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Want to Get Things Done? Sharpen Your Influence with These 5 Practices
Leadership can be hard, but it gets easier when people want to follow you. Here are 5 things you can do to earn that kind of influence.
How to Reinforce Your Leadership Against the Erosion of Trust
Trust is eroding across every sector of our society, impacting how we lead. Here are the top causes of the erosion of trust and what we can do to stop it.
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Trust: 4 Steps to Rebuild Damaged Trust [VIDEO]
Rebuilding damaged trust is not impossible, but it does require diligence. Here are four steps to rebuild damaged trust.
The Trust Factor: The Most Important Element of Leadership You Cannot Afford to Ignore
Did you know, only 46% of employees place “a great deal of trust” in their employers? But research has shown that high-trust environments have higher productivity and less stress. Here are the top ways we lose trust and the best ways to build it back up again.
From Leader to Loser in 45 Days: How Loss of Trust Can Destroy a Leader
Trust has always been a fragile thing, but it is even more so in this unsettled time. Take for example Liz Truss, the British Prime Minister who lasted only 45 days before a loss of trust destroyed her career. Here's how it can happen to anyone.
Sludge: 6 Causes of the Muck That Hinders Organizational Growth
Sludge is not only found in your sink drain; it can also be found in your organization in the barriers that keep it from moving forward. Here are the six greatest causes of the muck that most often hinders organizational growth and health.
3 Low-Cost, High-Impact Ways to Create, Retain or Restore Your Credibility and Trust
Over the past few years, there has been extraordinary relational damage in many towns, schools, organizations, and churches – trust and credibility are hanging on by a very thin string. Here are three low-cost, high-impact ways to create, retain, or restore your credibility and trust.
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Candor: How to Balance Truth with Care [VIDEO]
Speaking with candor is easier said than done. People can either speak so directly that they forget how it will affect the other person, or they are so compassionate that the meaning of the feedback is lost. Here are helpful tips for balancing both care and confrontation when giving candor and how to receive it well.
Want to be Taken Seriously? Do These 7 Things
Every leader has experienced the feeling of being overlooked, and it doesn’t feel good. But rather than wearing your victim shirt, take responsibility for what you can. By doing these seven things, leaders and others will take you more seriously.
How to Build Trust in Challenging Times
"Dum spiro spero. While I breathe, I hope." As leaders, right now we need to build a deeper level of trust with those we lead. Here are five steps to build trust in challenging times.
“Trust Who?” What to Do When You Lose Trust in Others
There are consequences to placing our trust in leaders that squander it, but there are also devastating consequences in refusing to trust at all. So, what are we supposed to do when we lose trust in others? Here are 5 actions to take.
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Trust: 3 Actions that Build Trust [VIDEO]
Why do we let a pilot, whom we have never met, fly us across the country at 35,000 ft in air? It all has to do with trust. Trust is one of the foundational elements in organizational life. Here are three actions that will help you build trust in your life and leadership.
8 Actions That Will Build Trust in an Epidemic of Distrust
Who can you trust these days? According to a recent study by the Pew Research Center, Americans are struggling with trust. For example, the following percentages of Americans noted having little or no trust in elected officials (63%), business leaders (57%), news media (52%), religious leaders (38%), and police officers (31%). Here are 8 actions that will help build trust in an epidemic of distrust.
3 Ways to Not Get Burnt by Expectations
All people have expectations of themselves and others. The expectations that are held may not be understood, agreed upon, or even fair.
These expectations fall into one or more of the following six categories: communication, character, concern, competence, connectedness, and consistency. Trust is built when we prove reliable by meeting the expectations others have of us in these six areas, but we can't gain someone's trust if we don't know what they expect. It's a viscous cycle.