Catalyst Track: Trustworthy Leader // Day Two - Know Who You Are

This 4-day track originates from the article “8 Surefire Ways to Build Trust with Your Team Today” by Matt Walker.

 

As leaders, one of our greatest assets is the ability to be trusted by our team. Trust is hard to gain. Like my dad used to say, “Trust takes years to build and seconds to destroy.”

 

Many business people, especially executives in the C-suite, are inherently distrustful. This has been helpful for them because it has been a safeguard against poor business decisions and less than favorable partnerships.

 

Yet, if you are a leader of any sort — business, ministry, non-profit — your first priority is to gain the trust of those on your team and maintain that atmosphere by continually setting the tone of one who can be trusted. Here are some things you can begin today that will build trust with those on your team, your congregation, and anyone else you come into contact with.

 

Do you think you have the trust you need and want from your team? These next four days layout 8 simple and practical yet impactful ways you can lead in such a way that inspires trust and confidence from your team. 

 

It starts with you! 

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DAY 2 – Know Who You Are

 

Authenticity 

Be transparent about who you are, and don’t try and play the know-it-all or the saint. People with emotional intelligence can smell a “faker” from a mile away. Be up front, be who you are, don’t hold back and you will gain more trust.

 

Confidence

As counterintuitive as it may sound, people trust those who force their own way. People who know what they want, are single-minded about that goal, and are determined to reach it are much easier to trust and to follow because you don’t have to wonder whether or not the person will string you along and drop the mission because of a few bumps in the road or inconvenient hurdles.

 

REFLECT:

• What keeps you from interacting with transparency and authenticity?
• How confident are you in your goals? How does your answer to this come off to your team?