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14 Leadership Commandments: Trust-Based Leadership in Action
In 14 Leadership Commandments: Trust-Based Leadership in Action, Dr. Charles Du Toit distills over three decades of experience in leadership, HR, and conflict management into 14 transformative principles designed to guide leaders through pivotal moments that define their influence and success.
Drawing from real-life scenarios, case studies, and years of coaching thousands of leaders across industries, Dr. Du Toit emphasises that leadership is not just about results—it’s about relationships built on trust. Each chapter offers practical tools and exercises, helping leaders:
- Recognise and respond effectively to “leadership moments.”
- Build trust and strengthen connections within their teams.
- Navigate challenges with empathy, courage, and consistency.
Whether you’re a new supervisor or a seasoned executive, this book provides actionable insights to elevate your leadership journey. Discover how to cultivate a culture where trust thrives, teams flourish, and organisational goals are achieved with integrity.
14 Leadership Commandments is more than a book—it’s your go-to guide for mastering trust-based leadership in today’s ever-evolving business landscape.
Leadership trust creates the stable foundation for employees and their organizations to flex, adapt, and thrive in times of continuous change. The behaviors that build trust, are the very behaviors that manage change. Trust building help teams step into ambiguity, stay committed to managing the unknown with confidence, and embrace change as an opportunity to learn, grow, and do great work together. – Centre for Creative Leadership (CCL)
Trust-Based Leadership: The 9 Principles
Trust-Based Leadership: The 9 Principles is the leadership approach required to thrive as a leader in the new world of work.
In Trust-Based Leadership: The 9 Principles, Dr Charles Du Toit brings you the nine principles to lead successfully today, whether you are a business leader, public sector leader, community leader, or in any other leadership position.
The nine principles include:
- Leadership is more than a one-size-fits-all.
- Leadership is first a form of human relationship.
- Relationships are about connection and trust.
- Within a leadership relationship, the leader is responsible for the relationship.
- Leaders build trust through switching off auto pilot and deliberately connecting.
- Leadership moments amplify the connection/trust experience.
- Leadership is influence – the product of trust and connection.
- The alternative to leadership influence is command and fear.
- An organisation’s culture reflects its leadership.
What people are saying about this book
Leadership is as much an art as it is a science; it is not an easy topic to deal with. Charles shares many deep understandings in his book and it will serve as a very useful guide to all those who have been tasked with the leadership mantle. – Billy Tom, President and CEO, Isuzu Motors South Africa
Given the post-pandemic phase we are in, where we have to explore, discover and develop new approaches to leadership, the usefulness of this book is not in the answers it provides, but in the questions it raises in the mind of the reader. In this way, it will serve the purpose of stimulating mindful and purposeful self-reflection. – Dr Anton Verwey, Executive Strategy and Innovation, inavitiQ (Pty) Ltd
The focus on nine principles and the reflection exercises simplifies a huge topic often associated with charismatic characters into something that is possible for each of us to achieve. – Cathy Albertyn, Group People & Culture Officer, Coa-Cola Beverages Africa
Onboarding: Strategies for getting employees up to speed faster
Employees who have a great onboarding experience, integrate faster into an organisation, are more engaged and have more trust in their leaders. However, traditional induction programmes don’t “cut it” in the new world of work anymore… If you want to develop and retain top talent, you need an onboarding process that’s about more than an employee’s first days. In fact, an effective onboarding process starts from the moment an employee receives an offer of employment, right up until the day they competently fill the position they were recruited for.
In Onboarding: Strategies for getting employees up to speed faster, you’ll find step-by-step guides, checklists and case studies on:
- What to do in the period between an employee signing up and starting work
- Fresh ideas about how to approach the first days
- A new look at induction process
- How to manage relationships when assimilating a new recruit into an existing department
- How to manage the process of assisting the new employee to reach full competence.
- Onboarding senior executives
- Moving existing employees into new departments
- And much more!
This is an indispensable book for every CEO, board member, HR executive, talent manager and line leader who’s serious about retaining top talent and committed to delivering extraordinary employee experiences.
