I found it interesting to learn that renowned author Stephen Covey included a quote from former Metro Nashville Public Schools Director Pedro Garcia in his most recent book, Speed of Trust:

Covey has written a superior book on the importance of trust. Our principals will greatly benefit from reading this book. It will help them as they create trust with the teachers and the teachers in turn with their students. This book is a must read.

I greatly admire Covey, and I imagine he included the quote from Garcia because they have developed a relationship over the years. I’m sure Garcia is right that principals or most anyone else would benefit from reading the book. I found it interesting, though, to read a high-profile quote about trust from Garcia, who appeared to engender very little trust from principals, teachers and school board members as his tenure here in Nashville neared its end.