This is a book for anyone who wants to be a more effective leader or manager by building trust with others.
Aneil is Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at North Carolina Central University in Durham, NC. 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. He is also an executive coach and leadership development consultant.
Karen is Assistant Professor of Marketing at Meredith College in Raleigh, NC. She previously served as a marketing professor at Michigan State, Wake Forest, and Penn State universities. Prior to becoming a professor, Karen was the national Account Manager for the $75 million Pepsi account for Johnson Controls, Inc. She has also taught at the Vienna University of Economics and Business.
Aneil and Karen develop and conduct 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, and in fast-changing industries in the U.S., Turkey and South America. Some of the firms they have worked with include Abbott Nutrition, Cisco, Daimler, General Mills, Lenovo, Microsoft, Nissan, Sanofi, and Two Men and Truck International. The also serve as keynote speakers to corporate, not-for-profit, and professional association audiences on leadership, change management and building trust with key stakeholders.
Aneil and Karen published the book "Trust is Everything - Become the Leader Others Will Follow" in 2008. Routledge Press published the sequel, "Becoming a Trustworthy Leader - Psychology and Practice" in 2012. They have published their research in a number of leading scholarly and practitioner journals including Sloan Management Review, and other scholars have cited Aneil's research over 1500 times in refereed journals alone. Aneil is a founding Associate Editor and Karen is a founding editorial Board Member of of the Journal of Trust Research.
You can learn more about their work at www.trustiseverything.com.
