(by Rick Lambert)
Trust is like good soil. It is conducive to growing
the best qualities in others, and for others. Out of the seeds of trust
grow the ability to visualize, persuasively motivate followers, build loyalty,
and move a team of people to bring out their best in experiencing the reality
of that vision.
Trust is the #1 ingredient necessary in solving
problems. President Theodore Roosevelt said: “Problems differ
from generation to generation, but the qualities needed to solve them remain
unchanged from the world’s end to world’s end.”
Trust is what brings the “relationship” into business and
its process. People trust business as far as they can trust it’s the
people in leadership. Without trust, unity will dissolve. Trust
in the leadership builds trust in the organization or cause, and in the
processes it chooses to conduct and track its business.
If you want others committed to something, increase their
trust in you and the plan. Commitment and trust go hand in hand. Be
committed, and others will trust. Get others to trust you, and they in
turn will be committed to the plan.
Every day requires some thought on how you will
build or maintain the trust others have in you, or the trust you have in
others. Trust is most powerfully communicated by your consistency of
life, and your ability to keep your word. Be a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,
or simply forget to follow-through on something you said you would do, and the
trust others associate with you will take a hit.
