If a leader does not TRUST her people, you cannot build a deep, meaningful relationship.
Without a deep, meaningful relationship you cannot have a healthy conflict.
Without a healthy conflict you will always feel unheard, discouraged, unliked, frustrated, resentful, detached.
If you feel any of these negative emotions, you will never be able to increase your performance, feel the bigger purpose in your work and be happy.
If you are not happy at work, it will have a spill-out effect on all areas of your life.
Will you trust your kids then?
Trust does not generate by itself.
It must be earned.
In relationships the exchange currency for TRUST is VULNERABILITY.
Be an example. Invite people to trust you by showing your own vulnerability. Don’t confuse it with being weak. Vulnerability is anything but weakness. It is authenticity. The readiness to live with your own imperfections, carry them lovingly around and expose them to the others. This is an invitation for the people around you to do the same.
The shift will happen slowly. Start with small steps. Create a “sub-culture” with the people around you, your colleagues, team or members of your family. Take a chance.
People watch you what you DO, not what you say. Be a model. It is contagious. It will help yourself and others to grow.
* Thank you Shirzad Chamine and Positiveintelligence.com
