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Most Trusted Leader -- Free For 60 Days

Are you the kind of leader who gets the best results because employees genuinely respect you? Or do employees suck up to you only because of your position, delivering less than their best? How can you be sure?

Many leadership definitions have been written by former CEO's who might have gotten better results if they had known what their employees knew. A slew of other definitions have been written by consultants who've convinced managers that the latest formula will magically turn ordinary bosses into the "real thing." But these definitions don't influence or fool employees--they have their own ideas.

Based on real people and events, the story in 'Most Trusted Leader: How Employees Judge Leadership' introduces the principles by which employees assess your performance--based on their role model, who might surprise you. If you're wondering why employees' opinions of your leadership matter, well...you ought to read this story.

And now, during the next 60 days, you may borrow this book for one month, for FREE, if you have a Kindle and an Amazon.com Prime Account.

Who is the most trusted leader?

Whose leadership would you willingly follow? "Willingly" is the key word. We may follow the direction of others because we're obligated by position, rank or title. But when we "willingly" follow someone's leadership, we're saying: This is someone I trust to do the right thing for the right reason; someone in whom I have confidence, and whose direction I would not question.

Let's make this question a little more specific. The people you choose must meet these three criteria:

1. They must be alive.

2. They must know you well enough that they would return your phone calls personally.

3. They may come from any aspect of your life.

Go ahead. Make your list.

When management-consultant Marilyn Haight asked this question of 918 managers, ranging in age from 25 to 60, seventy percent of them wrote the same name as their only, or their first of only two trusted leaders. Then they identified that person's leadership traits, creating their own definition of a leader — a definition by which they judge everyone who holds a title of authority.

It might surprise you to know that none of them named their boss, or anyone else in their workplace. Did you?

Haight wrote an engaging story, using characters who are composites of the 918 managers with whom she worked, to explain how employees evaluate leaders. Find out what it takes for others to willingly follow your leadership in the book, "Most Trusted Leader: How Employees Judge Leadership;" Worded Write Publishing; ISBN 978-0-9800390-7-8; $12.00; available now from local and online book sellers.

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