- Intro
- Do you trust me? Why do you trust me?
- People used to think that those in leadership had their best interest at heart.
- People are far from skeptical about leadership today. Most people are full-blown distrustful. This is a massive problem for us because we are leaders.
- The number one biggest challenge you will face today is that people will not give you the benefit of the doubt.
- Edelman’s Trust Barometer: More than half of the population won’t trust someone or something until they get evidence.
- Distrust is now society’s default emotion.
- The future of leadership is trust.
- Everyone wins when the leader gets better.
- How can we bridge the gap? How can we close the distance where people will buy into the vision?
- Creating trust today will take more intentionality on your part as leader.
- Transparency + Empathy + Consistency = Trust
- Transparency – A Truth to Share
- I was taught to guard the “pastor’s mystique.”
- To create trust, you have a truth to transparently share. Both professionally and even personally.
- I tend to be least transparent when things are not going well. I don’t want my team to worry.
- When communication decreases, uncertainty increases.
- It’s better to disappoint your team with a hard truth than to deceive them with a lie.
- If your team doesn’t know and then discovers, they will feel excluded.
- Someone who doesn’t feel a part will never bring their whole heart.
- Open up occasionally about your own weaknesses, fears, insecurities.
- The moment you start leading defensively is the moment you start losing everything in leadership. You have to have faith.
- People may be impressed with your strengths, but they connect with your weaknesses.
- When you lead with transparency, teams get closer. You solve problems faster. Trust grows stronger.
- Empathy – A Heart to Care
- Your team will never care about your mission if you don’t care about your team.
- To build trust, you talk less and listen more. To build trust, you get to know what is on their heart.
- I met with 63 leaders 1-on-1. What are you most excited about? What would you love me to know about you? If I could do one thing to make your life better, what would it be?
- I notice. You matter.
- To build trust it is not about you looking good, but you loving well.
- Consistency – A Culture to Trust
- How many have served under a leader that was inconsistent?
- “What’s it like to be on the other side of you?”
- Does your team ever wonder which “you” will walk into a meeting?
- You have a different mood for every meeting. You have a different direction every quarter.
- Be consistent with your expectations. The number one reason that team members don’t meet expectations is because the expectations are rarely clear.
- Be clear what you expect. Reward it when you see it. Correct it when you don’t.
- Inconsistency does not work anywhere else in your life.
- It’s not what you do occasionally that matters, it’s what you do consistently.
- The best leadership is boring leadership. I wanted to write a book: Boring Your Way to Success.
- Consistency creates emotional safety, organizational clarity, exponential impact.
- If they don’t trust you, they will not follow you.
- To earn trust, you have to give it.
- The best way to figure out if you can trust someone is to trust them. You’re going to have to take a risk on someone, like someone took a risk on you.
- You may be disappointed if you trust too much, but you will always limit your leadership if you don’t trust enough.
- If you have to do it all, you’re either too proud or you’re not surrounding yourself with the right people.
- I believe in you with all my heart. I believe you’re not here by accident. I believe you can be a bright light in a dark world.
Thank you for posting these every year.