Building Trust

No matter your title, people will not follow you if they don’t trust you. Whether you are just taking over a team or working to implement large-scale change within one, you are guaranteed to run into resistance if you haven’t taken time to establish a foundation with the people you oversee before turning their worlds upside down. - John C. Maxwell

As noted in this week’s post, trust makes leadership possible. In it, we explored the story of Samson from the John Maxwell Leadership Bible and what Maxwell calls the Law of Solid Ground.

Author Ken Blanchard furthers Maxwell’s point in his article on “Building Trust”, providing many instructive insights for Out of This World Leaders.

First, it should be noted that 59% of individuals indicated they left an organization due to trust issues, citing lack of communication and dishonesty as key contributing factors.

Click here to learn strategies for building trust as a leader.