by George Ambler on May 16, 2010
In the May edition of the Ignite! Newsletter published by The Ken Blanchard Companies there is an interesting article on trust. The article discusses the ABCD Trust Model™ from Cynthia Olmstead, founder and president of TrustWorks Group, Inc. which comprises the following four elements of trust: Able: demonstrates competence, expertise, experience, and capability in getting [...]
by George Ambler on March 1, 2009
An article by Diane Coutu discusses the importance of rebuilding leadership in these challenging economic times. The article authors observe that while there’s no single way to create trust, humanist psychologists agree that the best way to generate it is to show competence, integrity, respect, and consistency. Certainly it’s no coincidence that these are the [...]
by George Ambler on March 1, 2009
Photo by purplejavatroll Trust is critical in times of adversity and crisis… “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” – Martin Luther King Jr Trust forms the cornerstone of effective leadership. Research by Kurt [...]
by George Ambler on November 24, 2008
Management-issues has a great article that asks the question “Does your behavior damage trust?” and list the following 25 behaviours that contribute to creating mistrust within your team: You fail to keep your promises, agreements and commitments. You serve your self first and others only when it is convenient. You micromanage and resist delegating. You [...]
by George Ambler on October 26, 2008
I stumbled across these “10 Thoughts about Leadership” from Jon Gordon’s blog which are great and I thought them worth sharing. People follow the leader first and the leader’s vision second – It doesn’t matter if the leader shares a powerful vision, if the leader is not someone who people will follow the vision will [...]