PhD Candidate - Psychology of Leadership

One thing I learned in prison is what happens when leadership structures break down. Peace turns to unrest; safety turns to violence. Outside prison this appears as lost productivity, turnover, cultural discontent, F.U.D.D. (fear, uncertainty, doubt, and dread), and more. Leadership is not merely a title or cheerleading; it shapes real lives. Drawing on 30 years of professional leadership experience, and on my Washington, D.C., and prison experiences, I concluded there must be a way to calculate how trustworthy a person or organization is using a clear mathematical process. The objective is to make trustworthiness more understandable and more attainable, reducing the mystery of why some people are trusted and others are not. Leaders at every level struggle to trust and to be trusted; my aim is to show how both can be improved.