Work Culture

How do you build trust as a leader? Why is building trust as a leader so hard?

It comes down to understanding the foundations you must put in place before you build trust, the methods you can use throughout the regular course of your work together as a team and the mindset you have as a leader as you practice the behaviours and skills to sustain the culture of trust and performance.

Trust is one of the hardest leadership skills to master, because it requires you (in your leadership role) to rise above the pressure and demands of the day to day to keep a bigger agenda top of mind while leading your team.

When you make that shift you’ll look back and realise that whether you lead a team or cross functional work group, trust is the foundation of peak performance. Without it, nothing is sustainable. No action, commitment or belief lasts the distance. No one believes in the commitments they've made together long enough to sustain the change or innovation you’re working for.

In truth, trust is critical to all of the valued relationships in our lives. It’s at work in particular that we often leave it to chance - realising too late that the trust we need to lean on during times of change or adversity isn’t strong enough to sustain the requests we need to make of each other.

Work Culture shows you the importance of trust, its impact on culture and tips for actively building trust as a leader to improve the culture and performance of your team.