{"id":4581,"date":"2019-12-13T10:24:57","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T15:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=4581"},"modified":"2019-12-13T10:47:16","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T15:47:16","slug":"its-followfriday-a-year-end-thank-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=4581","title":{"rendered":"It’s #FollowFriday: A Year End Thank You"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thank you to these amazing colleagues!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since launching Trust Across America-Trust Around the World over ten years ago, I have been fortunate to have engaged with thousands of global scholars and professionals in my search to find meaning in the word “trust.” Among them are these amazing eleven individuals who have chosen to voluntarily serve as members of our Trust Council<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you are interested in learning about organizational trust, I’d suggest you start here:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bart Alexander (Colorado)<\/h2>\n

A Principal at\u00a0Alexander & Associates LLC<\/a>\u00a0Bart’s firm assists leaders, teams and organizations in integrating sustainability into their purpose, strategy and culture.<\/p>\n

Donna Boehme (New Jersey)<\/h2>\n

An internationally recognized authority in the field of compliance and ethics, Donna designs and manages compliance and ethics solutions for a wide spectrum of organizations. Principal of\u00a0Compliance Strategists<\/a>, a N.J.-based consulting firm.<\/p>\n

Alain Bolea (Boston & Colorado)<\/h2>\n

A management advisor who helps organizations integrate the necessity of “making money” and the desire to “do the right thing” in terms of sustainability and social responsibility.\u00a0Alain<\/a>\u00a0works with leaders as an executive coach, and consults to organizations on strategy and development using group processes.<\/p>\n

Randy Conley (California)<\/h2>\n

Vice President of Client Services & Trust Practice Leader for The Ken Blanchard Companies, Randy oversees Blanchard’s client delivery operations and works with organizations around the globe helping them build trust in the workplace. Author of the award-winning\u00a0Leading with Trust<\/a>\u00a0blog, Randy is a recognized authority in the field of trust and leadership.<\/p>\n

Stephen M. R. Covey (Utah)<\/h2>\n

Stephen is the New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of\u00a0The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything<\/i>, which has been translated into over 20 languages worldwide.\u00a0A Harvard MBA, Stephen co-founded and leads Franklin Covey’s\u00a0Global Speed of Trust Practice<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Charles H. Green (New Jersey & Florida)<\/h2>\n

An author, speaker, and founder-CEO of Trusted Advisor Associates, Charles co-authored the classic\u00a0The Trusted Advisor<\/i>, along with\u00a0The Trusted Advisor Fieldbook<\/i>, as well as writing\u00a0Trust-based Selling<\/i>. He founded\u00a0Trusted Advisor Associates<\/a>\u00a0in 1999, which helps create trust-based organizations and relationships in complex B2B businesses globally.<\/p>\n

Nadine Hack (Switzerland)<\/h2>\n

Nadine Hack, CEO\u00a0beCause Global Consulting<\/a>\u00a0advises Fortune 500 company executives, heads of state, and other leaders and organizations. She was Board Chair of Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation and served as non-executive director on other for- and not-for profit boards.<\/p>\n

Deb Krizmanich (Canada)<\/h2>\n

Deb is an accomplished business strategist, facilitator and entrepreneur driven by a passion for technologies that unleash the innate potential of individuals and groups. In 2010, she founded\u00a0Powernoodle<\/a>\u00a0to provide a cloud-based platform to leverage the inherent diversity of people and groups to improve how decisions are made and implemented.<\/p>\n

Linda Fisher Thornton (Virginia)<\/h2>\n

An innovative leadership development consultant<\/a> with a passion for ethical leadership, Linda’s book\u00a07 Lenses<\/i>, introduces the 7-Lens model for seeing ethical complexity and a holistic model for learning ethical leadership. She teaches leadership and applied ethics as adjunct associate professor for the University of Richmond SPCS.<\/p>\n

Bob Vanourek (Colorado)<\/h2>\n

Leadership expert<\/a> Bob Vanourek is the former CEO of five companies, ranging from a start-up to a $1 billion NY stock exchange company. Bob is the author of two award-winning books: Leadership Wisdom: Lessons from Poetry, Prose, and Curious Verse and the co-author of\u00a0Triple Crown Leadership: Building Excellent, Ethical, and Enduring Organizations<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Bob Whipple (New York)<\/h2>\n

“The Trust Ambassador,” Bob is CEO of\u00a0Leadergrow Inc.<\/a>, an organization dedicated to growing leaders. He is an international speaker on the topics of trust and ethics.<\/p>\n

Thank you Trust Council members. Here’s to more trust in 2020!<\/p>\n

Barbara Brooks Kimmel\u00a0is the Founder of\u00a0<\/em>Trust Across America-Trust Around the World<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0whose mission is to help organizations build trust. She also runs the world\u2019s largest global\u00a0<\/em>Trust Alliance<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0and is the editor of the award-winning\u00a0<\/em>TRUST INC.<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0book series. Barbara holds a BA in International Affairs from Lafayette College and an MBA from Baruch at the City University of NY.<\/em><\/p>\n

For more information visit our website at\u00a0www.trustacrossamerica.com<\/a>\u00a0or contact\u00a0Barbara Brooks Kimmel<\/a><\/p>\n

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