It’s Week #22 of 2016. This latest article is part of a series drawn from our 3rd annual 2016 Trust Poster….now hanging in hundreds of offices around the world. Get yours today!
52 Ideas That You Can Implement to Build Trust
Today’s trust idea is offered by Linda Fisher Thornton. Linda is a Trust Alliance member and a Trust Across America Top Thought Leader.
Make trust building a business priority.
According to Thornton, if you want to build an organization that lasts, make it a business priority to invest in trust building.
When leaders trust others and are trustworthy themselves, they bring out the best in their organizations. Some of the many ways that trust building plays a critical role in the success of organizations include:
- Freeing up people’s energy and attention to focus on the real work of the organization
- Reducing fears that people will be subjected to negative interpersonal behavior
- Releasing creative energy that can be used to solve problems, and
- Improving productivity, job satisfaction, customer retention, and other important aspects of business success.
Trusting and being trustworthy are important elements in ethical leadership because of their powerful positive ripple effects. The process of intentionally leading in ways that build trust creates a positive setting where great things can happen. In a highly competitive global marketplace, that can result in a thriving workforce and a competitive edge.
Thank you Linda. We hope our readers heed this week’s advice.
Barbara Brooks Kimmel is the CEO and Cofounder of Trust Across America-Trust Around the World whose mission is to help organizations build trust. Now in its seventh year, the program’s proprietary FACTS® Framework ranks and measures the trustworthiness of over 2000 US public companies on five quantitative indicators of trustworthy business behavior. Barbara is also the editor of the award winning TRUST INC. book series and the Executive Editor of TRUST! Magazine.
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