Trust Falls
The results of this survey showed that the percentage of respondents who said they see their bosses as collaborative and trustworthy is at an all-time low. Only 27% had a high level of trust in management and their organization. Numbers are down significantly over the same survey conducted three years ago.
Is that surprising to you?
Do you believe that is true in your organization?
How are you feeling about trust these days?
This is what I thought:
“El acantilado más alto puede caer de confianza.”
-Rodrigo De Souza
Rodrigo, for those of you who do not watch Amazon’s Mozart in the Jungle, is the conductor of a fictional New York Symphony whose behind the scenes antics and issues are the subject of the show. In one episode, while discussing and reflecting on his relationship with and leadership of his orchestra Rodrigo makes the above statement. Translated to English it means:
“The highest cliff you can fall from is trust.”
When I heard this statement, I had to stop the show immediately and think about how brilliant and important it is – or should be to all of us. Especially in light of the trust survey I just shared with you.
Break the trust, lose the trust and it is a hard long fall. Indeed it will feel as if you fell from the highest cliff. It is really hard, if not impossible to climb back up that cliff to the heights you previously had. The solution:
Stay away from the edge of the cliff.
The imapMyTeam® Trust Requirements report will keep you from falling off the trust cliff with your colleagues. It will give you accurate insight into what the other person’s trust expectations are of you and tells you how to build those bonds. Think of it as a blueprint for building trust. It is preventative medicine that will show you where the edge of the cliff is. This investment in others is far easier than trying to climb back up the cliff after you fallen off.
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