Can your people trust you?

12.12.2012

Trust is the foundation of any successful cooperation. Try, therefore, to use the pre-Christmas time to think about how much trust you enjoy among your subordinates. Although someobody who does not trust superiors in principle can be found everywhere, most leaders can gain the trust of their people by following the rules below. Although the rules may seem self-evident at first glance, answer yourself honestly whether you really do not have anything to improve.

If you do not know something, do not make things up.
Do not tell different things to different people.
Find time to get to know your people closer.
Communicate regularly and do not hide information.
Do not engage in gossip and do not start gossipping yourself.
Do not say anything you would not want to read about yourself in the newspapers.
Share the praise for a job well done given to your team with those who really did the good job.
Do not promise to keep confidentiality when you cannot do it because of ethical or legal reasons.
Learn to admit your own mistakes.
Deliver what you promise.

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