BUILDING OR LOSING TRUST IN YOUR WORKPLACE

Experts agree that trust reigns as one of the most important elements of a synergistic, harmonious and efficient workplace. Experts also agree that trust starts with you and with management. Trust and trustworthiness exist when top management sets and follows the example. 
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High trust organizations tend to outperform low-trust ones. It is healthy when business leaders realize that they must not only get results but do so with integrity, not just once, but in every instance.  

5 ways to create trust within your workplace 

• Establish and maintain integrity: that means being honest and keeping commitments
• Communicate values and focus on shared rather than personal goals
• Stand up for what you believe in and share evidence to support your view
• Consider that you are partners toward the same objectives
• Do what is right regardless of potential personal consequences 

5 ways to lose trust within your workplace

• Act and speak with contradiction, a lack of consistency causes confusion
• Seek personal rather than shared gain; including taking credit for other’s work
• Withhold information or shut down channels of communication
• Lye or tell half-truths quickly ends trust
• Refuse to hear or consider other’s ideas and points of view 

 
Trust in the workplace benefits everyone 
Remember that trust is earned, and broken trust is a betrayal. Minor betrayals such as gossiping or blaming erode trust over time and can accumulate into a big problem that negatively impacts commitment, confidence and energy.  

It pays to hold yourself and others accountable. If a member of your team promises much but delivers nothing, the failure reflects on you. And once trust is broken, it can be a hard row to hoe to restore it. Besides, it leaves behind a stigma that can bite, especially when you may be looking for a new job. 

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