Trust is Everything: Become the Leader Others will Follow [Paperback]

Aneil K. Mishra (Author), Karen E. Mishra (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0615199100 | ISBN-13: 978-0615199108 | Publication Date: May 12, 2008

This is a book for anyone who wants to be a more effective leader or manager by building trust with others.

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About the Author

Aneil Mishra is Managing Partner of Total Trust Coaching and Consulting.  He develops and conducts leadership assessment, executive education programs, and team development for organizations around the globe.   He is a keynote speaker to corporate, not-for-profit, and professional association audiences on leadership, change management and building trust with key stakeholders.  He previously was VP of Curriculum and Faculty Relations for 2tor, Inc. in helping successfully develop UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler School of Business's online MBA program, MBA@UNC.  Aneil has been an award-winning management professor at Wake Forest, Duke, Penn State, and Michigan State universities.  Prior to earning his Ph.D., Aneil worked for General Motors in as an engineer and in HR.  He earned his A.B. in economics, cum laude, from Princeton University.  Some of his recent clients include AREVA, Cisco, Coca-Cola Icecek (Turkey and the Middle East), Daimler, Dow Corning, General Mills, Lenovo, Microsoft, and Nissan.  He has been certified by Korn/Ferry International/Lominger as a leadership coach.  

Karen Mishra is Assistant Professor of Marketing at Meredith College in Raleigh, NC.  She previously served as a marketing professor at Michigan State and Wake Forest universities.   Karen's teaching and research interests include integrated marketing communications, internal communication, and trust.  Karen was the National Account Manager for the $75 million Pepsi-Cola account at Johnson Controls, Inc., and worked in HR at General Motors.   Her clients have included Deutsche Bank, SC Johnson, Oshkosh Truck Corporation, and Two Men and a Truck International, and she has been an executive coach at Duke University. She earned her Ph.D. in Marketing Communications from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, her M.B.A. from the University of Michigan and her B.A. from Albion College.

Product Details

• Paperback: 252 pages
• Publisher: Aneil K. Mishra and Karen E. Mishra (May 12, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0615199100
• ISBN-13: 978-0615199108
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,573,167 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Aneil develops and conducts leadership assessment, executive education programs, and team development for a variety of Fortune 500 firms and other organizations, including leading health care organizations, and not-for-profits around the globe. He also serves as keynote speaker to corporate, not-for-profit, and professional association audiences on leadership, change management and building trust with key stakeholders. He previously was VP of Curriculum and Faculty Relations for 2tor, Inc. where he helped lead the successful launch of the online MBA program at UNC at Chapel Hill. Aneil has also served as a management professor at Wake Forest, Duke, Penn State, and Michigan State universities.

Aneil is an internationally recognized and widely published thought leader, educator, and consultant in the areas of trust, leadership, change management, organizational culture and organizational downsizing. He has developed and taught executive programs in leadership and organizational development with a number of leading companies in fast-changing industries in the U.S., Turkey and South America. Some of the firms he has worked with include AlliedSignal Aerospace (now Honeywell), AREVA, bioMérieux, Cisco, Coca-Cola Icecek (Turkey and the Middle East), Daimler, Dow Corning, Deutsche Bank (U.K. and U.S.), General Mills, Lenovo, Microsoft, Nissan, SC Johnson, Oshkosh Truck Corporation, and Two Men and a Truck International. He is certified in Korn/Ferry International's Leadership Architect® 101 competency modeling and VOICES® 360º feedback facilitation and coaching.

Aneil published with Karen Mishra the book Trust is Everything - Become the Leader Others Will Follow in 2008. Routledge Press will be publishing the sequel, Becoming a Trustworthy Leader - Psychology and Practice in 2011. Aneil has published his research in a number of leading scholarly and practitioner journals including Sloan Management Review, and other scholars have cited his research over 1400 times in refereed journals alone. He is a founding associate editor of the Journal of Trust Research, , and previously served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Organizational Behavior, the Journal of Applied Behavioral Science and the Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent analysis of trust and leadership, May 3, 2009

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Aneil and Karen Mishra have done an excellent analysis of what it takes to have the trust of your followers as a leaders. Using multiple case stories, they build up the "ROCC" of trust: Reliability, Openness, Competence and Compassion. An easy read, if you are interested on the role of trust in leadership, this is an excellent resource.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A different perspective- great read, July 30, 2008

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J. Richard Browne (Toronto Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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Unlike many other books on leadership and organization effectiveness, the authors cut to the quick and deliver a number of real world examples of what really works. The end of chapter tips are an especially good check list to revisit and utilize as daily work.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring, easy to read and overall great leadership book, July 1, 2008

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After reading many books on business, psychology, and marketing, this is an ideal addition to my all time favorites. Aneil and Karen wrote an easy to read book with clear, complete and real stories which will give even the least likely leaders an edge. Ever stumble upon a book that you never knew you needed to read??? This is one of those books. It uses all of life's basic skills that one assumes has nothing to do with business yet it has everything to do with business. Read it for business... read it for life... Read it!