John Blakey Pens New Book, THE TRUSTED EXECUTIVE

In recent years, trust in business has been battered. The 2008 global financial crisis, a series of corporate scandals that have eroded organizational trust, including Volkswagen, BP and Enron, and an emphasis on transparency brought about by the combined impact of globalization, technology, and demographic changes have all combined to bring trust in business to what may be an all time low. According to the 2014 Edelman Trust Barometer, only one in five respondents trusted business leaders to tell the truth and make ethical and moral decisions.

Built on author John Blakey's rigorous academic research, boardroom career, and experience coaching CEOs and their teams, The Trusted Executive: Nine Leadership Habits That Inspire Results, Relationships, and Reputation (Kogan Page; 2016) helps leaders develop a strategy for building organizational trust.

Readers will learn how to build positive relationships and a sterling reputation for themselves and their organizations using a three pillared approach to trustworthy leadership based on ability, integrity, and benevolence. These pillars are built upon nine key habits of trustworthiness, which include:

· Habits of Ability - choosing to deliver, choosing to coach, and choosing to be consistent.

· Habits of Integrity - choosing to be honest, choosing to be open, and choosing to be humble.

· Habits of Benevolence - choosing to evangelize, choosing to be brave, and choosing to be kind.

Through self-assessment, innovative coaching exercises, insightful anecdotes and case studies from companies such as Ford Motor Company, Unilever, and Kodak, practical tools and interviews with executives from international organizations, readers of The Trusted Executive will find the tools they need to create a positive legacy for themselves as leaders and for the organizations they lead, as well as essential advice to follow when mistakes occur that damage a reputation, and dealing with a landscape that prioritizes short-term profit as the measure of success.

About the Author

John Blakey was named as one of the top thought leaders on organizational trust at the Trust Across America awards in 2016. This accolade reflects his prize-winning doctoral research on trust at Aston Business School, as well as his practical experience as a highly successful business leader and pioneer in the executive coaching profession. His writing is inspired by his work with over 120 CEOs/MDs from 22 different countries, as well as Team GB/England sports coaches in rowing, cricket, diving and target shooting. He is the coaching subject matter expert at the Chartered Management Institute and a member of the CEO coaching faculty at Manchester Business School, Vistage International, the Institute of Directors, UK Sport and the NHS. Due to the impact of his work, Blakey has become a sought after conference speaker, inspiring thousands of professionals around the world to enhance their leadership skills. In his own business career, Blakey has been an award-winning entrepreneur, FTSE100 International Managing Director and director of Fast Track 100 technology consultancy, Team121, which was sold to Logica for £86m in 1999. Blakey is the author of Challenging Coaching and regularly blogs at http://johnblakey.co.uk/trusted-executive-blog/.