This is the Read to Lead podcast, episode 418.

Hi, I'm Stephen M. R. Covey.

I'm the author of Trust and Inspire, The Speed of Trust and Smart Trust.

If there's one podcast, you can trust for compelling, thoughtful, and life-changing

conversations every week, it's the read-to-lead podcast with my friend Jeff Brown.

Enjoy.

Most organizations, teams, schools, and families today still operate from a model rooted in command and control,

focusing on positional power, hierarchies, and rigid compliance. But because of the shifting

demographics of the workforce, the changing nature of work itself, and the choices we now have

for where and how to work, this old approach to leadership is both outdated and irrelevant.

Hi, I'm Jeff Brown, and this is the Read to Lead podcast, the podcast dedicated to your

personal and professional growth. I believe that there is no better tool for your growth than books,

then reading. In fact, I believe that if you want to be truly successful,

then a habit of reading, learning, and growing is required. I am delighted each and every week

to sit down with some of our world's greatest minds. Today's nonfiction authors, and the person

I'm sitting down with today is one of my favorite. His name is Stephen M. R. Covey.

He's author of a brand new book that came out last Tuesday called Trust and Inspire How Truly

Great Leaders Unleash Greatness in Others. I'm going to ask Stephen to share about the

differences between motivation and inspiration and why they're worth noting.

The issue of knowing commanded control is irrelevant and the difficulty in acting accordingly,

the fundamental beliefs of a trust and inspire leader, and lots, lots more.

I had so much fun recently visiting Richmond, Virginia to speak to the Virginia Council of CEOs and

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