Every day brings changes into our life; a part of those changes involve building trust. People will have to trust you and you will have to trust people. As a leader, people will be putting their trust in you knowing that you will do the right thing for them. As a manager, your superiors will be putting their trust in you to do the right thing for the company.
As an individual that is doing everything you can to become a great follower and ultimately a great leader, you will have to trust yourself to do what is right for you.
How important is trust to an individual and an organization? Growing up, we trusted our parents to raise us and teach us right from wrong. We trusted our teachers to give us the best education they could. As adults, we trust our employers to pay us an honest wage for honest work. As employees, our employer trusts us to deliver honest work for honest pay. Trust, in all these cases is mutually expected and accepted. Trust is a dialogue and not a monologue. Trust is a conversation.
So when it comes to creating new relationships based on trust, the truth is that it is very difficult to achieve but it can be done. It just can’t be done overnight, as there is no magic pill to take that will instantly build solid relationships. It will take time and plenty of it. So long as you make the effort to be genuine and authentic the other person will either reciprocate or make his intentions clear that a relationship built on trust is not his cup of tea.
While that may be what it will be, it does NOT mean that you have to stop trusting them. If you see the relationship worth pursuing (either professionally or personally) then it is worth to continue building that foundation of trust.
In the end, everyone wants to be trusted. People eventually come around as relationships is what every person wants. No matter whether it is a personal or professional relationship they want it, so be there for them.
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