945: LEADERSHIP STRATEGIES: How Leaders Can Build Team Trust

Shameless Leadership

Over the last few years, I’ve been developing curriculum and resources that help leaders establish trust with their teams and enable teammates to build trust with one another. Because different people have different needs around trust, it can feel tricky to know exactly the right formula to help build trust with others. In spite of that, there are plenty of small things you can do every single day to help people understand who you are, how you operate, how you hold space for others, and how you navigate messiness that will inevitably help you build trust in any relationship. When people understand these pieces of you, they have the information they need to know if you are someone they can trust over the long haul. In this episode, we explore what a lack of trust looks like in an organization (perhaps this will look and feel familiar to you?). We talk about why trust is a foundational element required for high performance and a healthy culture, and what outcomes you can expect when you take the time to build trust within a team environment. Then, I give you simple, practical steps you can take to start building more trust today, no matter the current state of your team or organization.

There is a common misconception that trust and the vulnerability required to build it are “soft,” but I would like to invite you to view trust as one of your key strategies for building authentic, meaningful relationships that yield great outcomes.

Episode Highlights:

• 00:00 Building Trust: An Introduction

• 02:49 The Importance of Trust in Teams

• 06:05 Signs of a Lack of Trust

• 12:06 Leadership's Role in Trust Building

• 15:51 Practical Steps to Build Trust

• 21:05 The Outcomes of Teams that Trust

• 25:47 How to Run Team Trust Diagnostics

• 29:59 Connecting Values Around Trust to Action

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