Building Relationship Trust
Relationship trust is all about behavior…consistent behavior.
It's all about learning how to interact with others in ways that increase trust and avoid interacting in ways that destroy it.
The following behaviors are excerpted from Stephen Covey's book "The Speed of Trust." They are ways you can enhance your ability to establish trust in all relationships – both personal and professional.
I challenge you to select just one or two of these behaviors and apply them consistently over the next 30 days and watch what happens to your relationships.
Talk Straight: Tell the truth and leave the right impression
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Demonstrate Respect: Genuinely care for others. Respect the dignity of every person and every role.
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Create Transparency: Tell the truth. Get real and genuine. Don't have hidden agendas and don't hide information.
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Right Wrongs: Make things right when you're wrong. Apologize quickly.
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Show Loyalty: Give credit freely. Acknowledge the contributions of others. Speak about people as if they were present.
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Deliver Results: Get the right things done. Make things happen.
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Get Better: Continuously improve. Be a constant learner. Develop feedback systems – both formal and informal.
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Confront reality: Address the thought stuff directly. Acknowledge the unsaid. Lead out courageously in conversation.
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Clarify Expectations: Disclose and reveal expectations. Discuss them. Validate them.
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Practice Accountability: Hold yourself accountable. Hold others accountable. Take responsibility for results.
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Listen First: Listen before you speak. Understand. Diagnose. Listen with your ears – and your eyes and heart.
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Keep Commitments: Say what you're going to do, then do what you say you're going to do.
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Extend Trust: Demonstrate a propensity to trust. Extend trust abundantly to those who have earned your trust.
Your Move
As you're reading this, you're life's getting shorter.
It's ticking away.
I'm not saying this to frighten you. Or even scare you.
Though it may.
I'm saying this to you to awaken you.
To inspire you.
To rise you out of you're deep slumber.
To really know you won't live forever.
To share your unique gifts.
To ignite your great inner fire.
To ignite your great inner strength.
To ignite your great inner light.
To shine. Brightly shine.
To ignite your great inner beauty.
To motivate. Yourself and others.
To love. Yourself and others.
To paint.
To write.
To teach.
To innovate.
To sing.
To dance.
To care.
To feel.
To listen.
To learn.
To laugh.
The clock's ticking. The world needs you.
Make your move.
~ Mike Litman
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Recommended Reads with links to Amazon.com
Hot Links!
By now, I am sure you've heard about 'The Secret' whether on the Oprah show, Larry King Live or elsewhere. The Secret is all about The Law of Attraction. If you haven't seen it yet, you can check it out at www.thesecret.tv.
The latest sleeper movie that is getting a lot of people talking is called, The Peaceful Warrior. Fre*e movie tickets were available for March 30 - April 1, but I think they may all be taken by now. Check out the trailer, cast (including Nick Nolte) and some acclaimed testimonials such as Sting, Tony Robbins, and others.
Here's what the singer Sting had to say about The Peaceful Warrior:
"A lot of movies promise happiness, but most often it's the 'fleeting'
happiness of a thrill ride, and when it's over, it's over; you feel
empty, and begin searching for the next thrill. Very few movies actually
question what happiness is, or suggest ways that it can be sustained.
Peaceful Warrior asks this question and in doing so takes you out of
your mind, and those who would consider themselves sane would be 'out of their minds' not to see it. Peaceful Warrior is an important film, an inspiring film, and a film that could change lives."
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"Quote For Your Day!"
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~ Found in a Fortune Cookie
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Until next time, I wish you joy and fun and ease and effortlessness!
Pat Obuchowski
CEO, Chief Empowerment Officer
inVisionaria
Helping people step into their roles as leaders in their businesses, their communities and the world. Helping people and organizations find their "Bigger Game™".
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