How Leaders Build Trust In Teams

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Trust is one of the most important elements of a team culture but also about an entire company's culture. If people feel that they can trust you as a leader, and if they feel they can trust each other, then they communicate better, they collaborate better, they develop a sense of shared identity and shared understanding, that pushes that team to greater levels of performance. And as a leader, building trust on the team is one of your number one jobs.

So in this video we'll cover how to build trust as a leader. Not only how to build a sense of trust between you and your people, but how to build a culture of trust on your team, and also why that's so important.

Be Vulnerable
Communicate The Intent
Leave The "How" To Them
Delegate Decision-Making

One way to look at these four methods is as a sequence of steps. You start by being vulnerable and trusting your people will reciprocate. Then you communicate the intent behind your actions and decisions. Next you leave the "how" to your people to show even more trust. And lastly, you delegate decision-making that includes their opinions and speaks to their interests. This continuum of trustworthy actions will create a virtuous cycle of trust on your team.

Remember that trust isn't given, and trust isn't earned; Trust is reciprocated.

And now you know how to get that reciprocation cycle started.

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