Trust
Simon Sinek, one of my faves sent a thought on trust recently:
"Trust has two dimensions: Competence & Integrity.
We will forgive mistakes of competence.
Mistakes of integrity are harder to overcome."
Trust has so many dimensions and implications that it impacts everything we do in our lives..
Trust is one of the first things we learn as a child when we are defenseless. We come in to the world with a full tank of trust for our parents. for our environment and for our lives.
As we age, we learn our trust lessons early and sometimes in the most difficult of fashions. It seems that we either keep our full tank of trust or we begin to use it up until many of us have none left.
Trust is a key life principle that we should not compromise or violate in the business world.
"Trust, but verify." we hear in politics, the military, and global business when we are dealing with our competition or in other cultures.
" I don't trust him or her or them or that." is a comment we learn as well usually after we have been burned.
"Be trustworthy." we learned in church and scouts as a kid.
By now many of you have done leadership and team building exercises where you stand with your back to a new acquaintance that you hope has the same value system as you and then you are told to fall backwards with your new partner being expected to catch you before you fall to the ground.
Trust, but don't be naive or stupid is pretty good advice in most situations.
Mainly trust is colored and bolstered by shared values and rules.
One thing I have learned is that you have to be worthy of trust before you will be trusted.
Do you trust you team members? Your leadership? Your clients and customers?
Another trust lesson that I have learned is that once you lose it, trust is very tough to regain.
My dad the baker taught me this lesson very early in my journey and it is one that is still central to my principles.
JK
"Trust has two dimensions: Competence & Integrity.
We will forgive mistakes of competence.
Mistakes of integrity are harder to overcome."
Trust has so many dimensions and implications that it impacts everything we do in our lives..
Trust is one of the first things we learn as a child when we are defenseless. We come in to the world with a full tank of trust for our parents. for our environment and for our lives.
As we age, we learn our trust lessons early and sometimes in the most difficult of fashions. It seems that we either keep our full tank of trust or we begin to use it up until many of us have none left.
Trust is a key life principle that we should not compromise or violate in the business world.
"Trust, but verify." we hear in politics, the military, and global business when we are dealing with our competition or in other cultures.
" I don't trust him or her or them or that." is a comment we learn as well usually after we have been burned.
"Be trustworthy." we learned in church and scouts as a kid.
By now many of you have done leadership and team building exercises where you stand with your back to a new acquaintance that you hope has the same value system as you and then you are told to fall backwards with your new partner being expected to catch you before you fall to the ground.
Trust, but don't be naive or stupid is pretty good advice in most situations.
Mainly trust is colored and bolstered by shared values and rules.
One thing I have learned is that you have to be worthy of trust before you will be trusted.
Do you trust you team members? Your leadership? Your clients and customers?
Another trust lesson that I have learned is that once you lose it, trust is very tough to regain.
My dad the baker taught me this lesson very early in my journey and it is one that is still central to my principles.
JK