{"id":2527,"date":"2015-01-20T08:11:35","date_gmt":"2015-01-20T13:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=2527"},"modified":"2015-01-20T08:11:35","modified_gmt":"2015-01-20T13:11:35","slug":"congratulations-lifetime-trust-honorees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=2527","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations! Lifetime Trust Honorees"},"content":{"rendered":"

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According to newly released data from the\u00a02015 Edelman Trust Barometer<\/a>\u00a0the world has witnessed \u201can alarming evaporation of trust across all institutions, reaching the lows of the Great Recession in 2009. Trust in government, business, media and NGOs in the general population is below 50 percent in two-thirds of countries, including the U.S., U.K., Germany and Japan. Informed public respondents are nearly as distrustful, registering trust levels below 50 percent in half of the countries surveyed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere has been a startling decrease in trust across all institutions driven by the unpredictable and unimaginable events of 2014,\u201d said Richard Edelman, president and CEO, Edelman<\/p>\n

Many global experts claim that \u201ctrust\u201d is the issue of the decade and they may be right. Our society continues to be plagued by breaches of trust in business, government, academia, medicine, sports and the media, to name just a few.\u00a0 But behind every trust violation is an individual or a team that has allowed it to occur. There is no doubt that low trust comes with hard costs to society and its citizens.<\/p>\n

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Is There a Silver Lining?<\/strong> Yes indeed. Many thought leaders are placing trust on their daily docket and teaching others through their actions and words.\u00a0 On January 26 via TRUST! Magazine<\/a> winter issue, Trust Across America – Trust Around the World <\/a>will be releasing its 5th<\/sup> annual Top Thought Leaders in Trust<\/a>, recognizing approximately 100 global trust researchers, consultants, writers and\/or business leaders. Today we announce 15 honorees that have been continuously recognized by our program for their thought leadership over the past five years, and are receiving our Lifetime Achievement Award.<\/p>\n

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Please join us in congratulating the following outstanding individuals:<\/p>\n

Patricia Aburdene<\/p>\n

Hank Boerner<\/p>\n

Stephen M.R. Covey<\/p>\n

Jed Emerson<\/p>\n

Leslie Gaines Ross<\/p>\n

Robert Galford<\/p>\n

Mary Gentile<\/p>\n

Bill George<\/p>\n

Charles H. Green<\/p>\n

Jim Kouzes<\/p>\n

Linda Locke<\/p>\n

Edward Marshall<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Seglin<\/p>\n

Frank Sonnenberg<\/p>\n

Robert Whipple<\/p>\n

Well done ladies and gentlemen!<\/p>\n

Barbara Brooks Kimmel<\/strong>\u00a0is the Executive Director of\u00a0<\/span>Trust Across America-Trust Around the World<\/a>\u00a0whose mission is to help organizations build trust. She is also the editor of the award winning\u00a0<\/span>TRUST INC.<\/a>\u00a0book series and the Executive Editor of\u00a0<\/span>TRUST! Magazine<\/a>. In 2012 Barbara was named \u201cOne of 25 Women Changing the World\u201d by Good Business International.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our 2015 Poster,\u00a052 Weeks of Activities to Increase Organizational Trust<\/a>\u00a0is available\u00a0to those who would like to support our work by making a small donation.<\/p>\n

Copyright 2015, Next Decade, Inc.<\/p>\n

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