An increasing body of research suggests that trust impacts almost every measure of success in your professional and personal life. So it just makes sense for each of us to be intentionally searching for ways to bring more trust into our lives.
I hope you enjoy reading these posts, where I’ll share my research, observations and thoughts on how you can develop the confidence required for self-trust, the courage required to trust others, and the combined competence and character to earn others’ trust. If you’d like to receive these posts in your Inbox, click here.
5 Questions to Choose Authenticity
To be authentic requires us to be intentional, and when other people are making assumptions about our authenticity, and about our trustworthiness, one of the core elements of their decision making is their assumptions about the intentions behind our actions.
Tap into Trust Series – Episode 4 on Integrity
Our ability to connect with others with authenticity creates the platform for a more meaningful, flourishing, and prosperous life. To have a genuine intention to connect authentically with others and to make life better for them in some ways. This is why being a person oriented toward integrity is so important.
3 Strategies to Build a Successful Remote-Working Team
An authentic leader is one whose actions demonstrate they genuinely believe that leadership is a privilege and not just a position. A question is ‘What actions would demonstrate that … especially when working with remote teams?’
The Authenticity Myth
If you were to trace the rise of the topic of authenticity, especially when referring to authenticity in the workplace, you quickly realise it has been in response to a continual global decline in trust. For most people it would seem the idea of being authentic, living an authentic life, and authentic leadership are aspirational and worthwhile … and I readily put my hand up in agreement with that.
What does it mean to have authenticity?
Authenticity is a bit of a buzz term at the moment, and it’s being tagged alongside leadership, corporate culture, brands, products and services, and most certainly discussed in terms of individual behaviour as being authentic or inauthentic. But what does it really mean to have authenticity?
In the Pursuit of Authenticity
Is being authentic something we ought to care about? If being authentic is desirable, how do we know when we are being authentic? What does it feel like when we are experiencing it … in ourselves and in others? What are the contributing elements that allow us to be authentic? What are the contributing elements that cause us to be inauthentic?
Are You Having A Bad Day
When there is a lack of responsibility and accountability for our actions and our results and the impact of those actions and results on others, we put trust at risk. And, when trust is at risk … everything is at risk.
Is Optimism All That Good For You?
Realistic Optimism is not practicing the power of positive thinking or repeating positive affirmations. In fact, the research is clear here that making positive statements to yourself has little if any impact over time … especially if you’re lacking in self-esteem.
Tap into Trust Series – Episode 3 on Purpose
Motivational gurus often tout from conference stages around the globe that we all need to find our purpose in life. However, that is very misleading and not very helpful from a practical sense, because what we know from evidence-based research is few people find and live their life based on one purpose.
Why Leaders Need To Care About Trust and Ethics
None of us are perfect. We all make mistakes. However, when someone is ‘caught out’ for an intentional deception, that is not a mistake … it was intentional.
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