true keys to leadership success: humility, honesty, and authenticity.

You too can become a humble—but successful—leader. Start with Humility: Lessons from America’s Quiet CEOs on How to Build Trust and Inspire Followers reveals the common traits among some of the top leaders in the world who lead through humility. For example, you’ll learn how Craig Weatherup, former CEO of Pepsi-Cola and board member at Starbucks and Macy's, applied the concepts of accountability and simplicity to turn around Pepsi's international business.

With the sixty techniques for more effective leadership found in this book, you’ll begin to “train your brain” using the model developed by the authors through their extensive research. Learn what humility is and how you can use it to effect transformational change.

Merwyn A. Hayes holds a doctorate in communication and is the CEO of the Hayes Group International-an organizational consulting firm that has served more than 1,700 clients in twenty-eight countries. The organization has trained more than 160,000 managers and leaders. Hayes is the former associate dean of the Babcock School of Business at Wake Forest University and the coauthor of The Belief System: The Secret to Motivation and Improved Performance.

Michael D. Comer holds a doctorate in organizational leadership and has studied the link between passion, calling, and leadership behaviors. He has consulted with, developed leaders for, and managed change in organizations such as the Federal Express, ABB, Volvo, Westinghouse, Burger King, and Gulfstream Aerospace. Formerly a leader in the change-management division of Andersen Consulting (Accenture), Comer joined the Hayes Group International in 2000.

Both authors live and work in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.