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Smart Trust: Creating Prosperity, Energy, and Joy in a Low-Trust World

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For fans of Radical Candor, Leaders Eat Last, and Covey’s original bestseller, The Speed of Trust.

Unleash the hidden power of trust, change lives, and influence your organization with proven, patented techniques.

When Stephen M.R. Covey wrote The Speed of Trust in 2006, he had no idea the book would sell over 2 million copies in twenty-two languages and become a worldwide phenomenon. His belief in the hidden power of trust to change lives and impact organizations is now expanded in Smart Trust: Creating Prosperity, Energy, and Joy in a Low-Trust World.

Trust in the modern workplace cannot be overstated. Trusted people are more likely to be hired and promoted, get the best projects and bigger budgets, and are typically the last group to be laid off. In an increasingly unpredictable marketplace, understanding and applying the tenets of Smart Trust will increase your probability of thriving personally and professionally. Additionally, your sound judgment and ability to trust in this low-trust world will give you a tremendous competitive advantage—and the capacity to navigate the organizational uncertainty that low trust creates.

In a compelling and readable style, Covey and his long-time business partner Greg Link share enlightening principles and anecdotes of people and organizations that are not only achieving unprecedented prosperity from high-trust relationships but—even more inspiring—also attaining elevated levels of energy and joy.

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Publisher

Free Press, 1st edition (January 10, 2012)
Language

English
Hardcover

320 pages
ISBN-10

1451651457
ISBN-13

978-1451651454
Item Weight

1.04 pounds
Dimensions

6 x 1.3 x 9 inches

114 reviews for Smart Trust: Creating Prosperity, Energy, and Joy in a Low-Trust World

  1. Mr. 300 –

    1/3 finished with the book and I am enjoying it so far. A lot of up to date cases of leaders employing strategies to build trusting and lasting relationships.

  2. Peter Foss –

    Stephen M. R. Covey and Greg Link has done it again. Smart Trust is at the core of what leaders need to succeed in today’s world.
    Peter Foss, Management Consultant, […]

  3. Brandt2001 –

    The books is very though provoking about the costs or benefits of trust in the workplace. It covers not only personal trust which is often talked about but organizational levels of trust and the consequences (such as tons of meetings) of having low trust. A good read for leaders of all levels.

  4. Mimi –

    A great book with great ideas. I recommend anyone who is a supervisor and above read this. This book has opened my eyes and given me a different look on how I manage my Team at work.

  5. Amazing Sia –

    Good

  6. Zeb E. Barnhardt Jr. –

    Great book for discussing how to deal with the lack of trust in today’s society. Once a basic value such as trust is destroyed, future relationships with the one who has proven not to be trustworthy take on a different dynamic. Learn how to cope with that and, then, restore the value.

  7. sammyj –

    What seems like simple, obvious truths about life and trust are delivered in a detailed clear manor that brings clarity and thoughtfulness to the concepts. Which when looked at through this lens could be life altering. I did learn, learned what I didn’t know I didn’t know 😉

  8. Casey Wheeler –

    I read this book as the monthly selection of the Credit Union Leaders Book Club group on LinkedIn.

    This is an expansion of the last chapter in the author’s prior book “The Speed of Trust.” It contains numerous examples in each chapter along with many great quotes and extensive notes at the end of the book.

    The first chapter deals with The Paradox. The authors raise some interesting issues in regards to a crisis of trust in the world and its overall impact using different examples and quotes. It also presents hope for building trust.

    Chapter two deals with Blind Trust or Distrust and addresses the dangers of blind trust (being too trustful) and distrustful (not being trustful enough). The authors discuss how society causes blind trust or distrust to develop within individuals and the net impact it can have going forward. The chapter contains a table that you can use to determine how you see others and the cost of your view.

    Chapter 3 begins the discussion of Smart Trust, the alternative to blind trust and distrust. Smart Trust is judgment and boils down to how to trust in a low trust world. The two key factors for Smart Trust are a propensity to trust and analysis. The propensity to trust is about leading out with trust. Analysis is about not getting burned in a low trust world. The analysis involves 3 components: Opportunity, Risk and Credibility. The authors use these components to launch into a discussion of the Smart Trust Matrix citing a number of examples. The chapter ends with examples of the reciprocity of trust.

    The next several chapters deal with the five Smart Trust Actions:
    * Choose to Believe in Trust: The authors delve into the three beliefs of trust:
    1. A belief in being worthy of trust.
    2. A belief that most people can be trusted.
    3. A belief that extending trust is a better way to lead.
    * Start with Self: Based on the principles of responsibility and creditability.
    * Declare Your Intent and Assume Positive Intent in Others: Stating what we want to do and why we want to do it.
    * Do What You Say You Are Going To Do
    * Lead Out in Extending Trust to Others: It produces results, it increases trust and it elicits reciprocity.

    The authors end with a chapter on how one person can make a change.

    My recommendation is that while this book can stand on its own, the reader will get more out of it by reading the author’s prior book “The Speed of Trust” first.

  9. Edison S. –

    Nice book and very useful

  10. Jacob Paulsen –

    I finished my reading of “Smart Trust.” When I first read “Speed of Trust” in 2006 I was profoundly impacted by the structure that was added to a relatively elusive topic. I keep a small paper with the thirteen behaviors of a High Trust Leader on my desk and refer to it often. “Smart Trust” seems like the natural follow up to all the HOW questions that were generated by “Speed of Trust.”

    The five Smart Trust actions that this book teaches make a clear outline of how to generate trust in a team, family, or other organization. Simple, but not to a fault, these five actions make it easy to understand. They are, Choose to Believe in Trust, Start with Self, Declare Your Intent, Do What You Say, and Lead Out in Extending Trust. While they sound straight forward on the surface, the book explores valuable examples and insights that help create a framework of putting it all together in a clear action plan.

    The order of the five actions is not an accident. I suspect that I will need to go back to the book often to continue my journey in implementing trust in the various arenas of life as I move through the action steps.

    The biggest take away from this book is a continuation of the first. Simply put, trust changes everything. It plays the biggest part in the bottom line and success of any relationship or organization. Creating a vocabulary around the principle allows us to discuss it among ourselves in terms that we all understand. These authors have done that and I believe that this is part of the revolution of restoring trust in our families, relationships, work places, communities, and countries.

    NOTE: I read this book as part of the 12 Books Group.

  11. Alibaba –

    I love it. This is great common sense that we have to be told as we ( I for one) seem to forget and need reminding.

  12. yolee –

    I haven’t gotten a chance to listen to the CD yet, but the shipping was outstanding! It arrived quicker than I expected. Will follow up with another review about the audio book at a later time!

  13. Amazon Customer –

    what trust is and how it can improve work environment, may be some time at a cost.

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