RUMSON, N.J. - Feb. 24, 2026 - PRLog -- In a business climate defined by skepticism, noise, and shrinking attention spans, a new book demonstrates how trust provides a life line as the real driver of sustainable growth.
In The Trust Threshold: Crossing the Line Between Stuck and Unstoppable, business strategist and marketing executive Jeanniey Walden makes the case that an organization's growth stalls if it loses the trust of the customer or the employee.
Walden's new book shares the key to survival: cross the trust threshold to lead your business to new heights; or risk losing everything. Her central thesis is straightforward: trust is not a soft leadership virtue. It is a measurable business asset.
At the core of the book is the AIR Method™, a proprietary framework built on three pillars: Authenticity, Inspiration, and Relatability. According to Walden, trust only forms when all three are present. Remove one, and belief begins to erode.
The Trust Threshold is not just a success narrative. Walden also examines failure, including organizations that concealed hard truths from employees and paid the price. "Truth without leadership is chaos," she writes. "But leadership without truth will collapse."
Ultimately, the book reframes trust as strategic infrastructure. It lowers the cost of internal friction, strengthens brand resilience, and increases customer lifetime value. In a marketplace increasingly shaped by automation and AI, Walden contends that human alignment is becoming a differentiator.
Drawing on her executive experience leading major global brands including Mercer, Rite Aid, Nook, DailyPay and others, Walden shares examples of how using the AIR Method framework helped drive productivity, reduce turnover and keep delivering revenue growth by aligning leadership behavior with employee belief. In addition, she draws on conversations from her Liftoff with Jeanniey Walden TV Show with respected business leaders such as Kevin O'Leary to share real-life examples of what works and where companies and brands fail.
Going beyond a traditional book format, Walden offers readers an opportunity to reach unstoppable access at the end of each chapter with workbook exercises. In addition, she offers masterclass workshops for companies bold enough to take the next step in embracing a new way of growing their business.
Her conclusion is clear: trust is not a soft skill. It is strategic infrastructure. Organizations that intentionally build authenticity, inspiration, and relatability into leadership and culture don't just improve morale; they drive bottom-line results.
The Trust Threshold: Crossing the Line Between Stuck and Unstoppable is available in both paper and digital formats on Amazon.
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Source: Liftoff Enterprises LLC
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