Foundation Stone #40 - Build Trust
Trust is a small word but means a lot. Just try searching “define: trust” in Google and look at the results. Faith, hope, confidence, reliability, honesty, belief are few words that have close association with definition of the word trust. There is no predefined set of steps that can build trust. It is built over time as a result of your actions. Trust is one thing that others earn on you for your actions. The more others earn, it becomes easier for one to carry out his/her thoughts, ideas and propositions. Trust is also an investment. In a project team, the team leader should put trust in the team and everyone within the team should trust each other. Without an investment there are no returns, hence the first step towards building trust is to have trust in the team, then that trust returns back up the level. Here is an interesting article “Building Trust” on the Slow Leadership blog.
