Trust Matters Now more than Ever: Learn from the Experts

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Trust Matters Now more than Ever: Learn from the Experts
We had the privilege of interviewing Brian Slipka and David Horsager together in the studio today to talk about the books they’ve both recently written! The conversation eventually lead to the concept of trust and how it can be so quickly depleted in today’s society.

David is an author, speaker and researcher on the topic of trust and has not only written several books on the subject, but has also established an Institution of consultants who teach leaders how to establish and measure it. His numerous research projects about trust have generated numerous annual reports summarizing aspects of trust, its presence or absence with research that spans industries, generations and countries.

Brian’s book, “Win Some: 5 Proven Life Strategies to Win in Relationships” was published by David’s company “Broadstreet Publishing” and released earlier this year, is a book written in the form of a fable with a baseball theme. The story teaches lessons on trust, humility and self-awareness that eventually help the main character, Sam earn the trust and build relationships with those on his team and in his life. When I asked Brian what he learned about himself in writing the book, he said he learned that he can be a protagonist as much as Sam, his main character, which helped him to check himself more often in that category! We all admitted that our greatest strengths are usually our weaknesses too.

David’s 4th book called “Trust Matters More than Ever: 40 Proven Tools to Lead Better, Grow Faster & Build Trust Now!” is slated to be released in November and has already sold over 10,000 copies! David speaks 100 times per year to private organizations, public companies and trade associations across the globe about how the presence of trust impacts successful companies, teams and relationships, and how to establish it as a metric for ongoing growth and fulfillment. Trust definitely leads to improved relationships and growth, but when trust is absent, many times other factors are deemed at fault, like ‘communication’. David maintains that it all boils down to a lack of trust, regardless of what else may be blamed.

Brian and David’s relationship started through connections with several mutual friends and the collaboration grew from there. We agreed that bringing them back in a year to get an update on all they have going together (and separately) would be in order!
Listen to the amazing interview here!

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