We have a leadership crisis today, where even though our world has changed drastically, our leadership style has not. Most organizations, teams, schools, and families today still operate from a “command and control model,” focusing on hierarchies and compliance from people. But this way of leading is drastically outdated because of the changing nature of the world, the workforce, work itself, and the choices we have for where and how to work and live.

Stephen M.R. Covey has made it his life’s work to understand trust in leadership and organizations. In his newest and most transformative book, Trust and Inspire, he offers a simple yet bold solution: to shift from this “command and control” model to a leadership style of “trust and inspire.” People don’t want to be managed; they want to be led.

Trust and Inspire is a new way of leading that starts with believing that people are creative, collaborative, and full of potential. People with this kind of leadership are inspired to become the best version of themselves and to produce their best work.

In this “beautifully written page-turner” (Amy Edmondson, Harvard Business School professor), Covey offers the solution to the future of work: where a dispersed workforce will be the norm, necessitating trust and collaboration across time zones, cultures, personalities, generations, and technology.