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Building Trust and Followership as a Leader

Move beyond authority to earn deep credibility, inspire authentic loyalty, and create high-performing teams that willingly rally behind your vision.

Created byAdam Mendlerworkspace_premiumBest Instructor
BeginnerUpdated Nov 6, 2026

What You'll Learn

  • check_circleAnalyze the role of humility and self-awareness in effective leadership
  • check_circleApply active listening techniques to improve team engagement and trust
  • check_circleEvaluate strategies for building and maintaining a strong organizational culture
  • check_circleDevelop a framework for identifying and nurturing talent within an organization
  • check_circleAlign personal purpose with professional responsibilities to drive impact

About This Course

This course examines leadership principles that operate independently of corporate titles and organizational hierarchies. It details the use of humility, integrity, and active listening to establish trust and generate team commitment. The content provides strategies for fostering innovation, maintaining accountability, and aligning individual purpose with broader organizational values. Additionally, it addresses the development of talent and effective communication methods necessary for managing team performance.

Topics Covered

  • Leadership principles beyond organizational hierarchy
  • Trust and followership development
  • Active listening and communication techniques
  • Alignment of personal and organizational purpose
  • Strategies for team innovation
  • Integrity and ethical decision-making
  • Talent development and mentorship
  • Culture of accountability

Course Content

1 activity • 1 videos • duration: 1h 7m

  • videocamBuilding Trust and Followership as a Leader
    Duration 67:27

Your Instructors

Adam Mendler

Motivational & Leadership Speaker

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Adam Mendler is a nationally recognized authority on leadership, renowned for his unique ability to deliver perspective-shifting insights shaped by interviewing more than 500 of America’s most successful leaders. The creator and host of the top-rated business and leadership podcast Thirty Minute Mentors, Adam regularly elicits insights from America's top CEOs, founders, athletes, celebrities, and political and military leaders. A keynote speaker to businesses, universities, and non-profit organizations, Adam has written extensively on business and leadership, having authored more than 70 articles published in major media outlets including Forbes, Inc., and HuffPost. A Los Angeles native and lifelong Angels fan, Adam teaches graduate-level courses on leadership at UCLA, serves on the board of UCLA’s Master of Applied Statistics & Data Science program, is an emeritus member of USC’s Board of Governors, and is an advisor to numerous companies and leaders.

Terrance Williams

President and CEO of TruStage

Terrance Williams is the President and Chief Executive Officer of TruStage, a Madison, Wisconsin-based provider of insurance, investment and financial technology solutions. He took on the role in 2023. Before that, he was President of Protection Products and Services at Allstate, and he spent more than 20 years at Nationwide, where he served as Chief Marketing Officer and led its emerging businesses group and venture capital fund. He earned a bachelor’s degree in risk management and insurance from the University of South Carolina. He serves on the boards of Encompass Health, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Abhijit Dubey

CEO of NTT DATA, Inc.

Abhijit Dubey is the President and Chief Executive Officer of NTT DATA, Inc. and also serves as its Chief AI Officer. He leads the company’s business outside Japan, with around 150,000 employees worldwide. He joined NTT in 2021 as CEO of NTT Ltd., which later merged with NTT DATA. Before that, he spent more than 20 years at McKinsey & Company, where he became a Senior Partner, and he began his career at Schlumberger in the oilfield services business. He holds a B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Bombay and an M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University.

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