Foreword
Trust is among the most important words in the vocabu-
lary of leadership. With trust, there’s not much you can’t
get done. Without it, even the smartest people in the world
can get little done. Trust speeds up progress, and progress
drives both happiness and meaning—core concepts of my
own research and my new book: MOJO: How to Get It, How
to Keep It, How to Get It Back If You Lose It.
In The Trusted Leader, Steve Gladis does several things
very well. First, he helps the reader clearly frame and
visualize the basic concept of trust. Using the structure of
The Trust Triangle and adapting Aristotle’s bedrock theory
of trustworthiness (good character, good sense, and good
will), the author makes the sometimes elusive concept of ...