Category: Thoughts on Trust

WIIFM? Because trust is rewarded.

Building trust isn’t complicated. It doesn’t require special skills or schooling. It’s simple, but not easy because it requires discipline and consistency. It takes time and demands continual effort to live the 5C’s of trustworthiness. Why should you care? Why should you do this work to become a better leader and teammate? “What’s in it

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Remember how you got here.

A well-known book for successful leaders entitled What Got You Here Won’t Get You There describes how success can contribute to a leader’s resistance to change and account for counter-productive behaviors. One is our tendency to exaggerate our contribution to the team’s success and minimize our role in setbacks and failures. A complementary view is that

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