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The Book

Trustology

The Art and Science of Leading High-Trust Teams

The book behind our philosophy: trust is the foundation of every healthy, high-performing organization. By Peak Solutions founder Richard Fagerlin, named one of the top 100 thought leaders on trust in the world.

Available in paperback and on Kindle.

Trustology book cover by Richard Fagerlin

Why leaders keep coming back to it

Trust is a choice, not a feeling

Learn the practical framework for extending trust intentionally, instead of waiting for it to be earned.

Diagnose what's really broken

Most team dysfunction traces back to a trust problem. Trustology gives you the language to name it.

Build high-trust teams on purpose

Move from suspicion and self-protection to teams that move fast because they trust one another.

Inside the book

A progression from theory to practice

Trustology moves in three parts, from understanding what trust actually is to leading a whole team that runs on it.

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Trust Starts Here

Why trust is the one variable behind every result, and the three components that have to be present for it to take hold.

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Building Trust With Others

How to extend trust intentionally and repair it when it breaks, in the real relationships that carry your work.

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Leading High-Trust Teams

A simple four-step process for leading any group into becoming a team that trusts one another and performs because of it.

Richard Fagerlin, author of Trustology

About the author

Richard Fagerlin

Founder & President, Peak Solutions

Richard founded Peak Solutions in 2001 with the conviction that people should love what they do and who they do it with. Over more than 20 years he has helped thousands of executives and leaders around the world build cultures of high trust.

He has been named one of the top 100 thought leaders on trust in the world and received a lifetime achievement award from Trust Across America. Trustology distills that work into a framework any leader can put to use.

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