Four Ways to Build Trust with Your Team

Every day we have the opportunity to either strengthen or weaken trust with others through our actions and words.  There will be times when we act in a way which breaks down trust, whether intentionally or without knowing it.  However if you have enough deposits in your "trust bank account" from previous efforts, it can go a long way in terms of mending your relationship or at least making it easier to repair.

In aid work establishing trust can be tricky because of working in different cultures and the tendency for turnover in leadership every three to five years.  In this episode I provide four ways you can build trust with your team, so you can achieve your project goals faster and more efficiently and make working together a fun and amazing experience.

Resources:

• Speed of Trust - The One Thing that Changes Everything by Stephen M.R. Covey

• Episodes on Team Building:

  • Increasing Staff Engagement Through Team Building

  • Lessons in Empowering Staff and Breaking Down Managerial Barriers

• Episode on 70-20-10 Development Plan:

  • A Tool to Overcome Your Obstacles to Effective Development Planning

• Lewa Safaricom Marathon