The One Thing That Changes Everything - The SPEED of TRUST

Great book, a must read. filled with common sense and good tips for life. as everything the COVEYS do, great job . I fully recommend this book. Great quality of information and it got to me in the time promised.

The University of Pittsburgh's EMBA 36 alums met to review "The Speed of Trust". I was delighted to learn and share how important the topic is. We agreed it was instructive in a simple and easily readable fashion. If you have ever been a "shoot from the hip" relationship developer, I highly recommend reading this book which gets into the meat of defininig, creating, repairing and understanding the foundation of all relationships, trust. I especially recommend Stephen's book for those in middle management as you are sandwiched in meeting the needs of relating to your superiors, staff and clients & customers.

There are good ideas here but they are very basic. If you are a person of integrity who is moderately self-aware, or if you have read other books in the genre, then you probably already know all this stuff.

The University of Pittsburgh's EMBA 36 alums met to review "The Speed of Trust". I was delighted to learn and share how important the topic is. We agreed it was instructive in a simple and easily readable fashion. If you have ever been a "shoot from the hip" relationship developer, I highly recommend reading this book which gets into the meat of defininig, creating, repairing and understanding the foundation of all relationships, trust. I especially recommend Stephen's book for those in middle management as you are sandwiched in meeting the needs of relating to your superiors, staff and clients & customers.

There are good ideas here but they are very basic. If you are a person of integrity who is moderately self-aware, or if you have read other books in the genre, then you probably already know all this stuff.

Having read many leadership related books and been trained in many seminars, nothing compares with the guiding principles in this book.

This book should change the way you think about how you lead and who you lead. It not just inspires, it changes you to be a trusted leader. The result? You change for good the world around you!

The negative will say this is idealistic, but in reality it is possible with those that commit to the importance of these guiding principles.

The bottom line is that most organizations are disfunctional because of low trust cultures. However, you can be the one penetrating these cultures strong trusting leadership.

The question is: can you arise to the challenge of being a true leader?

This book defined my leadership roadmap for the remainder of my career.

Like his fathers work, Steven M. R. Covey displays deep thinking in his subject matter. His assertions are based in research, data, personal and professional experience.

I give five stars to books that change the way I have thought about a particular subject, and which I plan to come back to regularly in the future. This is one of those.

It's been a thought-provoking and interesting book so far. It asks a lot of questions of me that dig pretty deep into my thoughts and feelings - and motivations.

Am I trustworthy? Do I have true, real honesty? Can I be relied upon? Do I surround myself with others who are trustworthy? Am I working on my ethics and honesty to be a better and happier person?

Lots of things about ourselves totally hinge on trust. I had never looked at it from these points of view before. It's an interesting subject and one that I hope will help me get more out of life.

I spend lot of time thinking about integrity and I don't think I do enough work to improve it in myself.

Perhaps now is as good a time to do so as ever!

This book is an excellent step by step method for creating trust in the workplace and an environment that is productive and healthy. I found it to be a source of inspiration to take my staff to the next level, beginning with me.
It's an easy read and something that will benefit anyone whether they are looking for the next level in business or personal. It will be long on my bookshelf after many others have disappeared.

Both conceptual and practical, this book gets to the roots of leadership, which Covey defines as "getting results in a way that inspires trust." In my organization we call that "greatness through goodness." The underlying principles are essential to healthy organizations, relationships and living. A good book to read and share!

Bought this for each dept. manager in our organization - but I can see where it's a life changer not only at work but in your entire life. I've always been a trust-worthy person without really even knowing the ramifications of not being one - wow! I now pitty those that are not trust-worthy . . . their life will be miserable.

This book first builds the case for trust in plain numbers. Then it shares a framework on how to create trust to improve those numbers.

Very readable book. A bir cheesy at times to my taste. I enjoyed reading it and will bring a few things with me.

This is a book to anyone who wants to enhance leadership.

This breakthrough book shows how trust is much, much more than a character trait. Trust is a competency that can be taught, learned, and deliberately reinforced. Trust is the "operating system" of every relationship, every organization. Covey does a masterful job of making a strong business case for trust, then he expounds on 13 "trust behaviors" that enable people to earn and maintain the confidence of others. He also discusses the whys and wherefores of "smart trust" - how to extend trust to others. Follow the principles and practices outlined in this book and you'll be surprised how your relationships -- both personal and professional -- gain fresh traction.

This was a good book that truly explained the importance of trust both as an individual and being part of an organization. I would suggest this book to anyone striving to increase their level of trust in all aspects of life.

OK I get it. Trust makes business work better and faster. But I think this book would have been best if it was ½ the length.

There are some real gems in the book but there are a few other passages which left me wondering. I had to laugh out loud when I read the author's advice for hitting the wall in a marathon. "Instead of focusing on your exhausting and going into the `survival shuffle' lift up your head and pick up the pace". Pick up your pace? Really? When you hit the wall?!? So would I conclude that hitting the wall is actually the tactic you should use to run your fastest marathon? Having run a number of marathons myself, I lost a little trust in the author's advice when I read this.

Although the concepts of The Speed of Trust are not new, when they are presented in a fashion and sequence the way your mind codes information, the changes that are created are powerfull and previous perceptions turned upside down, that is what I call changing your mind and rearranging a major portion of long held beliefs.

A book that arranges sentences and makes paragraphs, so that you can see the forest.

Covey nails it with this masterpiece. You would expect nothing less from the Covey brand. Basically, trust = character and compentance and this book explains each in detail and the 13 behaviors that will help any person increase trust in any and every environment. Whether you are a business person, pastor, or parent, this book will help.

These are the key to successful people in business, social and family life. I already had these ideas but they became clear to me once I read them in this book. Someone recommended it to me and I am happy she did. I wish everyone would read this.