You can’t overestimate the value of trust. It’s the foundation of leadership success. When there is more trust, there is more productivity, more effective communication, more harmony and more success overall.
So it’s simple: as leaders, we should always be looking for ways to build and foster trust. And today I’m helping to make this a little easier for you with 7 simple things you can do to build trust for a happier, healthier and more successful workplace.
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As usual, good stuff, Kevin. Clear and straightforward. It is of interest to me and useful as I spin up a new team building, collaboration simulation that will have a large component of trust built in. We will tell them they can trust the expedition leadership, we will give them accurate and straightforward information about the rules and the play, we will be there to support them in any way they want, and we will behave impeccably. It will come down to the individual and the team’s choices as to whether they reciprocate that trust.
Within the teams, there will also be information that can be shared, and the team roles will all stress that information they discover will (probably) be true and that they should treat it as trustworthy and use it to help optimize their collaboration within and between teams.
Your video helped me think some of this through and I have looked at it three times now! I am reminded of my friend Frank Navran’s quote, “Trust is the residue of promises fulfilled.” We will act trustworthy and allow the players and teams to make their own decisions and choices. It should be interesting.
Thanks Scott. I’m pleased that this can help you help others learn to perform more effectively.