Welcome to the work of John Blakey
The Trusted Executive
The global financial crisis and a series of corporate scandals have brought trust in business to an all-time low. According to the 2014 Edelman Trust Barometer, only one in five respondents trust business leaders to tell the truth. John Blakey's work with 'The Trusted Executive' is an appeal to all those who wish to transform the triple bottom-line of results, relationships and reputation.
John has been inspired to write the 'The Trusted Executive' through helping over 120 CEOs/MDs from 22 different countries achieve their goals, as well as Team GB/England sports coaches in rowing, cricket, diving and target shooting.
Through his work, John has come to believe that, to paraphrase author Charles Green, the world is ready for leaders who rely upon the power of trust rather than those who trust in power.
Latest blogs
The first habit of building trustworthy leadership is choosing to deliver. As one CEO I interviewed put it, 'Trustworthiness is doing what it says on the tin'. One of the behaviours I discuss in ‘The Trusted Executive’ that is critical to developing a reputation for delivery is to make sure you have an effective system…
The road to Rio has been four years of dedication, hard work and suffering for thousands of athletes around the world. In the UK, I have been supporting Team GB coaches from the worlds of rowing, diving and Paralympic target shooting as they have led teams of athletes hoping for gold medal glory in the…
'If the heads of banks and multinationals support ‘remain’ it must be wrong for the rest of us'. Those eighteen words, quoted in a recent IEDP article, sum up the trust crisis that abruptly reared its ugly head in our recent EU referendum. The shock of looking in the collective mirror, and realising it had…
In the popular cult film, 'The Matrix', our hero, Neo, is confronted with a stark choice. He can choose between living in the computer-fabricated world of the matrix (blue pill) or be unplugged from the matrix to wake up to painful reality of his true existence (red pill). His mentor, Morpheus, sums up the choice…
In the film 'Steve Jobs', there is a tense stand-off between Apple co-founders, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. The scene is prior to an Apple product launch and Wozniak is berating Jobs in the middle of a theatre rehearsal. Frustrated by Jobs' stubborn and arrogant nature, he throws his hands in the air, turns and…
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