Latin Proverb: It is equally an error to trust all men or no man.
In my post from a week ago, we learned how King David and Jesus built strong teams. While those examples can be intimidating to folks like you and me, we were encouraged by Patrick Lencioni’s advice to “start by building trust.”
Over the past few years at NASA, we’ve used the FranklinCovey group to provide leadership training on “Leading at the Speed of Trust.” Based on Stephen M. R. Covey’s 2006 best-seller The Speed of Trust, their approach contends that trust is the one thing that changes everything. Covey notes that when trust goes up, speed improves, and costs of doing business goes down. He also notes that to build trust, we must first start with ourselves. That’s why I like to point out that our most powerful leadership tool is a mirror (see the September 21, 2013 blog post for more on that). It is particularly challenging to build trust with others in an environment where only one-third of Americans believe that other people can be trusted…
Today, let’s explore how we can inspire trust: first by starting with our own credibility then by employing 13 behaviors to build trust with others.
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